Detroit's Sacrifice For Economic Recovery

[@ladhkay]

So its either have a dead city with no jobs or a bit more expensive alive city

[@MRLONG758]

An Alive city with a lot of homeless people. Seems to be working great for San Francisco.

[@stephanemujomba5148]

@@MRLONG758 sad but true

[@PainandMotivation]

@@MRLONG758 There were homeless people in Detroit before the entrepreneurs came. Economic conditions were bad and people had to sell their homes. Now, people can have jobs, not sell their homes. With the cost of rent going up.

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

*expensive white city.

[@MRLONG758]

@@PainandMotivation San Fransisco has plenty of jobs too but the average person can't afford to live there hence the homeless situation. You can't build a city for rich people alone. Where are the vast majority of the workers in the city going to live? Because most of the people working in cities aren't rich and most likely can't afford the suburbs so if they also can't afford the inner city either where do they live?

[@Feynman981]

The new buildings will be the affordable flats in two decades. The faster detroits renews itself, the faster it pulls in its spirit of success again.

[@SDZ675]

You know something's up when construction in the US only takes a few days instead of few months.

[@jdmac44]

If you rent, you're always at the landlord's mercy. Period. What else is new?

[@AB-ou8ve]

And why do we allow such scumbags to live?

[@MrDude826]

@@AB-ou8ve Because they are people. You are a psychopath and need medical attention.

[@chloedegurechaff1941]

@@AB-ou8ve You are more than welcome to preach about never renting ever. landlords wouldn't exist it everyone stopped renting and bought a house. but now its not that simple. and mom and dad don't want to have you at home until you can buy a home now do they? plus the fact that not enough homes exist in the first place. better start a home construction business while you're at it

[@traydacreatorbeats4228]

I’m from Detroit, gentrification is very real. My grandfather said Detroit lost its value when the white people with money left, Detroit was a economic metropolis in the 60s and 70s Ford and GM kept the city alive..they got plants in other places and moved out the city..The US Gov brung crack into all the major cities in America, Don’t believe me look at Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago and ATL and etc. All the major cites with a Major Black populated base begins to fall cause White Business leave and go some where else and crack comes into the community. If you take jobs away from people they are going to have to find another way to make money. That’s why crime and incarceration is so high in those cities...Now Look at Los Angeles, you got Downtown L.A, Hollywood, and All those Nice places and no more than 15 ,20 minutes away . Inglewood, Long Beach, and all the so called Black Communities with crime. Also another problem with alot of cities back then they put freeways on top of black communities. That messed up the flow of business. I ain’t complaining or anything but Just stating the facts and proven reasons about gentrification.

[@ForodhaHouse]

If you want something for yourself you might want to start buying some of the empty lots. Detroit needs people to move in, their tax base is almost wiped out and they declared bankruptcy while back. Unfortunately % of blacks have been voting against their own interests for a long time and it’s getting worse. They talk of gentrification like renters own the buildings.

[@Omega-lj1nw]

Detroit will rise again.

[@Cypher791]

When rich and poor live to together, the place turns completely to wild shit and the rich don’t feel much like living there anymore.

[@eromod]

Plus the city is creating fake "worth" using tax dollars. A house should be priced based on real value, not artificial value.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

People complain when everyone leaves the city and it goes broke. God forbid people move back in and Detroit unbroke

[@brian6611]

Detroit needs whatever investment it can get and they should be happy about it, making a racial issue out of investors doesn't help anyone. Sad the guy has increasing rent but it's Detroit he can find a cheap home or apartment anywhere. Try some responsible unbiased reporting next time.

[@JJJ-zf8ri]

Don’t you know? They always gotta find a way to blame the ebil wightee.

[@TheTyreese62]

Says a white guy named Brian 🤔🙄

[@deancuban894]

@@TheTyreese62 says the egg account without a profile pic and no understanding of basic economics.

[@TheTyreese62]

That doesn't even make sense. I bet I have more money in my bank account that you. Simple economics

[@saularzola7746]

cry more @@TheTyreese62

[@HeyUncleA]

Little Caesar’s arena... I’m dead.

[@thejohnson2013]

Instead of stopping development that will help the city lets lower taxes on the $1 houses and make them affordable. We could even help them restore older houses on the outskirts in order to redevelop the insides

[@Bblaze1021]

The point is the preference of black detroiters is not at the top of the list for these companies investing. Detroit is getting gentrified the same way Chicago has been gentrified.

[@MusicLover-ti6zo]

Segregation is a longstanding and sad part of American culture that we refuse to acknowledge or change. Race relations is our Achilles heel and is what is destroying Democracy.

[@eb5857]

It's more of a money thing than race thing.

[@patricklee7802]

It was a failed city, in fact one of the most dangerous cities in America, and you could buy a house for $5,000 (2010). Now the city is breathing a new era of life and growth, yet that is a negative?? The only take away that was received is the insane opportunity for investors, the local market, and make Detroit an American icon once again.

[@erich84502ify]

Same thing is happening to Oakland CA

[@KRYMauL]

Except Oakland is just the last part of the Bay Area that hasn't been ravaged by tech. Detroit is a dead city that people have been investing in to bring back, I'm surprise Musk hasn't decided to make a factory there.

[@SeemeonMars]

It’s not a race thing it’s a money thing

[@NathanAllebach]

If there’s market demand for an area to be developed, it means the low-income people in that area are already being priced out. As middle-income people get priced out of other areas, they move to low-income areas and outcompete the residents there. By the time that’s happening it’s too late. Developers see the income demographics shift in a given location and make moves. The only way to avoid this or slow the process is to deregulate zoning and allow more market-rate housing to be built for all income classes.

