Detroit: too broke to bury the dead
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It is just amazing how bad things have gotten in the automotive heartland. Housing tracts are being returned to farmland, the police no longer enforce speeding, and now, unclaimed bodies are piling up in the morgues.
I wonder how long this city can survive...
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/01/news/economy/_morg...
I wonder how long this city can survive...
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/01/news/economy/_morg...
Look on the bright side, you can buy a 3 bedroom house there for $50 
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...
shakotan said:
Ah, that one is badly fire damaged though, so I ignored it 
Muntu said:
shakotan said:
Ah, that one is badly fire damaged though, so I ignored it 
StevenJJ said:
Muntu said:
shakotan said:
Ah, that one is badly fire damaged though, so I ignored it 
Oily Nails said:
StevenJJ said:
Muntu said:
shakotan said:
Ah, that one is badly fire damaged though, so I ignored it 
IforB said:
It makes you realise what we have in this country. Alright we've got utter cretins in charge at the moment and things are far from perfect, but in comparison to parts of the States, I'm very glad that I live in the UK.
That's because our Cretins still have a very good education and a higher IQ than the American cretins.Edited by IforB on Thursday 1st October 20:52
Muntu said:
Look on the bright side, you can buy a 3 bedroom house there for $50 
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...
Could you rip it down, throw it in a u-haul, then go somewhere and get $100 for the timber?
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...
Muntu said:
Look on the bright side, you can buy a 3 bedroom house there for $50 
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...
Hmm, nice, and it's within "staggering,bleeding to death" distance of 8th Mile too!! 
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...

I was in Detroit for a month this time last year, wow, what a despressing place...
Muntu said:
Look on the bright side, you can buy a 3 bedroom house there for $50 
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...
AND you can pay in monthly installments!
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...

Sounds fun, we could all group together, buy a load of city blocks up, declare independance and create a PH state.
rypt said:
IforB said:
It makes you realise what we have in this country. Alright we've got utter cretins in charge at the moment and things are far from perfect, but in comparison to parts of the States, I'm very glad that I live in the UK.
That's because our Cretins still have a very good education and a higher IQ than the American cretins.Edited by IforB on Thursday 1st October 20:52
Check below; even when things are bad, even that city is far from the picture being painted by your article.

http://www.detroitchamber.com/index.php?id=79&...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit
Edited by Jimbeaux on Friday 2nd October 01:53
Muntu said:
Look on the bright side, you can buy a 3 bedroom house there for $50 
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...
Interesting. I wonder about the logistics of running a crackhouse or w
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1...

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