Originally posted by Siberbat
You can keep the $100 homes. If given a choice between Detroit and a rat infested sewer...you'd be safer in the sewer.

I agree. I am not suggesting to go buy a home in Detroit. Just trying to show just how far things have declined is all. Fact is, the idea of buying a 3 bedroom home for $100 is unheard of in any other city anywhere else in the US. It would not happen. As bad as things were last year in many places, and still are today, you can not find a house for such a low price. However, in Detroit you can and it has been this way for several years now.

Originally posted by Chickensalad
They need to send in the State Militia. Let them clean it up. Show that us citizens can do it without more Federal intervention.

I am not so sure a State Militia can do the job. Detroit is a rather large City. The best thing that could happen would be for the citizens to clean it up themselves. Unfortunately the law is against such actions. Citizens would have to be prepared to kill off the violent drug dealers, violent drug users and predators. They would be forced to defend themselves and the law is not on their side in this respect.

Originally posted by neo96
Pure evil, and you know why?

Since those notices have been put up the city, and the police force are no longer liable for wrongful death law suits.


Think.

You sure about that? I know in 2010 the City was sued for wrongful death when serving a warrant looking for a suspect when a 7 year old child sleeping on the couch was shot and killed. Police claimed the gun accidentally discharged in a struggle with family members. Video taped footage showed police released flash bang grenades and fired shots upon entry. Over a 3 year period the City paid out roughly 20 million in lawsuits ranging from wrongful death to violations of constitutional rights, assault and battery and false arrest and imprisonment, and all this happened while under Federal oversight which they have been since 2003.

Originally posted by WhatAreThey
Detroit is nearly 83% black.

And they also have one of the largest black police forces in the Country with roughly 73% of all sworn Officers being black and many non black officers making claims of racism and discrimination. Frankly I don't think color has much to do with anything. If it was an all white city with roughly 50% unemployment, you would still see the same level of crime and violence. People have turned to drugs to make a living. Since drugs are illegal, it is up to the dealers to protect their own supplies. We saw the same thing in inner cities during prohibition around the time of the Great Depression.

The money has been leaving Detroit for years, and poverty has exploded in the area. It's no wonder that things are so violent and horrifying. As for the police force, they would probably need 5 or 6 times the number they currently have to get a fix on things.

The situation in Detroit should be a focus of the presidential campaign, but it is never mentioned. Shows how both parties are tightly controlled by the PTB.

Originally posted by Andcoulter

Originally posted by Iwinder
My personal experiences in Detroit are as follows,
1975 was a fantastic visit for a rock concert at Cobo hall.

Had cony dogs after and a few beers in the parking lot all was good and fun.

1989 went back for the same thing at Cobo hall and when leaving we were called white bread.

1992 was my last trip there, leaving Cobo hall once again we were harassed and called lots of names being mainly due to our skin colour and our Canadian license plates on our car.

We foolishly stopped at a local Mcd's and the police inside escorted us right back out to our car and followed us for about 5 miles.

The cop was so amazed that we even entered that restaurant he was speechless for a few seconds, then asked us why we had a death wish......I kid you not all of the above is true.


The last visit was a bit of an eye opener as we never had seen armed police in a Mcd's up to that point in life.

We also met a lot of great people but the death threats overshadowed the last trip.


My two cents worth, and hell no I would never go back there again and no disrespect intended to the people of Detroit.

Regards, Iwinder

Thank god that cop was stationed in that McDonalds to keep white people out.
You might have been called more names.

No offense but trying to say Detroit is a warzone makes sense. Trying to point it out by saying you were called names does not. I was called honky through my entire childhood and I survived. No cop ever came and escorted me out of the ghetto I grew up it.

Remarkably being called honkey did not leave and PTSD at all. I got over it. You might too. I know Canadians are more polite than us and all on the average but damn that is a sad example.

Feeling sick and being medicated makes this place awesome.

I read the thread title and click on the thread and see it is a warzone. You got called whitebread.
My god, are you ok??????????????
Do you need anything?

Well in my opinion when a Detroit cop tells you that death is a very real possibility, if you insist on staying where you are you better listen and listen good.

Obviously being called whitebread did not deter us from stopping for some food, the cops concern for our lives was the major reason for our hasty exit and was the reason for my not ever returning there.

Regards, Iwinder

100 bucks for a house?
Hell, buy a street and get all your mates to move in.
I reckon you could clean up one street at a time if you're all of the right mind set (and well armed).

Originally posted by SprocketUK
100 bucks for a house?
Hell, buy a street and get all your mates to move in.
I reckon you could clean up one street at a time if you're all of the right mind set (and well armed).

as flippant as that remark was, you might just be on to something. get people to buy up areas probably on the fringes, and work their way in. forget guns, that could be taken as rather aggressive by gun happy bangers. but maybe GIVE some of the money saved on the purchase of the land to the police force, one way of increasing their numbers. clean up small areas at a time. just maybe the city can be taken back, not by force, but by making it livable. even better get some more industry in to provide work for people, along with it. just maybe if people can see life coming back to the city it will help push the gang problem out. if people see HOPE it can cause them to regain some of their pride. if one sees no hope they will turn to whatever they can just to survive. you may even see people trying to repair where they live if they see others doing the same. after all why put in any work in a place that is a dump? there doesn't seem to be a point in fixing a place that is surrounded by wrecks. might even make you a target. but if even small areas are being rebuilt then why wouldn't people want to fix their place as well? and if you have a nice place you would probably want to get rid of the gangs, thereby cutting some of the apathy towards getting rid of the gang problem.

heck just the taxes from people buying property in the city would be a big help, more people more tax money to be had, just make sure to get decent people into the city counsel. after all the real underlining problem was everyone who could afford to moving away, so people moving back in should help fix the problem. it would likely be a hard go especially at the beginning, but if people continued to move in and stick it out you would stop some of the issues with just sheer mass of people.

Good point, though I think the first couple of streets you take over would require at least the threat of heavy consequences, but, overall its not a bad plan, get all the houses painted up, take turns keeping the street clean.
Look out for each other and turn out mob handed at the slightest sign of trouble.

By the time you have half a dozen streets sorted out there'll be people wanting to open shops and things.
Business generates a lot of tax revenue for the community.

Originally posted by milkyway12

Gang members should live in terror. They aren't. The police obviously cannot maintain order. Send us in, we WILL restore order in reverence to the constitution or die trying.

Ah yes, The American way of handling situations.
Declare War on It.

Originally posted by WhatAreThey
Detroit is nearly 83% black.

I knew someone would say that.

And wtf is this "Hunky" ive never heard that term or "White Bread"... thats hilarious

Originally posted by SprocketUK
100 bucks for a house?
Hell, buy a street and get all your mates to move in.
I reckon you could clean up one street at a time if you're all of the right mind set (and well armed).

In theory the idea sounds wonderful.
The main problem is, what are you all going to do for a living when you get there?
The main problem there is unemployment. The manufacturing is gone. There just are no jobs.
The unemployment is the main thing driving the criminal activity.

That is scary, when you consider that unemployment is spreading across the country, and more and more companies are shipping jobs overseas.
How long will it be until most major cities turn into Detroits?