[@RosaParksShoe]

I like the idea that 20% of the apartment has to be set for lower income. All apartment should include something like that

[@tazzybear6434]

I feel for them

[@malluangel]

I don't think it's a race thing. Correlation does not equal causation. I get that gentrification is bad for people in the lower income bracket, but it shouldn't stand in the way of progress. Think about Chicago, it's housing/apt prices are bordering ridiculous, but it's also at a point where you can walk downtown at 2 am and it feels so safe to be doing so. Cities these days have high rates. It sucks that prices are going up, and we should try and find a solution to that, but people can't expect to live at 1980's prices in 2019! Detroit needs these neighborhoods to look better, the kind of jobs that are needed to improve economies in today's world attract employees that want safer and nicer living situations.Obviously if people are investing and improving locations, they want to price it so people who can maintain it will move in. It sucks if you can't afford your old neighborhood, but if it comes at the price of safer cities and neighborhoods, is it not worth it?

[@Hans_Peterson]

I get that moving is hard, but housing is so dirt cheap in Detroit it's hard for me to feel that bad for the people saying there isn't affordable housing. I just got on zillow, there are like a bazillion homes and apartments for sale that cost TENS of thousands of dollars, I even saw a home listed for $1, 000 dollars, yes one thousands dollars. That's a mortgage someone working part time minimum wage could afford. This video must be incredibly frustrating to watch for people who live in cities that are legitimately unaffordable like San Fran or New York.

[@Fifth3rd]

I’m born and raised here in Detroit. I can tell everyone from first hand, this is GENTRIFICATION at its finest. It started from downtown Detroit closes to the water, then it started to spread north. Historical areas are rehabbed and the prices are THROUGH THE ROOF. To make matters worse, to even be able to purchase homes “to reinvest” in you have to have so much money. Majority of contractors are WHITE, bids for homes are going to whites, police present is only in the good white neighborhoods, but the urban area is left to decay. Vacant homes, buildings, abandoned golf courses, MAAANY potholes, and did I mention NO REAL POLICE PRESENCE. The areas that are NOT being rehabbed are past the 96 freeway (the urban area [black people]). There’s good areas in Detroit don’t get wrong, but the gentrifications happening right now is great but disheartening to us who’s been here all our life and pricing the homes beyond our expense is unfair.

[@citrustaco]

You have two choices. Either urban renewal or urban decay. Gentrification is such a coded word now. If blacks were to rebuild Detroit, clean it up, and make it more valuable to live in, it would be called "revitalization" and "uplifting the community". It's something that everyone there wants. Increased safety, increased value, and increased desirability. But if white people rebuild it, then it's a bad bad thing. And it's "gentrification" and the "pushing out of everyone", who are already leaving anyhow as the population continues to decline. When Magic Johnson wants to revitalize Los Angeles with movie theaters, Starbucks, and more upscale projects, it was met with great praise from the black community. But if it were Brad and Cindy, now that's met with great disdain. You can't argue both sides of the fence. If property values go down due to crime, urban decay, joblessness, then the narrative is that black homeowners are losing value in their homes and become upside down in mortgages. Property devaluation kills passing along wealth about blacks to future generations. BUT, if you rebuild and property values go up due to decreased crime and revitalization, the narrative doesn't focus on the black homeowners who gain value, no, now the focus is on higher rent and black renters having a tough time. So EITHER way, if the property values go up OR down, the narrative is to always focus on blacks losing. Focus on homeowners if it decays, and focus on renters if it improves.

[@samslocombe5402]

Oh well, you cannot have it both ways. There is always a price sadly. The bigger, longer term picture is more important.

[@pokemonfire51]

I know where I'm investing next.

[@Dontaddressme-y5r]

please help detroit it is so pitiful seeing a once beautiful city turn into this it’s so sad

[@omarabdulalim4862]

Same thing happen in Seattle they told the landlords 20% has to be low income but if you don't just pay a fine and what do they do they pay the fine and now no one can afford to live in the city who's working class are poor.

[@diegoperez2090]

"I don't want to make it a race thing but it is" - so if it was wealthy black people moving into this building or Detroit in general, this fella wouldn't mind?

[@Jonathan-zj6to]

I wish they would talk more about the solution to the problem than just criticize. If you don't want to bring business & redevelopments because it'll displace certain residents, what do you suggest be done to revitalize the Detroit economy?

[@JohnSmith-bt7mz]

So, this guy is 86 and still renting? Why didn’t he buy a house during whole his life (especially considering he is a good musician and housing was and, for most part still is, dirt-cheap in Detroit)? Sounds like a bad life planning and blame shifting.

[@lostzelxio2739]

yoo he kinda reminds me of that blind dude

[@lostzelxio2739]

@Dreamstate no, just that he learned piano at a young age and got a career out of it.

[@castawayrem]

It's not a race thing. I feel the native people didn't do anything to help the economy and now that someone is stepping in to help the lifestyle of the city has nothing to do with race. The natives just happen to be more of one race. It has everything to do with reviving a beautiful city

[@menolara17]

Cool 😎

[@Pheebe.Dee.]

Gentrification is growing problem across the US in most major cities. Same stories. Same problems.

[@ProfTricky3168]

I don't know how city politics work so I'm not going to comment about it.

[@Pauliepsi]

Blame the city, they need rent control in place or legislation.

[@StuntmanBeatz313]

Cass Corridor - Black. Midtown - White.

[@cashstore1]

Detroit has the highest taxes in the state, so good luck with that.

[@thedripdrop9826]

"Gentrification" - reviving a city that's been dying since the 70's. Sometimes change is hard, but would you rather the place just keep crumbling?

[@mq827]

exactly

[@raaid85]

well thats capitalism for u. i went to china and they dont let thibgs crumble and the push poor people out. way better system

[@thedripdrop9826]

@@raaid85 lmao, yeah, china's housing market is way better than ours. Thanks for the laugh. You should see what they're doing right now.

