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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
The idea that "SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS" (WTF?!) or small business owners are going to revitalize a city with dozens of square miles of abandoned areas and a sharp urban/suburban racial divide, is delusional.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
the DC_Denizen Detroit revitalization plan would include
* break up the city, with the most intact and functional areas becoming their own cities.
* assign various abandoned tracts to major homebuilders, and extend grants or loan guarantees (a better use of the government's balance sheet than supporting Chinese-made solar panel production btw) for them to rebuild these neighborhoods in their original form (small-lot woodframe single family homes). Offer incentives to individuals and families to move to these neighborhoods, like federal tax credits and property tax discounts. These areas would become their own cities, or be merged into adjacent suburban cities once population was large enough.
* Legalize all drugs in Michigan to destroy the drug distribution-based economy
* Outlaw all imported car ownership or sale in the US or raise tariffs by 200%  |
Equally delusional.
I don't know what type of revitalization you expect to occur if you chop up one big broke city into a dozen little broke cities. In fact, if you want to see why this is such a bad idea then look no further than the two little broke cities that currently sit surrounded by Detroit: Hamtramck and Highland Park.
Highland Park is currently under state financial takeover now and I believe it has been for a decade. Hamtramck is on the verge of going back under state control for the second time in a decade.