If Mitt Romney somehow is elected president, it would have been nice for Detroit to say "He spent his early childhood here, and this is where he lived." It could have been a minor historical site in a one of the city's marque neighborhoods. The neighborhood literature could boast, "the president spent his early formative years in this neighbrhood, and it still stands at such and such address", as opposed "to his house once stood here, but like so much of the city's structures, it was torn down because of neglect and abuse".
I heard from a real estate agent that the city buys houses. The city could have bought this house, put in new roof on [[it would have only cost $10,000-$12,000), and mowed the lawn every two weeks.
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