[@raaid85]

@@thedripdrop9826 yeah western medias relentless propaganda campaign against china is laughable. the US empire trying to hold onto its last legs as a global hegemon. its such a disgusting coubtry man. u guys really need to focus on urself being troops from ur 800 military bases back home. they have spread enough "freedom". focus on ur multiple issues rather than holding on to the idea of a global empire. i do find it fascinating how no one in the US know about the history of regime change operations by US. even goebbels would be proud of this acconplishment

[@thedripdrop9826]

@@raaid85 pretty cool how you turned that on its ass just to make a point about America "disgusting". Go back to China and really let us know how that works out. The American propaganda machine is not responsible for China enslaving and killing tons of uyghurs. Limiting what their populace can do and see on the internet. Putting people in jail for daring to compare Xi Jin Ping to Winnie the poo. Just a great and prosperous, and accepting country. Please go on about their humanitarian acts and commitment to climate change. Can't wait.

[@jacksonfrnak1208]

I’m from Detroit. Midtown has always been called Midtown. That’s not new. The Cass Corridor is still called Cass Corridor. It’s a neighborhood within Midtown.

[@carlosm2014]

If you go back to the 60s/70s it wasn’t

[@fusionxtras]

It would make sense since a corridor is like a straight/hall and not a wide area

[@divinemissw]

Nah, you must be pretty young. I went to school downtown and Midtown didn't exist in the 70s

[@DragonBall-rd5me]

@@carlosm2014 Please, if go back to middle age America is full of grass and bugs...

[@sydguitar99]

they recently started calling the Cass area midtown after the gentrification started.

[@MrEddieoutrageous]

I'm from Detroit. I work right next door to LCA and I can tell you there's so much more to the story (on both sides) than what is told in this video. They prop up these new expensive condos in Brush Park, Boston Edison is in a major revitalization, along with Corktown. But there's like another 120 sq miles of the city that is receiving no love at all. In addition, I'm always shaky on the gentrification thing but what I can say is that I'm not sure who is moving into the city. There of course has been a huge number of white people who have moved in the greater downtown area but I also know a lot of black people who are as well. I think it's horrible to uproot people out of their home just because of a new amenity but there are a lot of things still missing to justify those increases. The number one this is the school system. Detroit has the worst schools in the country, which is holding A LOT more of the middle to upper class folk from moving in. Second, Detroit's mass transit system is BROKEN! The suburbs do not want to be connected with the city. I could go on, but I just want everyone to keep in mind this video only BARELY scratched the surface.

[@waynewright2886]

I Saw the Videos that Charlie Bo 313 Put Out on Detroit, Also on You Tube. & What he Showed on his Videos Made me Sick & Disgusted on The Streets of Detroit & Houses & Buildings were Run Down & Vacant Lots All Over the City & I Ask Myself How in the Hell did the Black Mayors of Detroit from Coleman Young to the Black Mayors After Him Did Very Little to Bring Detroit to Life & Let in Go to Hell & God Left Detroit for Good! Detroit is the Only Major City that doesn't have a Decent Rail Transit System, Just a Downtown People Mover that Nobody Rides & a 3 Mile Street Car, where the Light Rail or Subway in Detroit? We have Our here in L.A. & in 3 Other Metro Areas of California, as well as Seattle, Denver, Salt Lake City, Houston, Dallas, Cleveland, St.Louis, Baltimore, Boston, Philly, Pittsburgh, but Really Nothing in Detroit. I'm Glad their Rebuilding in Detroit, Mainly in & Around Downtown & Farther Out in the City. But Detroit has to Prove Itself that they are Really Ready For Buisness in that City. God is Starting to Come Back to Detroit.

[@logank444]

Yeah dude you're right. The brokenness of the city is generational and on so many levels. I dont think kicking out poor folk so the rich can live in a tiny part of the city will fix anything. Nor is it helping

[@cleverusernamecl5532]

@@waynewright2886 I wonder if whitey was over there burning down the houses?

[@1ProAssassin]

@@logank444 U get to tax them, their property value and whatever else u can. Then bit by bit rebuild the city with the money. More people come. Businesses and services come because demand increases. More jobs get created. Repeat the cycle long enough and the city will recover. Of course, things aren't as simple as this and u gotta make sure u don't leave behind the people living there.

[@TheCriminalViolin]

As is the case with most things. And there's always more than three sides to every story at that. Things like this are never as simple as they're made to be, and require a hell of a lot of in-depth and dedicated research, and conversations with the people who live it to truly gain the full perspective and run down on what's really happening and going on. And you've got to get it from all sides, too to truly gain the full perspective and reality of it all.

[@DaniMrtini]

Change: Everyone needs it but no one wants it.

[@undefined7141]

Oh I do, let’s start with two party system congress and the media.

[@scorpionblade4112]

White flight when they left, gintrification when they came back.

[@redsiberian]

You can’t win with these people who take the victim route in life

[@nomdeplume4543]

Well said.

[@acommentator69]

NPC: WHITE MAN BAD, WHITE FLIGHT BAD, GENTRIFICATION BAD

[@cesyneighistaut3451]

@@acommentator69 white flight was bad, idiot. It was motivated by racial fear mongering, left our cities crumbling and stranded black communities to rot in neglect

[@acommentator69]

@@cesyneighistaut3451 the point that I am making is that black people will always find ways to complain about white people. First, they complain when whitey leaves the place where they are moving to. Then, if whitey come back, they also complain. So which one is it? If they don't want whitey living near them, then don't complain about "white flight." If they do want whitey living near them, then don't complain about "gentrification?" Can't have it both ways.

[@IvayloTod]

So a company is investing in Detroit and this is pulled as a negative story?

[@daeding5343]

Ikr?! Leftard commie journalist always created misleading story

[@eromod]

The negative part is the mayor spending millions of tax dollars building houses. Taxes shouldn't be used to build houses, thats a job for a company or an individual.

[@PainandMotivation]

That is what I want to know too. Billionaires come to Detroit, create jobs and something bad is on KZbin. I wonder what will happen again if billionaires take their money and leave Detroit.

