The quickest solution to the vacant land problem might be to unincorporate those areas of the city. Give them back to Wayne County or the state.
The courts have not been kind to cities seeking to divest themselves of undesirable or uneconomic neighborhoods through unincorporation. It appears that once you have it, you are stuck with it.
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