[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'S')unflowers can be used to decontaminate soils, because they take up a lot of heavy metals and other toxins. They should then be cut and burned, and the ash either refined for the materials, or disposed of in a toxic waste dump. What I don't know if how many crops you need to grow to decontaminate fully.

Could the sunflowers be used as biofuel?

[Kristen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'T')he thing that most theorists, social engineers, conservatives, liberals, socialists etc overlook is that there is a certain percentage of people that are basically worthless and are permanent damaged goods, like people who can't swim after a shipwreck that will pull other people down with them as they drown. --snip--Toxic people are unfortunate in that they didn't ask to be born into their situation. I'd say you can always point to the rare people that reform themselves, but I would say they are what in other environments might have become almost like this

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kristen', ' ')Also just because a person can't swim does not make them useless!

[IslandCrow]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'S')unflowers can be used to decontaminate soils,

[Cabrone]

Detroit family homes sell for just $10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he once thriving industrial city has suffered a dramatic decline following the global economic crisis.
According to Tim Prophit, a real estate agent, the crisis has led to a unprecedented portfolio of homes, but they are failing to sell.
He said there were homes on the market for $100 (£61), but an offer of just $10 (£6) would be likely to be accepted.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cabrone', '[')b]Detroit family homes sell for just $10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he once thriving industrial city has suffered a dramatic decline following the global economic crisis.
According to Tim Prophit, a real estate agent, the crisis has led to a unprecedented portfolio of homes, but they are failing to sell.
He said there were homes on the market for $100 (£61), but an offer of just $10 (£6) would be likely to be accepted.

[mos6507]

Pretorian, anytime you buy on a low you are taking a gamble regardless of the investment. You're investing in something that everyone else has written off as useless. Either it will turn out to be a folly or a coup. Only time will tell.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'P')retorian, anytime you buy on a low you are taking a gamble regardless of the investment. You're investing in something that everyone else has written off as useless. Either it will turn out to be a folly or a coup. Only time will tell.

[anador]

They have to be sure that bulldozing is not all their doing.

They have been bulldozing the city since the 50's, mere removal of blight does not unblight what is next to it. In fact, usually the opposite.

They need to plug the empty holes in the smaller settlement, fill in all lots with new buildings and leave no "missing teeth"

I think that the vast majority of the land should be turned back into farms if the pollution issue is fixed, but the resulting neighborhoods must be more dense, and completely infilled, leaving no "urban prairies"

If construction does not go hand in hand with demolition the remaining area will continue to decay and will not gentrify at all.

Broken windows theory still holds weather or not the decayed neighborhood is surrounded by empty lots, strip suburbs or fields of sunflowers.

[dinopello]

This article talks about the Agrarian Urbanism model that Detroit is following

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ow the seeds of a remarkable rebirth are being planted – literally. Across Detroit, land is being turned over to agriculture. Furrows are being tilled, soil fertilised and crops planted and harvested. Like in no other city in the world, urban farming has taken root in Detroit, not just as a hobby or a sideline but as part of a model for a wholesale revitalisation of a major city. Some farms are the product of hardy individualists or non-profit community groups. Others, like Hantz Farms, are backed by millions of dollars and aim to build the world's biggest urban farm right in the middle of the city.

[ian807]

Wrong city. Start with Washington DC. Right around Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Timo]

Detroit is one of only three cities to have their city plans approved by Congress. Name the other two.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', 'W')rong city. Start with Washington DC. Right around Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Revi]

As Maine goes, so goes the nation. I guess a little lawyer from Maine pulled the top off of the whole mortgage mess:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/busin ... f=business

It's a great story.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', 'W')rong city. Start with Washington DC. Right around Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Tanada]

Check out these pictures, everyone needs to see these.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/ ... 0&index=15

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'C')heck out these pictures, everyone needs to see these.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/ ... 0&index=15

[Fishman]

Poor Detroit, it suffers from Blue State/ Blue City disease. To make sure your city/ state fail financially, pick the party that has run Detroit.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'A')s Maine goes, so goes the nation. I guess a little lawyer from Maine pulled the top off of the whole mortgage mess: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/busin ... f=business It's a great story.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Fishman', 'P')oor Detroit, it suffers from Blue State/ Blue City disease. To make sure your city/ state fail financially, pick the party that has run Detroit.