[@georgehoffman3439]

It’s like in east London, most areas that are poor often have a lot more ethnic minorities, and it’s usually mostly wealthier white people who move in and so do more. But for east London a lot of white people moved out due to various reasons. They always pull it off mostly as a racial or a class thing.

[@76special]

@epics7 They can leave that shit show the way it is and nothing will change. People say dogs eat their own vomit, it is an exact metaphor for Detroit.

[@emanuelpovian1938]

“ Man I wish people would invest more into our city “ * people invest and create new buildings, etc * “ they’re changing our city and why is my rent higher “ Ps. Use those news jobs to be able to pay the rent

[@yuh2634]

Jorge Kush better rich than a ghetto

[@dragngt]

Mazda Rx8 Detroit has been run by Dems promising so much to the citizens that they’re used to ideas like this. Totally revamped city = no change to rent, dinner prices, ticket prices etc... all seem reasonable to them.

[@alex-yl9ms]

Jorge Kush Thank you! Take some self responsibility.

[@peach495]

How many of those jobs do you suppose can be filled by an 86 year old man?

[@12kaka03]

Freewheelin' Franklin exactly

[@xtrey19x]

This is why it’s best to try to own your home. It makes little sense to rent the same home for decades, only to get kicked out when it’s convenient for the owner. All of that rent money is wasted cash that could have been used pay down a mortgage and get yourself a piece of the pie.

[@MVera1044]

And buy cheap when you can

[@MVera1044]

@Autumn M those people can't buy a home for 1,000?

[@lif3andthings763]

Matias Vera Many cant and how many of those homes are there? And how much would they cost to renovate to actually live in them?

[@MVera1044]

@@lif3andthings763 you can renovate as you go, at least is your own place, about affordability there is no culture of savings, but again is a cultural problem not a affordability one

[@shaddythewiz3836]

@@MVera1044 most of that thousand-dollar house needs a lot of renovation like it's not safe to live in and many people have kids. if u r living on a construction site with kids it could dangerous for them later on u.

[@eastonj6361]

I live about an hour outside of downtown. And I dont claim to be some city planner. But Detroit was dying. How else should the city come back. We need more businesses and money there.

[@logank444]

It's a city ment for 1.5 million, it needs a whole industry. The car companies destroyed Detroit.

[@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope]

Yeah, but distribute the infrastructure across the city!!! There’s so many dead parts in the heart of the city that they gotta be using.

[@KRYMauL]

Wasn't it the automakers that made Detroit?

[@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope]

@@KRYMauL Yep and they fucked the city over when they found cheaper labor elsewhere and went overseas. Car manufacturers, steel manufacturers, etc. It was a sound financial decision on their ends but obviously played a significant role in the current state of Detroit today For those who are from Detroit , what’s the people’s opinion on GM, considering they still have their HQ in downtown. Do they hate Gm for the decisions they made? Are they indifferent ?

[@KRYMauL]

@@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope All I know the US needs a luxury brand car like BMW and Mercedes-Benz. At least then they can produce a bunch of local cars, and sell the expensive cars abroad.

[@hadoukenhadouken9219]

Theres no loyalty in business. It's the entrepreneurs, investors that gonna bring change to a degraded market. - Truth

[@flyingchimp12]

Who’s truth?😂

[@ahrred3127]

@@flyingchimp12 CJ Hippie Friend

[@flyingchimp12]

@@cheapalopod8563 that's not my truth

[@campkira]

tell that to yourselves... as long as you work for someone else....

[@Anewuser_6282]

Socialism AKA affordable housing isn’t the answer

[@GuestYouTubeUser]

Better than being ghetto. I support this movement by capitalist.

[@static6787]

I'm black and I do too

[@cortezmiller1899]

* static You ain’t black. A black person doesn’t have to claim, to make statement.

[@cortezmiller1899]

* static What does being black got to do with his comment?! Oh, I know! Because that person mention ghetto...

[@intelligenceiskey5046]

That’s the thing tho, it’s really just pushing the ghetto out, it’s not solving it. All this is doing is making it so these people have to move out and go somewhere else, while all the white people can move in and enjoy the new area

[@emilym7251]

It's not helping anyone but rich white people and its contributing to the problem of pushing black people down

[@peterrayson4397]

My first thought is that someone such as the successful musician should own his home or condo, not be renting. We need to remind people from a young age that RENTING IS TEMPORARY; DO NOT MAKE IT A WAY OF LIFE. "People of all incomes should be able to live in all neighborhoods" makes no economic sense, sorry. If these folks have "been around" then why don't they OWN anything?

[@redevous]

Exactly lol

[@shadowzach00]

That's what I think all that money he made he could of bought a nice house in a nice are smh

[@jermainec2462]

U don't really know this man's story of his life and why he doesn't own anything ... Calm down

[@Ruvieb]

Peter Rayson Detroit has been over estimating the taxes for Detroit homes for years making it harder for people who do own their homes to keep those homes. And when those homes are foreclosed due to back taxes, people from the suburbs buy them up and make a business of renting them out, sometimes to the former owner themselves. When it came to light that Detroit was over taxing, they “corrected” but still required the owners to pay the taxes they agreed were too high for the property. So no, owning your home in Detroit is not some obvious solution.

[@peterrayson4397]

@Kimani the Incredible Can you be more specific? Some of the other comments mentioned the failings of the local government with respect to property taxes, so that makes sense since moving can be very difficult. My issue generally is that many people all over the country are being negligent in their assets and home ownership, then complain about "gentrification" as if they're entitled to something that they don't own. It's a victim mindset and a philosophy of weakness that we need to correct at an early age.

[@SuperBalkan1111]

People are investing in Detroit and people are making it look like it’s a bad thing... Detroit needs the investment and unfortunately people who can’t afford to live there anymore have to find a new more affordable place to live.

