Quote Originally Posted by Jimaz View Post
That's a suspiciously impressive list of accomplishments by meager "low-income folks."

Perhaps the prey is being yoked by the predator?

Perhaps the Parasitic Saboteurs in Power™ deserve a bit more scorn than those not in power?
Low income folks play a big role in Detroit's ghetto hoods. When more poor folks move into what was once middle income white Detroit neighborhoods, White folks where in shocked to see two to ten black families living next door to them or across the street in every block. Suburban development was in the works and cookie cutter inner-ring sub-divisions were being built along the cheap open land for industries. That leads to modernizing automation alley. White families in Detroit had found their area of refuge from the black folks to their point of view "causing hoodlum trouble!" White folks who still own most Detroit homes. became landlords. Half of them become slumlords. Ripping low-income folks off of their rent money. White owned real estate brokers hired black kids to ride their bike into white Detroit neighborhoods so they can get fear to sell their homes to black families.

Once middle income white folks moved out. Middle income black folks moved in. They after a few years go by middle income black Detroit families move out some became landlords and slumlords then low-income folks come in. Then the devastation of several Detroit neighborhoods begin.

Add in folks lost their jobs,mom and pop storefronts disappearing in an alarming rate. Folks applying for welfare checks and food stamps, increase divorce rate since 1975, single mothers playing house, father absent and kids doing thuggery. Kids getting pick on from school to their home until the group together and form street gangs. Kids doing drugs along their parents and lone adults. Black folks donning their hoodies to rob, shoot and kill, kill, kill for anything they could get their hands on.

Yes most Detroit neighborhoods are devastated and almost being destroyed just because of two words RACE AND CLASS! And its going to remain they way until someone or anyone steps up and fix up those areas.

As for right now I see Dan Gilbert step up and fix up all of Downtown Detroit. He's buying up buildings that have not been occupied since the Coleman Young Years. He's creating community events to lure people with money into Gilberttown Detroit. He's bring in Jobs, Jobs and more Jobs. More than Mike Illitch! I would like to see rest of Detroit do the same.

We can bring the devastation of Detroit areas to an end and make a comeback if do something about and come up with quick solutions to make Detroit a world class city again. So let's stop blaming poor folks and rich folks, black folks did this and white folks did that and fix up Detroit. All this political double-talk is no solution to Detroit's devastation, take action!