Michigan Member Username: Michigan
Post Number: 1144 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:20 am: | |
form the NYT "Housing Woes in Two Cities The large number of vacant and abandoned houses in Buffalo which ranks second only to St. Louis in the percentage of vacant properties per capita nationwide is the subject of an article by Ken Belson. In New York City, the problem is pretty much the opposite: Not enough housing. As Manny Fernandez explains, new Census data show that many New Yorkers are devoting more and more of their incomes to paying mortgages and rent. Homeowners in Brooklyn and renters in the Bronx are carrying the heaviest burdens, with many spending half or more of their monthly paychecks on housing. Even so, The Daily News points out that more New Yorkers leave the city every year than move in. The families most likely to flee New York are those with young children about to start school and those earning between $40,000 and $60,000 a year, The News reports, citing Census data. " The article in the paper this morning was much longer and more detailed. Detroit was not even on the list. Is this because Detroit has already knocked its empties down? |
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus
Post Number: 2100 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:24 am: | |
or because we've lost so much population in recent years that they don't even consider Detroit to be large enough for the list of cities anymore... |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 10142 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:31 am: | |
Buffalo and St. Louis are much smaller population wise than Detroit. |
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus
Post Number: 2101 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:51 am: | |
it was a joke |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 4145 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:51 am: | |
The Bangladeshi community that has appeared Hamtramck's east side is a an example of some of those New Yorkers. |
Michigan Member Username: Michigan
Post Number: 1146 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:54 am: | |
That's what I am talking about Lowell, although on another thread. Detroit could be attracting these immigrant communities to live. It takes very aggressive and progressive policies by the area municipal governments. You point out another important topic for the rebirth of Detroit- immigration. I would hazard a guess that new immigrants are more likely to move into slumping cities like Detroit than folks who are already established in the States. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 10143 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:56 am: | |
quote:it was a joke I guess I need to refill my coffee. |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1811 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:09 am: | |
my purely subjective experience from going many times to buffalo to visit good friends there is that there are far more densly occupied areas/larger contiguously occupied areas that what i've seen in detroit. |
Michigan Member Username: Michigan
Post Number: 1147 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:18 am: | |
Yeah Gm, the article spoke specifically about the east side of Buffalo being affected. They are trying to stop it there. |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1668 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 2:40 pm: | |
Michigan, check out this related active thread: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/112823.html?1189300640 |