Life in "Progress" City - Detroit edition

Mark Morford believes that life in blue states is far superior to red states.

If that's the case, why is Detroit bulldozing 10,000 abandoned houses? Remember Detroit hasn't had a republican run the city since 1962................

Wrecking crews are preparing to tear down a landmark 5,000-square-foot house in the posh neighborhood of Palmer Woods in the coming weeks, a sign that Detroit is finally getting serious about razing thousands of vacant and abandoned structures across the city.

In leveling 1860 Balmoral Drive, the boyhood home of one-time presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Detroit is losing a small piece of its history. But the project is part of a demolition effort that is just now gaining momentum and could help define the city's future.

Detroit is finally chipping away at a glut of abandoned homes that has been piling up for decades, and intends to take advantage of warm weather and new federal funding to demolish some 3,000 buildings by the end of September.

Mayor Dave Bing has pledged to knock down 10,000 structures in his first term as part of a nascent plan to "right-size" Detroit, or reconfigure the city to reflect its shrinking population.

Seriously, my take is that I don't have to prove that "progressive" areas suck. Millions of people who leave make the case for me.

Destroying 10,000 abandoned houses because people don't want to live there anymore? Now That's "Progressive"!

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