The next Detroit (to live, prices, most dangerous)

[Sharks With Lasers]

Originally Posted by Billiam

wait, I jsut thought of this! We say certain cities may end up like Detroit, but whose to say that Detoit will never, ever get better?

In many ways Detroit is getting better, with downtown lofts and renovations. Unfortunately, the area is battered with tough economic conditions are making these improvements difficult to realize.

[gahomes247]

I don't know where you got your information, but Atlanta rank # 17 not to mention that Roswell, Ga wich is only 20 miles from Atlanta ranked # 18 in the most safest cities

Safest and Most Dangerous U.S. Cities, 2007


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[Spade]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

Dallas. Apparently it felt so much like home that Comerica moved its headquarters there.

It is becoming evident that you know LITTLE about Dallas.

[M TYPE X]

I appreciated the Comerica joke, but I expect Charlotte to prosper and Atlanta to slide badly. Georgia sucks, and the drought is only the beginning.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by SpeedyAZ

Dallas?? Dallas is one of the fastest growing US cities with a great economy, affordable housing, upscale shopping and restaurants, and is a great place to raise a family.

Dallas proper? Or the DFW metro (i.e. Plano, Frisco, Fort Worth, etc.)
There's a big difference... and with the way so many of the corporations (and people) are in metro area cities other than Dallas itself, Dallas is losing out on the tax base and more.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by JVTX72

When was the last time you were even in Dallas?? Or better yet the Dallas area?? There are some 20 Large construction cranes in the downtown Dallas area. So our "inner-city" is fareing pretty good. With more development either planned or starting in the near future. Houstonians are just jealous that the DFW area cities can work together and create a strong metro area, which is what matters, not the city proper.
Besides the next time a catagory 5 hits Houston, it'll be another New Orleans. So I would say if there is another big hurricane, HOUSTON , would be the next Detroit.

Houston ranks #2 in the country after NYC for number of Fortune 500 companies. Dallas itself just has a handful, but when you add in all the metro area cities it is much greater... but still less than Houston and the few outside its metro. So why would anyone in Houston be jealous when DFW is still behind in that?

The hurricane comment is laughable. I lived in N.O. for a time. The city and state government there is inept... a large reason for the decline after the hurricane. Plus a huge portion of the population was in poverty, the local economy was already pretty sorry... and I could go on about all the problems there. But basically, Houston is nothing like New Orleans and would come out fine in a storm (it has before, remember Alicia in the 80's and Alison more recently?)

[StillFreak]

Newark doesn't seem to be showing any signs of vast improvement. For the first time in 50 years, the city saw population gain in 2006, but it was most likely just the result of poor immigrants and on a lesser note, New Yorkers who are being pushed out of their ghettos by gentrification.

[Blue Grass Fever]

I don't think there will ever be "the next Detroit" ever again. Too many bad things has to happen just right in order for another city to be in great decline like Detroit.

Nontheless, i believe Detroit is/was the great anomaly, so to speak.

(IMO)

[soothsayer1234]

Originally Posted by Minnehahapolitan

New Orleans will never look anything like Detroit. Enough of the people are wealthy enough to prserve sound (by Louisiana standard) governemnt. The areas that were hit BAD will likely never get rebuilt. If parts are rebuilt in places like the Lower 9th Ward, it won't be criminals, it will be alturistic residents who care about their cimmunity. Areas like Gentilly (which were hit, but relatively intact in comparison to the 9th), will come back generally the way they they were before.
I don't think any metropolitan city will ever look as bad as Detroit. Phoenix is trying too, IMO. The areas that will look bad will be the inner suburbs of the current "bad" cities (Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia) as these cities will grow within their urban core.

Good point...Paris and other euro cities have their ghettos in the outer ring
areas.....so true that inner ring burbs are the new Detroit, so to speak.
Far as entire major cities are concerned, prob Philadelphia, St.Louis,
Cleveland, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh are on the way
or already are Detroit status

[soothsayer1234]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

Atlanta, as much as it is booming now, could turn into Detroit. It is already one of the most violent major cities in the USA(ironic because so many people want to move there). If GA doesn't solve this water crisis, Atlanta could turn into Detroit in the blink of an eye. This is why: People are moving to Atlanta in droves for the economic opportunities. The Chattahoochee river watershed supports a large population for how small it is(the smallest watershed to support a major metropolitan area). If GA really does run out of water, alot of people could(and will in many cases), leave, taking their money and businesses with them, leaving Atlanta economically famished. That combined with crime could make Atlanta the next Detroit. And the interesting part is that the Great Lakes region has plenty of water, which means alot of people could very well do to places like Cleveland, Chicago, Grand Rapids and Detroit(yes, even Detroit). Detroit could even turn around, provided there is a "cleaning house" in the local government.

Good point...in that case, look for Phoenix and Vegas to fold per water issues in the next 20. LA is in a desert, technically, so the sacramento aquaduct may not be sufficient in the next 20 either. In that case, indeed the rust belt could become the power nexus of the USA. Funny, but actually true. Resources, just like oil, are ultimately the name of the game.