Detroit's Current Economic State?

[MS313]

Retroit: I was responding to the person directly above my last post. But I do agree Detroit needs better leadership and maybe a EFM will be the road to that. Honestly I hope we get a whole new government when this is all over.

Colorado:
oh my... another video focusing on vacant buildings and land in inner city neighborhoods (which I've seen them do in other cities as well) *yawn*. Do you guys ever come up with anything new??? And that video you wasted your time posting doesn't make my previous post any less true. Go ahead and post all 20 of them (of course I won't waste my time watching any of them but whatever). Hell, I barely watched the first minute of the one you did post and I even wish I had that minute back. BTW the video had hardly anything to do with my post to begin with. I post about the economics of a city/metro that contributes to a global economy and you respond with "a tour of Detroit's ghetto" haha lol.

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by Colorado xxxxx

Wow you need to step back and get perspective. You mean the part of Detroit that looks like Beruit?


A Tour Of Detroit's Ghetto: Part 4 - YouTube







There's about 20 more on YT

Duh. Did these guys just now figure out that half of the City of Detroit is empty? Gee it has only been in the news for the past ten or so years. Cracks me up when people take it as a big shock that there are empty buildings. Yes, when half the people leave they leave the buildings empty. However what that has to do with anything is unclear. The buildings have been empty for years or even decades in many cases. They will remain empty. They have little relationship to what remains of the City of Detroit other than the are a financial burden to the City. Certainly no one is stupid enough to think the whole city looks like that.

[maclock]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

Duh. Did these guys just now figure out that half of the City of Detroit is empty? Gee it has only been in the news for the past ten or so years. Cracks me up when people take it as a big shock that there are empty buildings. Yes, when half the people leave they leave the buildings empty. However what that has to do with anything is unclear. The buildings have been empty for years or even decades in many cases. They will remain empty. They have little relationship to what remains of the City of Detroit other than the are a financial burden to the City. Certainly no one is stupid enough to think the whole city looks like that.

It's shocking to see it up close and on so wide a scale though, Coldjensens. It fascinates and horrifies many people because it's unlike anything they've ever seen before.

[Coldjensens]

Actually the most shocking abaonded buildings to me are in Bloomfield Hills. A place called Bloomfield Park. They spent hundreds of millions developing and building this big complex and then just abandoned it halfway through construction. I expect a city to have abandoned buildings here and there at least most cities, but this place is a concentration of large brand new abandoned buildings in one of the most upscale zip codes in the US.