[@meowdalachow7932]

SuperBalkan1111 New Orleans or Baltimore

[@SuperBalkan1111]

Autumn M unfortunately life isn’t fair. If your skill set doesn’t pay enough for you to live in a place that is investing and trying to improve the image of place than you should try invest in yourself to improve your skills set to make more money to live at that place.

[@SuperBalkan1111]

Autumn M I understand your struggle, I came to this county from a war torn country... we (2 parents me and my sis) came to America not speaking English, air travel debt of $5k and only hope of making a better life for us. My parents worked 2 jobs (minimum wage) to pay for rent and food. As soon as me and my sis were old enough we started working. Both my sis and I worked full time during college and graduated in 3 years. Than we both got our MBAs. Years of hard work and sacrifice helped us get amazing jobs with amazing pay. Your struggle today will help you achieve more than you can imagine.

[@Btt8]

Autumn M if you’re literally one of the smartest kids in your school then improve your grammar

[@ericfernandez6706]

@Autumn M You should move because its not your apartment building. You don't have a right to live on someones property just because you like the neighborhood. Its not the responsibility of real estate investors to give discounted housing to the "oppressed" class. Maybe you should work towards solving your own problems instead of demanding others to solve them for you.

[@maxinef6654]

87? Looks like he’s in his 60s.

[@foundationsmedicalinformat2420]

Genuine question here: Is Gentrification an inherently bad thing? I understand the frustration from long-time residents with rising rent prices which force them out of their homes, but isn’t that the price of improvement? As an area becomes nicer and the infrastructure is updated, it would be expected that rent would increase. The alternative would be for the area to remain desolate but with low rent prices.... is that really what people want? [Note: I have spent my entire life living within 20 miles of Detroit (In Fact, I just listened to this video while driving back from MexicanTown on the SW side of Detroit) and I can say that, as of minutes ago, the housing situation in Detroit could really use some improvements]

[@Eyegetdeep]

For poor people of color? yes. Having the cost of housing go up is inherently bad.

[@elysium76]

Gentrification for me, is a two edged sword

[@kamilb8232]

@@Eyegetdeep Does gentrification have to be a race thing? There is no denying Detroit is composed heavily of citizens of color, but gentrification doesn't care what your skin color is or what you believe in. I tend to agree that gentrification of downtown Detroit is generally a good thing. There are plenty of neighboring areas that will still support low income living. On the other hand, bringing in investments and business can help those very same people living in the Detroit area from poverty into better living conditions.

[@kunaly.5831]

Shaquille Hewitt didn’t know it only affected poor people of color. Thanks

[@Eyegetdeep]

@@kamilb8232 show me an example where it's intra-racial. Gentrification can be about class and race.

[@Motorcitycellular]

I grew up in detroit and lived in detroit or detroit area all my life. I have lots of friends and family that still live in the city. Black, white and middle eastern. The only people complaining about gentrification are people who rent. They say long time residents, but it’s not all long time residents. It’s just the people who rent. My black friends that own their homes or condos love the gentrification. It makes their home value go up. gentrification is great for a area. Home values go up. Tax revenue goes up meaning roads get fixed( which detroit needs bad) schools get more money. The areas of detroit that use to be empty and full of crime are now being filled with people and there is a police presence. So all of you who say the poor or black are being driven out need to shut up. This is a good thing for detroit and all the people who live in detroit and actually invested their time and money in the city and don’t just rent. And if you talk about the homeless they are thrilled with gentrification. There are more people to pander money from with deeper pockets. Just 15 or 20 years ago detroit didn’t have shit going on. Now it feels alive. Busy stores, busy night life. For everyone of all colors. I go downtown and I love what I see. Everyone hanging out and enjoying them selfs. I don’t see segregation or racism when I’m there. I see everyone of all backgrounds enjoying what the city is becoming.

[@lif3andthings763]

Clever Chief Exactly that is the problem with that everyone has with black people but gentrification will not help that stereotype or actually help those people. Poverty means more kids. Single mother plus poverty equals crime no matter the race.

[@judgedreddhd]

-> well put

[@OttoBiography]

well said buddy

[@CorporalCornGaming]

I mean all the home owners will have their homes value shoot up since they can only go up. If they decide on holding them and eventually selling them they maybe able to get a decent place away from the city and crime or stay and see how the city may develop in the future.

[@goatruso3198]

@A y You know not everyone can afford to buy a house right? Doesn't mean they don't invest "time and money" into Detroit. You sound like a complete prick tbh. You and your friends have it well so why should you care, right? Oh, you know a couple of black people who own a house, that must mean everything is fine for ALL black people. Do you realize how stupid that sounds? Economic recovery is great and all but a city shouldn't just be for rich people. Way overpriced living costs are a problem in cities everywhere, I live across the Atlantic and my city has the same problem and it needs to be tackled asap. The majority of people rent so saying it's "just the people who rent" is dumb af.

[@vksepe]

This is the same with a lot of old industrial cities in Britain. Huge amounts of investment in the midland/northern cities like Leeds, Birmingham & Manchester but at the cost of rising house prices and gentrification.

[@MrRooibos123]

Hasn't happened in Wolverhampton yet...

[@crotchwolf1929]

And Detroit isn't the only Rust Belt city going through this either.

[@JM-ps6le]

Can’t tell the blind this. They’ll call it fake news. Drive down the prices and buy up everything cheap. It’s a class issue but in America race and class are intertwined and systematically enforced. I see many ppl in stock groups daily praying for a crash so they can short the market and go invest in foreclosures and raise rents

[@LorFire]

Difference is Detroit’s a slum, dem cities in the UK are not, juss more deprived than the average UK city SHOULD be

[@richardtrujillo1692]

Gentrification bro England is literally 80% white

[@qolspony]

When I think of "Affordable" Housing, I think of Housing Projects. This is never a workable plan. It just concentrates poverty. What people need is incentives to purchase their own apartments as in Cooperatives. This helps motives them to take care their own property, because now they own it. They should also be incentives for people to receive training for high level jobs.

