For decades, Las Vegas, full of new construction and economic development, flourished, while Detroit, once the backbone of American industry, deflated.These days, it's the worst of times for both.Las Vegas edged Detroit for the title of America's most abandoned city, according to Forbes Magazine.Atlanta came in third, followed by Greensboro, N.C., and Dayton, Ohio.
The rankings, a combination of rental and homeowner vacancy rates for the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country, were based on fourth-quarter data released Feb. 3 by the Census Bureau. Each was ranked on rental vacancies and housing vacancies; the final ranking is an average of the two, Forbes said.
Question. Who runs these cities?
If you guess republicans, someone needs to take your crack pipe from you.
In fact, these cities are all run by, no surprise, the progressive people.... democrats.
Here's the list
Las Vegas - Oscar Goodman, Democrat
Detroit - Kwame Kilpatrick*, Democrat
Greensboro - Keith Holliday, Democrat
Dayton - Rhine McLin, Democrat
Atlanta - Shirley Franklin, Democrat
*Currently ex mayor soon to be reelected, once he's out of jail.
Here's a novel thought, if these cities want to turn it around, why not do something radical like ....... put a republican in the office. Hell, New York put in a couple of RINO's and their city is 100 times better off than the Ed Koch/David Dinkins day.
What's so "progressive" about abandoned cities?
2 comments:
McLin has statewide ambitions too. Look out.
I wonder who runs abandoned cities abroad! If anyone!
abandoned city of Pripyat in Ukraine is also quite impressive - The abandonment was caused by the abrupt fatal malfunction of nuclear reactors at the Chernobyl compound.
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