@Autumn BRUH!! I would've sacrificed my kids' inheritance to keep the house on the left with the tower!
@Autumn so sad to see all those beautiful old buildings are gone😱
@shamanicape yes, at one time Detroit was thriving.
@Autumn @shamanicape Silicon Valley 1.0
@Autumn Now, how'd that happen?
@Autumn That is the Midtown Area, which became very popular with the amount of college students that go to Wayne State University the last few years in that area. That would be the "Brush Park" area. Here is what it looks like now. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3434078,-83.0532649,3a,75y,141.91h,89.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIxue_CfDEkqXet8q2loXXw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
@NetNed thanx for sharing
@Autumn Shit, sorry, linked the wrong spot. Here it is with the house from the photo https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3439121,-83.0519506,3a,75y,323.73h,82.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipPkAuqfFfVa3ksscStkTq669QsM2nHm69aGy3Ru!2e10!3e11!7i5760!8i2880?hl=en
@Autumn Amazing, when we look back through the lens of time, we start to think they are erasing all the great individual accomplishments. In favor of a theoretical collective, didn't this start at the turn of the 20th Century ?
@The_Marketsurfer yup fin de Siecle
Detroit is the most prominent case in modern history that I've seen of urban retraction. It's fascinating and makes me think we should start tearing down more cities.
@Leyonhjelm White flight to the 'burbs -- tract houses. I prefer the unique houses built with care
@Leyonhjelm in certain cities they reclaimed / restored what they'd abandoned. Then there's the issue of gentrification
But you're right that gentrification helps.
@Leyonhjelm it's good and bad - sometimes it displaces entire communities in favor of the wealthy - no easy solution
Unless by communities you're euphemistically referring to a demographic
@Leyonhjelm poor people being pushed out - who have a thriving community & have been there when people fled is not cool - it can't be either/or but that's where we are...
@Leyonhjelm agree in many cases actually. but there are those that do - they are used to walking to their churches, barber shops, library, grocery stores, playgrounds, etc. totally lost when shipped off to the 'burbs
Now we are getting somewhere. How are they ending up in the 'burbs? First is by not owning their property and second is by eminent domain. Two very different problems and the second is a definite evil
@Leyonhjelm could have lost b/c property taxes increased? Also family members sold out under their elders? Agree eminent domain is evil. RIght now farmers losing land for new "carbon capture tunnel" scheme
@Autumn that about sums it up.
@Autumn
progress ...
@Autumn the survivor definitely looks easier to maintain