I'm surprised that a home in Palmer Woods would become this neglected, especially considering it sold for $645,000 as recently as 2002.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...SJ_newsreel_us

One must give pause to Mitt's claims that "it's sad" that his childhood home is being razed, "but sadder still to consider what has happened to the city of Detroit, which has been left hollow by fleeing jobs and liberal social policies.