[@nateb3679]

sounds pretty socialist to me

[@hodgejason7301]

I love how it's a racial issue but it's affecting poor people, as if only one race is poor. I'm so sick of that narrative

[@ProfTricky3168]

America doesn't have a race issue, it have a class issue.

[@tommyrobinson_boi5067]

Not everything is a race thing.... calling people racist is getting old

[@santi_alvarez]

How is this a race thing?

[@ob5443]

Red lining, a practice used in Detroit and many other city’s unfairly denied black folks mortgages, crippled black communities. Now white folks who have benefited from redlining and can afford higher rents pricing out longtime residents.

[@Eyegetdeep]

You dont know Detroit. You don't know America.

[@swegspooder5220]

Santiago Alvarez shut up illegal alien. Go back to mexico

[@santi_alvarez]

@@swegspooder5220 well, thats racist

[@Menstral]

It is an IQ 'thing', which is largely a race 'thing'. Statistically IQ is distributed non-randomly,dependent on geographic heritage. brainstats.com/static/98cd4bbec3b147659e3686e5b5d4b5c2/a1967/map.png

[@quintinmason3723]

Blacks better start practicing group economics or we will forever lose !!!

[@notsure6187]

Quintin mason I'm white and I agree. blacks need their share of the economic pie as well.

[@campkira]

fool still going to be fooled...

[@bessbarnes6062]

@@cortezmiller1899 more than white people... its the top 1% like your president that doesnt pay taxes.

[@bessbarnes6062]

@@HELLO7657 more than white people... its the top 1% like your president that doesnt pay taxes.

[@michaelclayton3114]

Even now - I see a lot of those factory / shop buildings that some combined pockets there would make beautiful conversions .They look secure and sturdy - would be worth the trouble I left Detroit in 1996 for good , bought 3 bedroom fixer upper ( brick ) by saving for down payment - worth good capital now .

[@dmurphy915]

Its insensitive but need of many out weight needs of few. You think $300 is a lot every apt in Boston I've lived in has gone up $100 every year plus a fee (5 apt in 12years)

[@lindabentley1749]

I've lived in a duplex right ooutside of Pittsburgh for 15 and the rent is $650 and my landlord has never raised my rent since I have lived here. Its 2 bedrooms with kitchen, livingroom, diningroom and a full basement with a front and back porch. I'm disabled and I feel blessed compared to how a lot of people live.

[@Koa808]

Linda Bentley yeah but you live in Pittsburgh 😷

[@lindabentley1749]

At least Pittsburgh won 6 Super Bowls.

[@lindabentley1749]

The Steelers are a major part of the city in more ways than one. They bring people together and are good for the morale of the city. They bring in a lot of revenue to the city.

[@profortnitestreamer8894]

@@lindabentley1749 They don't call it 💩 sburgh for nothing

[@1966bluemax]

When there’s no job, they complain; when there’s job, they also complain

[@AB-ou8ve]

Or maybe people don’t want to spend the rest of their lives overpaying for overpriced shit.

[@mooselips5678]

"i dont want to make it a race thing" *proceeds to make it a race thing?

[@MrRooibos123]

Either have an economic powerhouse or a slowly festering corpse of a city.

[@OttoBiography]

but what do they want? Downtowns that are vibrant/alive will eventually become expensive... it's a fact of life. It's way better than having a dead downtown...

[@Phillyisalwayssunny]

This sounds like a great story. They will find new places to live, and there will be continued job growth.

[@eromod]

Its a trap, it encourages government to spend taxes on building homes. Taxes will go up and self reliance will go down.

[@athaliacudini4914]

@@eromod Michigan has set in place a tax limit for cities and the state government. The state is way below it's maximum, however, the city is as high as they can go. Taxes can't go any higher, and if anything, they'd lower them due to increased development and wealthy population growth. I agree with you on the self-reliance bit, welfare is a trap and we need limits, but that is what Michigan does already thank god.

[@WorshipDaKing]

no such thing as loyalty in economics, its just business

[@CMCNestT]

The normal dynamics for a city is for rich people to live downtown, for working class people to live in the suburbs, and for those in between to live in between.

[@nateb3679]

and for the impoverished to live on the streets

[@JF-bc2lw]

Time to invest in real estate in Detroit! Be smart, get a job, and set aside money and invest.

[@eromod]

The city is spending millions of tax money on building homes. The property tax will be through the roof to pay for whatever the next socialist program they have in store.

[@JM-ps6le]

Joshua Fallon get a job working where? The reason it is doing so bad is the great paying jobs left those people unemployed and went to Mexico and Canada

[@athaliacudini4914]

@@JM-ps6le I have hope Trump can bring them back, especially with USMCA.

[@MarinelliBrosPodcast]

Step 1. Less government Step 2. Buy Real-Estate Step 3. Prosper

[@shaddythewiz3836]

@@MarinelliBrosPodcast I don't think that how it works. If that was the case lots of jobs would leave the US cuz of cost and go to China. The reason why is cuz the US basically begs big companies to stay here with tariffs and tax incentives. If it wasn't for that biggest companies would choose china cuz it's cheaper.

[@nialante2848]

They should really try to realize everyone can’t afford $2000+ rent. I live about 10 min from downtown Detroit, and I’m always casually looking at the apartments down there. It’s insane how expensive it is. There’s so many city workers that can barely afford transportation too & from work let alone keep up with the changing living situation down there. Just be mindful and considerate, is all they’re asking. Everyone isn’t making $80+....

[@sm3675]

Where is this? Detroit is dirt cheap. You can live comfortably with 80 k in the suburbs of Toronto and feel safe, detroit outta be cheao. We are safe too unlike detroit.

