Revitalization of Detroit's North End

[rex]

Because white people = rich [[generally). Whites are mostly the ones who buy wherever and for the lowest price.

White people = Rich?

What white people you're talkin about and define rich. She was asking 100K for a 100+ year old house in need of a roof, with cracks in the walls, a porch falling apart and massive holes in the ceiling. North end is not a nice area by any means. She said it herself. 1 or 2 nice streets surrounded by bombed out blocks. I dont think its worth half that. To get it back into good condition would cost more than the house would be worth when its finished.

[animatedmartian]

White people = Rich?

What white people you're talkin about and define rich. She was asking 100K for a 100+ year old house in need of a roof, with cracks in the walls, a porch falling apart and massive holes in the ceiling. North end is not a nice area by any means. She said it herself. 1 or 2 nice streets surrounded by bombed out blocks. I dont think its worth half that. To get it back into good condition would cost more than the house would be worth when its finished.

A white guy can come in to the city and make a farm and say he's doing a good deed so he can feel good about himself. A black woman might do it because she can't afford to buy groceries because they took away her food stamps and she has to pay medical bills for her husband because he got injured on the job while his company gave him reduced health benefits and private health insurance is too expensive.

And now her house is falling apart and she puts it up for sale. Let's say the buyer is a white guy with a house he lives in with a modest mortgage. He buys this house in Detroit and wants to flip the house to rent it out for additional income assuming he can afford the renovations. Not that it's a bad thing, but it's what he's capable of doing. The black woman doesn't have the same capabilities even if she'd like to.

That's what I mean by rich.