Of course, The Richville Police force and the Richville white folks want to keep it that way. You can see solid gold Kercheval St. business district is doing today. Much better than walking down on Mack Ave. between Conner and Alter Rd.
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There are always tons of houses for sale in the Pointes--it has little to do with Detroit. People who live there tend to stay there, but they do move around. I know 17 families who have moved in the past year--all of them stayed within one of the Pointes and all of them moved into bigger or "more desirable" houses [[i.e. extra baths or closer to the water). We plan on doing the same this year. I don't know anyone with an underwater house--that all got cleared up two years ago when the market came back. But I am glad you were able to "escape" in time. It would be a real drag to have you as a neighbor.
Question to Willie Sutton, famed bank robber from the 1950s - "Willie, why do you rob banks?"
Response from Willie Sutton - "Because that's where the money is."
If you were in the home invasion business, which side of Mack Avenue would you work?
And what makes you think the people in Detroit aren't concerned about crime? You make it sound like crime is only a concern in the Pointes which is ridiculous. There are a lot of good law abiding citizens that reside in Detroit, that hate and detest crime just like anyone else.
Now sexism has been brought into this shitshow of a thread. Good show.
Well since this thread will never be in the DYES Hall of Fame... :[[
There are over 17,000 households in the Grosse Pointes, so with 350 up for sale... that's just 2%. So 98% of the folks living there aren't stampeding to get out of that hell hole...
Hmmm... I guess the "50 posts and half a brain" theory still stands unchallenged.... :eek:
This thread has all the craziness and stupidity of two drunk middle school girls fighting over who has better hair. For some reason, I can't stop reading it.
This is just gold all around. Thanks for the laughs everyone.
Okay, I started locking my doors at night but I still leave ground floor windows open in the summer. And I never leave my car in the driveway and never leave the garage door open. Frankly, I'd be more concerned about black mold in the basement than being the victim of violent crime. Call me ballsy.
Our Detroit community wrote a grant for an expansion of a community garden for just kids. Three beds, a herb garden, a vegetable garden and a butterfly garden. The kids like the 2 cement garden gnomes in my backyard [[came with the house)which personally I find quite ugly. Paint to decorate them is part of the grant. Come spring, every time I see those statues in black face in the community garden, I'll think of you.
Unless you back that up with some historical data, I think you are way off base. Take a look at the trend for $/ft2:
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Looks much like almost all other communities that took a big hit but are rebounding. I don't see any evidence that "so many beautiful homes are being reduced just to get them sold." You must be reading a different "story."