{Article} This Is the Part of Detroit That Most People Are Not Aware Of

[MizMotown]

I'll bite and respond to a little of the sensational reporting.

"In the second, running water has systematically been cut off from at least 27,000 households this year alone, the latest in a series of government-enacted policies that have made daily life an increasingly desperate battle."

27,000 homes think it's okay to steal water without paying their bills. How did this many people think it's okay to be thiefs and steal without consquences? What can the people of these law abiding sections of the city teach the other criminals in the 27,000 homes?

"The injustices pile up: the threat that Child Protective Services will seize custody of children who are living in waterless homes; the streets upon streets of emptied houses, their roofs caving in, their porches collapsing, their bricks blackened by fire; "

What injustice is here? The injustice of someone trying to afford an asset they clearly have no economic means to afford. Roofs caving in? Porches collpasing? These are signs that you have no right owning a home - this means YOU as the homeowner are the sole cause of the problem. You are trying to live in an asset you can't maintain - you must buy an asset you can maintain or rent. What skills can the people who live in homes that don't have collapsing roofs or porches teach those who clearly live above their means?

I'd be embarrased to know Laura - her journalistic abilities show she's more interessted at blaming people [[i.e. victim mentlaity) as opposed to being part of the solution.

In your perspective what's the solution? What do we do with the folks that may be unable to work, disabled, mentally ill, under-educated, addicted, layed-off, too old, or cannot find a suitable job that pays enough?