[@GabiN64]

Yeah downtowns or midtowns are usually the most expensive in cities with strong economy. They should just move to a less 'hip' neighborhood which i'm sure Detroit still has plenty of since it's massive sprawl.

[@maxgorden499]

So should they not upgrade old buildings? And if they invest money in upgrading a building rents are doing to rise. Its not technically a race thing, it's just that some groups tend to be at a lower income bracket.

[@maxgorden499]

@BLAIR M Schirmer Don't commit crimes, its not like its legal to sell weed/steal stuff in rich neighborhoods.

[@maxgorden499]

@Autumn M Being able to post bail doesn't make the charges go away, and even if bail is for high flee risk people decided by a judge.

[@maxgorden499]

@Autumn M Sentences are dependent on the judge, and if you have priors, someone that has 3 felonies isn't going to be let off easy like the guy that has no priors and did a misdemeanor

[@maxgorden499]

@Autumn M Not all judges are the same, you can also see sentencing injustice with male vs female

[@maxgorden499]

@Autumn M I didn't say it was okay or good, I called it an injustice after all.

[@billyhighfill]

Great idea, but look where the money went. Those with it, at least the vast majority left already. Those investing and those with money normally don't associate with those of lower classes. Especially ones considered to be living in poverty. So your trying to change and modify a behavior that is exhibited all over the world, and is showing no signs of stopping, in fact the opposite is happening, the wage gap is increasing between the rich and poor. Those with money want to be surround with individuals of like caliber. Not homeless people or felons. Sorry, but what your wanting just isn't how the world/people work.

[@eromod]

Its not a race thing, its the city telling its residence that its okay to rely on them for housing instead of owning their own housing. 4:32 What the heck is the government doing building houses!? Thats an individuals' or a companys' job, not a governments.

[@kinkiesse7736]

Gov is allowed to jump in if the private sector cannot take the risk. Same as in mass transit for cities....

[@ThePatriot2]

This isn’t a race thing,

[@montengro234]

Funny timing with the democratic debates

[@avg_tatetopian7978]

the only reason they even talking about Detroit is bc the debates r here

[@athaliacudini4914]

@@avg_tatetopian7978 I agree, I don't think Democrats care about African Americans because they're such a reliable democratic base. I don't think they realize that the reason Hillary lost Michigan, was because of the decreased black turnout. Pisses me off.

[@The_Poro_King]

A year later

[@twinmont5960]

So do you want a safer city or less safe city?

[@thehound2161]

I see the logic behind rich and poor living in the same area... but what is the incentive for the wealthy to have poor neighbors? Just out of the kindness of their ... whatever? The peace of mind is what a fair % of your money is spent by the wealthy... not on making friends and pleasing people, but on keeping the stuff they have and securing their safety from those that take instead of make.

[@GabiN64]

Well you need poor people for the lower income jobs that service the rich

[@mizanulhaque8476]

I go to Cass Technical Highschool, and yeah the whole midtown area has changed a lot . For the good and the bad

[@itsmitsuki7041]

Mizanul Haque I will take good.

[@mizanulhaque8476]

ItsMitsuki the good is the new development, more investors more business.

[@itsmitsuki7041]

Mizanul Haque yep it is dead city

[@mizanulhaque8476]

ItsMitsuki Another good thing is that it pretty much brought down housing prices in hamtramck and Detroit, letting my family and other Bengali families move in so there’s that lol

[@adriankepler5254]

I’d love to go to school there

[@caleb88k]

Im tired of being white shamed by people i never hurt.

[@pathtobillions8070]

3:45 Making historic districts makes the housing crisis worse because it prevents more housing stock from being built. 4:30 This is what is needed to make cities more affordable. It encourages new development while setting aside apartments for lower income housing within those new developments.

[@pathtobillions8070]

@@bobabola1386 That's not what I said. Zoning entire swaths of a city as historic is poor planning. Yes, some buildings that hold actual historic significance should be saved, but not entire neighborhoods. Also, you can build newer high density buildings that aren't just glass towers and blend into the current neighborhood.

[@Blocky858]

except there is tons of new housing being built in midtown. just means you can't tear down an already existing structure for a parking lot

[@Ray03595]

if you want an aesthetically ugly city, you'd tear down all the old buildings. They want to put parking lots and whole foods in these areas. The best cities are able to integrate the old and the new.

[@ravh4881]

Right but that’s the thing by fact affordable housing is absolutely not what their trying to do. They’re trying to attract rich people not broke people.

[@dito7347]

Millennials: “help this city get back on its feet!” Developers: “okay here are some jobs, housing and shops” Millennials: “wait not like that”

[@jgodbolt94]

Millennials: “help this city get back on its feet!” Developers: “okay what would work for the preexisting community?” Millennials: “good question, lets talk about it”

[@redsiberian]

New York has been engaged in gentrification for hundreds of years and the city keeps getting more black and diverse it’s not race thing it’s a quality of life thing.

[@jalapenohiway]

I don't agree with the mayor of Detroit (@4:40) & I'm a minority myself. The main reason people work hard & save $ is so they can buy a home in a safe/clean/nice area. The 20% of lower income residents will not appreciate it the same bc they DIDN'T pay for it! Or they paid significantly less for the house/condo. If you want to live somewhere nice then you have to make it happen on your own.

[@savolrat]

Same story in every single city in the world. central core becomes more and more expensive pushing local residents further out. Not a new concept at all

[@HamzaSayyid]

So lets just leave it a slum..... sounds legit........

[@kinkiesse7736]

@BeGood 2Me Not all democrats. Notice DC is democrat-run but allows for Gentrification. Today DC is one of the best cities in the US

[@OmegaNet-mj4sm]

Historical districts are very stupid, old building are horrible and often need updated and building new is cheaper and often better

[@estebanuribe9463]

Omega Net2161 people can still see the beauty in them unlike tall grey buildings that nearly all look the same.

