http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/09/turn-a-quarter-of-de.html
And how long until Bushvilles of homeless take over some of the fields I
wonder?
Turn a quarter of Detroit into "semi-rural" farms?
The city of Detroit is proposing to give over a quarter of its land to
be turned into "semi-rural" fields and farms, with the surviving
neighborhoods standing in "pockets in expanses of green." The proposal
is politically charged (serving a death-sentence on a whole neighborhood
is bound to be controversial) but the idea of "downsizing" Detroit seems
to have wide acceptance.
And yes, this entire thing was predicted by David Byrne in 1988 in the
song "(Nothing But) Flowers" on the final Talking Heads album Naked.
Operating on a scale never before attempted in this country, the
city would demolish houses in some of the most desolate sections
of Detroit and move residents into stronger neighborhoods.
Roughly a quarter of the 139-square-mile city could go from
urban to semi-rural.
Near downtown, fruit trees and vegetable farms would replace
neighborhoods that are an eerie landscape of empty buildings and
vacant lots. Suburban commuters heading into the city center
might pass through what looks like the countryside to get there.
Surviving neighborhoods in the birthplace of the auto industry
would become pockets in expanses of green.
Detroit looks at downsizing to save city (Thanks, Rigel!)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/09/detroit-looks-at-downsizing-to-save-city/
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