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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Your posts about cities make no sense here in California.
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This isn't really in reply to you.
The thread started with a reference to Baltimore, then I threw Detroit into the mix. Luxury high rises have nothing to do with solving the problem.
Baltimore is a very distressed city. But Detroit I know better. There is a "revitalized" thread down the main Avenue, and spreading from it. It is chock full of well paid young people and smart shops.
And if you get a half mile off it, you are in rodent infested very challenged areas. For a long while trash pick up was spotty, at best, in those areas. There are blocks with 20 homes, 1 or 2 occupied- they have to try to provide city services in a place that has home density that is almost rural. There are tons of hopeless uneducated people- for generations the high school drop out rate was high, it still is.
The NYT posts travel stories about visiting Detroit the revived city. My daughter lives in a neighborhood that includes the epicenter of the 1967 riots. You will not find an available rental property today. They are no longer beat homes to fix up.
The NYT will direct you to where my daughter lives. Visitors don't see the real challenge. It's great to be able to go to restaurants in the city that are wonderful, but fact is the city's people are not enjoying that rebirth- maybe some jobs- but life still is pretty much tough.
Foreign investment is the answer? Ain't no pracical answer at all.
