Posts Tagged ‘ cities ’

Urban Magnets for Disaster

Feb 18th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
When it comes to bad stuff the sky’s the limit. It’s gonna happen, eventually…one way or another. And it could be real bad. And when bad stuff happens, you’re better off being somewhere else. Where? Generally, bad stuff seems to happen most often in cities. Why is that? Cities are where most people ...read more

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Leaving Behind Industrial Civilization

Mar 18th, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Driving down the broad avenues of Cleveland, Ohio, was like flipping through the pages of a picture book about the rise and fall of our industrial empire. Where demolitions had not removed things — a lot was gone — stood the residue of a society so different from ours that ...read more

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Detroit Real Estate: Down and Out at Market Value

Oct 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
Detroit must be feeling like a streetwalker far past her prime. Some 9,000 homes and lots went up for tax foreclosure auction in the American symbol of industrial urban failure…yet 80% of them remain unsold despite a minimum bid of $500. How the world turns. Once Detroit was a dynamic city, the urban ...read more

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