Can't give homes away.
They're about to lose a lot of casino business too as Ohio looks to pass "Issue 3" which means casinos for Toledo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus. (Apparently, the Toledo one will be 5 minutes from my office.)
Things look pretty bleak in Detroit.
Detroit
17.3% unemployment, highest in the nation.
A friend of mine was visiting family, and had a Friday evening flight out of DTW. Was like "well, I guess we better get going to avoid rush hour traffic" His Father-in-law said "We dont have rush hour any more"
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A friend of mine was visiting family, and had a Friday evening flight out of DTW. Was like "well, I guess we better get going to avoid rush hour traffic" His Father-in-law said "We dont have rush hour any more"
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It's not me, it's someone else.
Saw the "Weren't we just" thread and it reminded me about the latest news out of Detroit, and maybe Cake can fill in more details...
Anyway, the mayor plans to shrink the city. He wants to evict people from their homes and tell them to move to other parts of Detroit if their area is sparsely populated. Essentially, he's planning on centralizing the population, and then completely ignoring the abandoned part. This may involve shrinking the actual city limits.
The idea is that it'll save Detroit a lot of money, and help the city begin to recover.
It's like the opposite of the thread I linked. Instead of evicting folks for private business development, they're evicting folks because nobody wants to live there...
I think these folks should be given the option to stay where they are if they don't want to move. If Detroit loses citizens, then so be it. These people are supposed to be "free", let them decide if they need the services you provide or if they can do without them.
Anyway, the mayor plans to shrink the city. He wants to evict people from their homes and tell them to move to other parts of Detroit if their area is sparsely populated. Essentially, he's planning on centralizing the population, and then completely ignoring the abandoned part. This may involve shrinking the actual city limits.
The idea is that it'll save Detroit a lot of money, and help the city begin to recover.
It's like the opposite of the thread I linked. Instead of evicting folks for private business development, they're evicting folks because nobody wants to live there...
I think these folks should be given the option to stay where they are if they don't want to move. If Detroit loses citizens, then so be it. These people are supposed to be "free", let them decide if they need the services you provide or if they can do without them.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
On one hand, yeah, the citizens should probably be allowed to choose. On the other hand, it's Detroit. That place is a hole & anything that results in less Detroit is something I'll consider.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
You mean people are going to riot, commit crimes, and disturb the halcyon life that is urban Detroit? Wow, wonder if anyone'll notice.
Christ on a crutch. Somewhere, Dr. King is rolling over in his grave trying to figure out how what the fuck you're doing harkens back to the days of his marches.
Yep, nothing racist about that remark.
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“Maybe we won’t take it to the level of the ’60s riots, but this thing is escalating,” Williams said.
Christ on a crutch. Somewhere, Dr. King is rolling over in his grave trying to figure out how what the fuck you're doing harkens back to the days of his marches.
“Obviously [Orr] is a black proxy for the governor,” Williams said. “Detroit is 84 percent African-American, and this is an obvious opportunity for Snyder to utilize this man as an Uncle Tom, quite frankly.”
Yep, nothing racist about that remark.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Detroit
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Detroit
As long as funding is primarily city/county-based, this is the way it will be."Grosse Pointe is right across the city border line. Right across," said Hall, describing a well-to-do suburb. "iPad, tablet, SMART Boards everywhere. Their floor is glossy. Glossy clean. There's no metal detector, no security guard. And it's right across the border line."
The notion that we have schools in the US where people cannot learn to read is absurd.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Detroit
Cannot learn <> wont. Even if my local schools were not existent, I'd make sure my kid was educated. There's a lot to be said about cycles of poverty, but people need to break it on their own, and decide to make a change. All the tax money in the world doesn't change that.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Detroit
Sure. But are we then just giving up on those without parental support? Or just making it a lot harder for them?
It's not me, it's someone else.
Detroit
Agree 100%.
However, I'm also with Catt that we need to help the kids whose parents are worthless. Thing is, we can't seek them out. They need to find the help on their own. That's the only efficient way.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Detroit
Yeah, I don't think culture is going to get changed in schools, funded or not.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”