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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2013, 01:38 PM Jul 2013

Robo Cop III Playing In Detroit For Real It Is Not A Movie

The Guv and his cronies are already dozing empty homes in neighborhoods where people still live. They are just knocking them down and leaving the rubble. HOA individual representing 5000 homes in Detroit was just on Ed Radio Show.

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Robo Cop III Playing In Detroit For Real It Is Not A Movie (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jul 2013 OP

they should rent the neighborhoods out as movie sets lame54 Jul 2013 #1

That's part of the problem EC Jul 2013 #2

On the plus side... Orrex Jul 2013 #3

to be honest PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #4

lame54

(35,311 posts)

1. they should rent the neighborhoods out as movie sets

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 01:48 PM

Jul 2013

EC

(12,287 posts)

2. That's part of the problem

Reply to lame54 (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 01:52 PM

Jul 2013

Michigan did have a contract for movies to be done there...Snyder cancelled them.

Orrex

(63,219 posts)

3. On the plus side...

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 01:52 PM

Jul 2013

I'm willing to bet htat more people have seen footage of present-day Detroit than have seen Robo-Cop III.

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

4. to be honest

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 01:56 PM

Jul 2013

long term, it is probably better to bulldoze the houses. 20 years down the road, if the economy turns around, they can build business centers/shopping centers/schools/factories/etc on the vacant lots. There comes a point when rehabilitation is too costly and it is more efficient to start fresh.

As for the families still living in the areas, maybe the city could work out a land swap deal to relocate them into areas of the city that will not be dozed.

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