[@OmegaNet-mj4sm]

@@estebanuribe9463 well there is no denying that old buildings are more appealing and quite often have substantially better architecture. But that isn't the point the point is once you designate an area historical district it is damn near impossible to do any real renovations and improvements because as earlier indicated renovating an old building is substantially more expensive than building a new in most cases so as a result historical district historically have gone into disarray and often have some of the worst living conditions... of course this is the norm not the rule there are exceptions in some cases historical districts are some of the nicest areas but it's not often the case

[@randysmith2866]

“In order for things to remain the same, everything will have to change.”

[@frankpoleski5423]

Fun fact my uncle lived in cass corridor and he lived in an apartment off park street you could see fox theater from his apartment I loved going to see my uncle like everyday but they tore down his apartment to build the new little ceaser arena from that day forth I will always remember CASS CORRIDOR

[@nateb3679]

long live case corridor

[@swallowmyplantain3337]

It's still called Cass Corridor, this is one of the least educated takes on Detroit I've ever seen.

[@nateb3679]

@@swallowmyplantain3337 yeah it’s still called cass corridor but it’s not the original cass corridor

[@attiepollard7847]

It is unfortunate but Detroit must advance and it must move on and if there has to mean gentrification and so be it. Detroit cannot become the old backwater town that we want to do it was before.

[@TBONE82]

You can thank the Liberals and Democrats for that City!! Next is California... 😜

[@TheCriminalViolin]

Gentrification is the government's favorite way to get loads of big, fat kickback paychecks from the big name developers, companies and elites who do the gentrification. And it tends to be that city & county governments' favorite way to make sure they get the support for these gentrification projects & developments is via asking for tax payer money for Light Rail lines and promising "TOD (Transit Oriented Development)" that supposedly is made specifically to cater to low & affordable income brackets and allow easy access to multi-modal transit centers they claim to be built around. Of course, the opposite always happens, and instead massive multi-story parking garages go in, and high-end condos, town-homes & apartments are the norm, while downstairs they have all these fancy, hipster, expensive as hell boutique cafes, coffee shops, diners, restaurants & shops. It's always a lie, always a fraud, facade, a ploy. They just want their kickbacks that badly. To give a damn about you? About me? About literally anybody other than themselves? Ha! Yeah right. They only give a damn about those paychecks, and furthering their own agendas, and getting as many votes as possible. That's it. It's strictly about gaining and holding onto their seats of power & control. And with that fund & supposed permanent 20% of units in each development being for lower income people - You gotta look deeper into the bills' text to see what is really true with it. Typically, it's claimed to be permanent, but when you look at what it really says, it's 4-5 year minimum requirement for the companies who own the units to have them at affordable income level at least. And that's the other part of it - who do they mean by "lower income people"? Low? Or Affordable? Two different brackets. Affordable income units traditionally cost in most big cities and their suburbs about $950-$1100/mo rent for a one bedroom. Low is typically about $350-$600/mo for a one bedroom. Then Market rate (normal/average income and above) for a one bedroom tends to be between $1400-$2200/mo. So the prior two are the subsidized brackets which are the "lower income" people. Which one is it in the city's code behind that fund and requirement the mayor referred to there? And the third question you gotta ask is - Where are the loopholes in it and other city laws that'd allow these developers and landlords to go through to avoid the permanence of that 20% of units? There is always loopholes in every ordinance, code & law at every level when it comes to things that are profit-based. They're there to ensure big business stays on the politicians' good sides, so they can keep being funded by them as well as continue to receive those hefty kickbacks from them. As the age-old adage goes, "Follow the money, and you'll find the truth/reality".

[@leaveleague3491]

detroit aboutta become brooklyn

[@TylerSolvestri]

Cool shit bruh

[@ceilconstante7813]

I'd like to see a program or some kind of Grass Roots movement that protects and helps the people of Detroit. It's great investors are coming in for improvement but I'd hate to see older and poor people pushed out.

[@itsmitsuki7041]

Ceil Constante it for the better

[@ceilconstante7813]

@@itsmitsuki7041 what's for the better? Pushing out the poor and older people? So much land, why not a tiny house project people can afford?

[@itsmitsuki7041]

Ceil Constante more jobs will be coming when the city is better that mean everyone who wanted to get a job will be able to live affordable. One question how much do rent cost per month?

[@markpowell5010]

I’m glad rent is rising and the blacks are leaving black flight now!

[@ZebraForceKid]

ok random question whats the name of the piano piece being played at the end of the video its beautiful

[@GunBlasts]

I second the motion. Someone pls answer :)

[@memphisstef3808]

@@GunBlasts someone let me know when they find out

300 a month sounds kinda fair, for an improved building and locality.

[@amakaqueru33]

let me guess, for more than 40 years those houses cost basically nothing. Now that they are renovating and gentrifying and the prices are increasing. Now people are complaining because they never bother to buy one of the cheapest houses in the entire United States for 40 years...........................

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

1:44 This man deserves a house he’s got great talent.

[@JRPGGUY]

If you don't have money you're second class unfortunately

[@neavewallace8173]

Because it’s to easy to just get more money lmao

[@neavewallace8173]

BeGood 2Me pure ignorance one of the ruins of society, it’s not that easy for some people they try all their life but can’t seem to progress there are circumstances which can prevent people so no it’s not so easy

[@neavewallace8173]

BeGood 2Me no it’s called empathy knowing and understanding that people have struggles and can’t always cope financially and have special reasons why and that life isn’t successful for everyone it’s your ignorance that stops you from seeing it

[@neavewallace8173]

BeGood 2Me oh my god your literally blind and the most ignorant person I’ve ever interacted with a literal modern day Scrooge open your eyes and enlighten yourself on the struggles people go through and maybe then you can be a functioning member of society with actual good morals

[@ztido]

@BeGood 2Me what if u make good decision but have shitty luck ?