Observations of Detroit after a visit

[Shai_Hulud]

And yes, I know the arguments about drugs, prostitutions, and copper theft. But that's a policing problem, not a function inherent to abandoned homes. I live next door to a house that's been empty for a year and a half, and the only person I've seen go in there was a contractor who bushwhacked the yard.

Do you expect that the remaining people who live in neighborhoods that aren't so well policed are going to tolerate all of the above forever? Or will they too eventually walk away?

[Bham1982]

Do you expect that the remaining people who live in neighborhoods that aren't so well policed are going to tolerate all of the above forever? Or will they too eventually walk away?

None of that bad stuff is in Detroit because of abandoned buildings; it's in Detroit because there are some bad folks screwing up stuff for everyone else.

The highest crime neighborhoods in Detroit actually have a low proportion of abandoned homes, which makes perfect sense. People commit crimes, structures don't commit crimes. Once neighborhoods empty out, crime usually drops.