The ones that are left standing burn down on a daily basis. Arson passes for fun in Detroit. The abandoned Packard plant is actually only in the news when it's not on fire.

A ton of pictures (new window)

gadian: RayD8: ongbok: cretinbob: Wow. That sucks.

\\also, it's nit hundreds of homes subtard, it's maybe 90

Yeah still that's a lot of homes. I also heard that the fires are projected to cause about $25 worth of damage when everything is done.

I heard the fire actually incresed the properties' values.

I wouldn't doubt that it does once the natural flora starts regrowing next year. It'll be beautiful. Instead of, you know, Detroit.

It'll make for a good hunting season next year.

JustGetItRight:
/Shocked to see this wasn't the Boobies.

She was too young to have boobies back then.

No, I want you to set a fire so goddamn big, the gods'll notice us again, that's what I'm sayin'. I want all of you boys to be able to look me straight in the eye one more time and say: ARE WE HAVING FUN OR WHAT?

poot_rootbeer: bunner: Give 'em some tractors and tomato seeds, cause they don't make sh*t there anymore and you can't flip houses without roofs.

I'm sure a century of heavy industry has left the soil in the area fertile and rich in flavorful greases and solvents.

But then, Jersey has a reputation for high-quality tomatoes...

There's a very good reason that Jersey soil is so rich and fertile.

dittybopper: JustGetItRight:
/Shocked to see this wasn't the Boobies.

She was too young to have boobies back then.

Filter got me.....

I LOVE Detroit. It's like a little bit of a hobby of mine, now, collecting news stories of all the terrible things that happen there. I have a friend whose family is from Michigan and he's a big Red Wings fan. I'm not sure what made me do it, but I run an RPG for my friends every few weeks and I decided to set the latest in Detroit.

I've been incorporating actual events for a while now and it never fails that they are often so bad that they used to wonder if I was actually using real events (like the bumsicle in the elevator shaft). Then I started emailing them. I sent this story to the group last night.

Here's one of the image sources I use: Link (new window)

I find this one particularly poetic:

That place is a truly epic hole and I wouldn't have it any other way.

In any other city, this is called a "tragedy"

In Detroit, it's called "Wednesday"

Hell of an Urban Renewal Project they've got...

Yulian: I've been incorporating actual events for a while now and it never fails that they are often so bad that they used to wonder if I was actually using real events (like the bumsicle in the elevator shaft)

You should have seen all the bodies they pulled out of the flooded basement when they rebuilt the Book Cadillac.

Seriously.

Ssshhh.

You didn't read this. I was not here.

Yulian: I LOVE Detroit. It's like a little bit of a hobby of mine, now, collecting news stories of all the terrible things that happen there. I have a friend whose family is from Michigan and he's a big Red Wings fan. I'm not sure what made me do it, but I run an RPG for my friends every few weeks and I decided to set the latest in Detroit.

I've been incorporating actual events for a while now and it never fails that they are often so bad that they used to wonder if I was actually using real events (like the bumsicle in the elevator shaft). Then I started emailing them. I sent this story to the group last night.

Here's one of the image sources I use: Link (new window)

I find this one particularly poetic:

That place is a truly epic hole and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Check out my link above. I've got a fascination with that stuff as well.

Yulian:
That place is a truly epic hole and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Kind of like my Mom.

JustGetItRight: dittybopper: JustGetItRight:
/Shocked to see this wasn't the Boobies.

She was too young to have boobies back then.

Filter got me.....

Oh, I know. The clue was that the first B was capitalized. Still, made for a good joke.

In a free market system, something cannot get into such a bad condition, unless there is an outside force acting on it.

If I have a house I want to sell for $100K and no one will buy at that price, I will swear a little---but I will come down; I will keep doing so until it sells, because anything is better than nothing.

However if someone else is messing with the equation, that throws everything into a cocked hat: Maybe there are gangbangers in the neighborhood, tearing the place up. Maybe the place needs repair, but what the locals charge is more than what it is worth.

I have no doubt the City still taxes the place at full "face" value---that is, several times what I could get for it in a fair sale---so that makes it unsellable.

In this case, there are no jobs because people will not work for a reasonable amount of money. It is the product which pays the wages, not the employer; if you want $25--$30 an hour, you have to create something worth more than that, or you will not be hired.

That is why there are no vegetable stands in the neighborhood, the gangbangers want $100 a day "protection" money, and the Unions want you to pay your stock boys $17.50 with full benefits, and your cashiers $25 an hour.

At that point the City steps in demanding more taxes, and by the time they get through, you couldn't sell tomatoes for $5 a pound.

I have little sympathy for Detroit, they created their own mess.

Some neighbors were complaining about Portland the other day. The conversation ended with everyone agreeing after I blurted out, "At least we're not Detroit."

The topic shifted to the human popsicle in the elevator shaft after that.

Oh my, I hope the cast of Jersey Shore is okay.

/nevar fergit

"including 18 vacant houses, two occupied homes and nine garages"

I cant be the only one who finds it funny that there are more vacant house destroyed then occupied.

Why is it that Detroit-bashing threads seem to be the only ones in which there is no arguing or trolling, just Farkers holding hands and raising their collective voices as one?

/Traded 313 for 303 last year
//Will always be where I'm from
///Enjoying the 65% instant increase in salary, missing coney, vernors, faygo...