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RandySF

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7. If you've been to Detroit, you'll understand.

Reply to Liberty Belle (Reply #6)

Sun May 21, 2017, 03:50 AM

May 2017

These are wooden houses that were built many years ago and subjected to decades of hot, humid summers and cold, wet winters. They are in bad shape and SOMEONE has to repair and maintain them, and the city doesn't have the budget for that.

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Detroit's DIY Cure for Urban Blight [View all] RandySF May 2017 OP

Good luck, Detroit... First Speaker May 2017 #1

Look no further than Cleveland jaysunb May 2017 #2

Cool! I visited Cleveland for the first time in 2013... First Speaker May 2017 #3

I love Cleveland. We have tickets for Playhouse Square Broadway series... Demsrule86 May 2017 #8

Every word of this article is worth reading. NBachers May 2017 #4

This Old House is there. SMC22307 May 2017 #5

Why not just give those homes to homeless veterans and other Liberty Belle May 2017 #6

If you've been to Detroit, you'll understand. RandySF May 2017 #7

Sounds like there isn't much oversight MichMan May 2017 #9