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Dark times for the city of Detroit
Could Ayn Rand be right, what happens when the thinkers and the doers move out of an area, is labor alone responsible for prosperity?
http://www.freep.com/article/2011120...xt|FRONTPAGE|p
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." Ayn Rand
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 Originally Posted by Red_in_Blue_Land
Have they passed East St Louis yet?
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson
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Of course Ayn Rand was right.
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Pavlovian Manipulator
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
"Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
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Originally Posted by FLA4NEB
Have they passed East St Louis yet?
Oh yeah, here it is the whole city, no just the East part.
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." Ayn Rand
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Heisman
Originally Posted by Red_in_Blue_Land
Oh yeah, here it is the whole city, no just the East part.
East St. Louis is a separate city located in Illinois.
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Originally Posted by huskrthill
East St. Louis is a separate city located in Illinois.
My bad,
Confirmed Detroit unemployment 30%, unconfirmed due to under reporting more like 50%,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_394559.html
East St. Louis unemployment ~ 17%
http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/dat.../laupa17125003
Detroit has a whole lot more people, you can figure it out.
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." Ayn Rand
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Travel Squad
Originally Posted by Red_in_Blue_Land
Unbelievable. Just out of curiousity I went to www.realtor.com and searched for homes for sale for under $10,000 in Detroit. There are over 1,400 homes for sale for between the price of $1 and $10,000.
For comparisons sake, I searched Denver, Commerce City, and Aurora Colorado (Aurora and Commerce City being two of the more low-income parts of the metro area) by the same criteria and found 0 properties. That search in St. Louis yielded 133 homes.
This is what happens when you turn your city over to the OWS crowd.
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Heisman
Originally Posted by Red_in_Blue_Land
Yep, you'll get no argument from me - Detroit is a craphole.
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Guest
Originally Posted by NEWICOsker
Unbelievable. Just out of curiousity I went to www.realtor.com and searched for homes for sale for under $10,000 in Detroit. There are over 1,400 homes for sale for between the price of $1 and $10,000.
For comparisons sake, I searched Denver, Commerce City, and Aurora Colorado (Aurora and Commerce City being two of the more low-income parts of the metro area) by the same criteria and found 0 properties. That search in St. Louis yielded 133 homes.
This is what happens when you turn your city over to the OWS crowd.
In a sense the movers and thinkers of the country will move to the "suburbs" if they're forced to finance the benefits the OWSers have deemed each other.
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Originally Posted by NEWICOsker
Unbelievable. Just out of curiousity I went to www.realtor.com and searched for homes for sale for under $10,000 in Detroit. There are over 1,400 homes for sale for between the price of $1 and $10,000.
For comparisons sake, I searched Denver, Commerce City, and Aurora Colorado (Aurora and Commerce City being two of the more low-income parts of the metro area) by the same criteria and found 0 properties. That search in St. Louis yielded 133 homes.
This is what happens when you turn your city over to the OWS crowd.
This is only the latest in a long line of "dark times for Detroit" news reports. About a year ago I read an article about it in our paper here. As of then, the AVERAGE sales price of a residential property in the last two quarters was about $6,000. At that point, within the city limits of Detroit, there were ZERO Starbucks, ZERO chain grocery stores. The article talked about urban planners contemplating radical "solutions" for Detroit, including the potential of totally razing entire sections of the inner city and turning them back into agricultural, semi-rural usage.
Originally Posted by Warhorse
Never been on a liberal blog in my life.
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Pavlovian Manipulator
East St. Louis was even featured in the original "Vacation"...
On a thread note, I'm not sure what there is to be discussed. All discussion should have ended at post #4.
"Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
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Originally Posted by Big Red Rick
East St. Louis was even featured in the original "Vacation"...
On a thread note, I'm not sure what there is to be discussed. All discussion should have ended at post #4.
Not really because Detroit can't afford to pay them.
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." Ayn Rand
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Originally Posted by McKinneyTXHusker
This is only the latest in a long line of "dark times for Detroit" news reports. About a year ago I read an article about it in our paper here. As of then, the AVERAGE sales price of a residential property in the last two quarters was about $6,000. At that point, within the city limits of Detroit, there were ZERO Starbucks, ZERO chain grocery stores. The article talked about urban planners contemplating radical "solutions" for Detroit, including the potential of totally razing entire sections of the inner city and turning them back into agricultural, semi-rural usage.
That was a year ago, it has gotten much worse since then. The last best hope that they have is to concentrate remaining residents in areas where there are some city services so they can consolidate those services and be a little more effective with what little they have.
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." Ayn Rand
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I worked inner city Detroit in 98,99 and it was a crap then. They have never had good politics and the people are in that mindset of what have you done for me lately.
Born a Nebraskan, raised a Nebraskan, will die a Nebraskan!! Go Big Red!
Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” - Gamalie the Pharisee - Addressing the Sanhedrin regarding the new group called Christians
"I support collecting more in taxes from people with high incomes who choose to actually pay taxes at lower tax rates than use lawyers and accountants to avoid taxes at higher tax rates," he wrote. "Some tax revenues at low tax rates is a heckuva lot better than no tax revenues at high tax rates." - Art Laffer (on 999 plan)
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So what does anyone say about Detroit and Atlas Shrugged?
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." Ayn Rand
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Pavlovian Manipulator
Originally Posted by Red_in_Blue_Land
Not really because Detroit can't afford to pay them.
Can't pay OCP? Heck, that sounds like the plot for a sequel. Oh wait, it was! Holy smokes, the next thing you know, we will be living like "Demolition Man" with the government regulating what we can and cannot eat, what we drink, if was can or cannot smoke... hell, even if we can #(*)#$@! swear!
"Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
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Originally Posted by Big Red Rick
Can't pay OCP? Heck, that sounds like the plot for a sequel. Oh wait, it was! Holy smokes, the next thing you know, we will be living like "Demolition Man" with the government regulating what we can and cannot eat, what we drink, if was can or cannot smoke... hell, even if we can #(*)#$@! swear!
They already do that in CA.
Born a Nebraskan, raised a Nebraskan, will die a Nebraskan!! Go Big Red!
Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” - Gamalie the Pharisee - Addressing the Sanhedrin regarding the new group called Christians
"I support collecting more in taxes from people with high incomes who choose to actually pay taxes at lower tax rates than use lawyers and accountants to avoid taxes at higher tax rates," he wrote. "Some tax revenues at low tax rates is a heckuva lot better than no tax revenues at high tax rates." - Art Laffer (on 999 plan)
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Travel Squad
Originally Posted by Huskermedic
They already do that in CA.
Happy meals?
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Originally Posted by McKinneyTXHusker
This is only the latest in a long line of "dark times for Detroit" news reports. About a year ago I read an article about it in our paper here. As of then, the AVERAGE sales price of a residential property in the last two quarters was about $6,000. At that point, within the city limits of Detroit, there were ZERO Starbucks, ZERO chain grocery stores. The article talked about urban planners contemplating radical "solutions" for Detroit, including the potential of totally razing entire sections of the inner city and turning them back into agricultural, semi-rural usage.
Whats amazing is that yesterday up at York 160 acres of farm ground sold on auction for $1.66 MILLION.. or $10,400.00 PER acre!
Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. - Barry Switzer
Originally Posted by The Big Red Lebowski
That a way CC! Stick with your boy to the bitter end.
Originally Posted by RedPhoenix
Why yes, I do have a PHD in Hillbilly.
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