PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
http://archipreneur.blogspot.com/2010/01/urban-farming-detroit.html
that's around 8 square miles of city gone......
that's around 8 square miles of city gone......
unbelievable....
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DamnYankee
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Dude, about 40% of the city has been abandoned.
Thorn
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That's a sound use of the land, actually. SM's right. I'm not certain of the exact percentage, but just check real estate values in Detroit city proper. I used to work at the med school downtown; it was a war zone.
The people who remain in Detroit can't afford to get out. Using some of that land to grow vegetables, fruits, perhaps some livestock, could help them tremendously. If it's to be a commercial enterprise, it could be very beneficial in terms of job creation for many of those people.
The people who remain in Detroit can't afford to get out. Using some of that land to grow vegetables, fruits, perhaps some livestock, could help them tremendously. If it's to be a commercial enterprise, it could be very beneficial in terms of job creation for many of those people.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
You sound surprised.
Thorn
Member
Who does, me? I just remember a bleak abandoned urban landscape, very scary even to drive through. We lived off Woodward Ave. in Birmingham, nice little house. We've been in Texas for 16 years this month.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
No, surprised that I am right. Its a rarity when I'm not.
Thorn
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LOL! I'll just leave that second part alone! I didn't even think about the first; don't be so sensitive.
christiefan915
Catalyst
Eight square miles of blighted landscape sold to a private developer who wants to make it productive, and you're shocked why?
It sounds like capitalism in action to me.
Yup.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
It might make a better profit to turn it over to forest though. Either requires removal of buildings and pavements, but in order to farm it you first have to remove foundations, grade it smooth and comb out all the trash, then amend the soil. That's a huge capital expense to get over before you run black ink.
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
obviously because there are eight square miles of blighted abandoned property in Detroit.....
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
There's a lot more than that.
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
Depends on how you look at Detroit.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
As a roach-infested shit hole.
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
Let's just burn the whole city down.
apple0154
MEOW
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
It's called Windsor. Sorry dude. We already have 4-5 big casinos. Not doing much for anything.
Well, they gotta try something. Conservatives have never forgiven the "coloreds" in Detroit for the 60s riots, and republicans and their phony corporate NAFTA free trade enablers in both parties never could stand the fact that Detroit was ground zero for the rise of powerful labor unions that created and sustained a strong american middle class, and an empowered unionized blue collar work force. So the destruction of Detroit by the bankers and the corporate free traders was always in the cards.
Personally, I'd be a little freaked out about buying any crops from there; the soils seem like they'd be toxic from decades of urban manufacturing and blight. If I had a choice to buy produce from one of these two environments, it'd be a no-brainer for me.
central coast cropland
Detroit cropland
But anyway, luckily we have informed, liberal people, trained in sciences, and maybe the proper application of agronomy, and soil science can manage the top soil, and make this viable. Luckily, a liberal college education with a scientific emphasis hasn't been destroyed by conservatives yet!