Foreclosures and Unemployment Causing Detroit City to Gasp as People Move Away From the Blight
Foreclosures and unemployment is causing Detroit City to gasp as people are moving away in droves from the blight. The administration of Detroit city is shrinking the city by disconnecting essential services so as to rejuvenate the core. Soon announcement will be made regarding which localities would be marked as the core. Those areas of the city would be included that have relatively higher number of residents – although the exit continues. Mayor Dave Bing said that the administration wants to ensure that before the condition of these areas further worsen, support will be given.
The idea was welcomed by Blight Busters – a group that has revived localities by making those who are very poor live in the abandoned houses. John George of Blight Busters said, “I think it’s a brilliant idea. Detroit needs to be leaner and greener and we need to right size the city to match the population as well as the budget”. He added that people living in large chunks of the city will be put under pressure for moving out by reduction of essential services; they should look upon this as an opportunity for betterment.
George explained that now that the bubble in the housing sector has burst a two to three bedroom house can be picked up in the solid parts of Detroit for $15,000. Thus the chance is great to shift out of 
life in shacks and sub-standard houses to move into proper homes. He is hoping that people will do their homework property and not let fear block their reasoning. It is a great chance to move away from plagued neighbourhoods to areas that are not only healthy and clean but also safe and affordable.
The next question is about what to do with the vacant areas. There are talks about razing to the ground buildings to make way for a farm in one locality covering 2,000 acres. George thinks that urban farms could transform the city. George opines that by dismantling and deconstructing the decimated areas and converting these into urban farms a sea change can be brought about. He penned a rosy picture that by “tilling a thousand or fifteen hundred acres” they would produce fresh fruit and vegetables while simultaneously generating jobs for work relating to canning, shipping as well as packaging. Nearly six farms could be set up across the Detroit City – something it needs because there are not good supermarkets here. He said, “There’s no reason why this land when it is cleared cannot be ploughed and be an asset to the community”.
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