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When you say, “Detroit looks like it was hit by a nuclear bomb.” What are you referring to? I’d love if you could share a link.

Out of curiosity I searched images of Detroit after reading your comment but couldn’t find anything like what you describe.

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I think they mean like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/7h077...

At 70k, the median house price is still very cheap. https://www.redfin.com/city/5665/MI/Detroit/housing-market

Yes, like that... but that's only after the "blight removal".

Imagine those green spaces looking a bit more like this (pardon the crass title, it's the first one I could find): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEdjiEJg0U

edit: this article also has some really nice aerial shots https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/opinion/sunda...

It's slowly getting better, but a lot of it can be real bad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTKEx0N0DCY

Growing up in Mississippi I often heard of the phrase "bombed out building" to describe old buildings and infrastructure that had decayed so much it looked like it had been bombed.

Theres also the snarky meme that Hiroshima is in better shape now 70 years after having a nuclear bomb dropped on it than Detroit is after 70 years of bad governance.

https://www.reddit.com/r/libertarianmeme/comments/3qv79l/hir...

Have been to Hiroshima. It is a pretty city by Japanese standards. Green paths along the river unlike Tokyo’s concrete. Much more laid back than Tokyo.

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