State Representative Marie Donigan (D-Royal Oak) has a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture. She knows that what Detroit really needs is light rail.
According to Representative Donigan, there is a limitless pool of money for projects like this. So what are we waiting for?
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Niiiiice.
You know, I thought there'd be no way you could make me live in a dump like that, but wait -- there's light rail! Oh my, that changes everything! Hey kids... pack yer bags!
Detroit already has a light rail boondoggle.
Just more union, hack contractor, politicians kids hiring pig trough fest.
Also, the debt guys, Wall Street, make money off of debt, so have you always noticed how the money centers are hooked up with pushing these new projects? Pushing debt. Selling debt?
They got to keep the perpetual hamster wheel of debt going. That's were their profits come in.
The good thing for them with gov debt, the government becomes the collection agency via the IRS.
Nice huh? Financial fascism. Inter-generational financial pedophiles.
It's getting near time as far as I am concerned to do some bi-partisan weight testings of lamp posts.
Paul,
Having designed many lampposts I can tell you that in theory the noose will break before the lamps break away from their foundation. All the more, testing would probably have many side benefits.
When I first moved to the DC area in 2003, I went with my girlfriend (now my wife) to her boss's house via the subway. To go from Bethesda (where we lived) to his place, we had to stop at the Columbia Heights station which is about 3 miles due north of the White House.
We came out of the Columbia Heights station and looked around. There was nothing. It was one of the strangest moments of my life as I looked around at this bleak, desolate landscape. I thought "Why in the hell is this subway station here?"
We walked about 3-4 blocks west until we reached the house in the Mount Pleasant section of town. I asked my girlfriend's boss what was going on (or not going on) over at the subway station. He said that the place was decimated from the riots after MLK was shot, but there were big plans in store for that area, and in 4-5 years the place would be developed with condo buildings and shops and a Target store.
I had my doubts, but that actually happened. Today all kinds of people live and/or work there. It is completely unrecognizable from what it was in 2003. Recently, I heard that the Columbia Heights station was built in 2000 as city officials began forming plans for the area. And luckily, most of it was built before the housing crash.
Now does that mean that Detroit light rail will act as a catalyst for growth in those blighted neighborhoods? Not a chance. While DC is high-tax, it also is overflowing with cushy federal jobs so people have money to spend. And young professionals with these cushy jobs have settled into the neighborhood and taken advantage of living in a vibrant area without needing a car to get to work downtown. Detroit doesn't have these advantages and probably never will. No incentives for businesses to come AND to stay, no jobs. No jobs, no money. No money, no "green shoots" for those blighted neighborhoods.
When I first moved to the DC area in 2003, I went with my girlfriend (now my wife) to her boss's house via the subway. To go from Bethesda (where we lived) to his place, we had to stop at the Columbia Heights station which is about 3 miles due north of the White House.
We came out of the Columbia Heights station and looked around. There was nothing. It was one of the strangest moments of my life as I looked around at this bleak, desolate landscape. I thought "Why in the hell is this subway station here?"
We walked about 3-4 blocks west until we reached the house in the Mount Pleasant section of town. I asked my girlfriend's boss what was going on (or not going on) over at the subway station. He said that the place was decimated from the riots after MLK was shot, but there were big plans in store for that area, and in 4-5 years the place would be developed with condo buildings and shops and a Target store.
I had my doubts, but that actually happened. Today all kinds of people live and/or work there. It is completely unrecognizable from what it was in 2003. Recently, I heard that the Columbia Heights station was built in 2000 as city officials began forming plans for the area. And luckily, most of it was built before the housing crash.
Now does that mean that Detroit light rail will act as a catalyst for growth in those blighted neighborhoods? Not a chance. While DC is high-tax, it also is overflowing with cushy federal jobs so people have money to spend. And young professionals with these cushy jobs have settled into the neighborhood and taken advantage of living in a vibrant area without needing a car to get to work downtown. Detroit doesn't have these advantages and probably never will. No incentives for businesses to come AND to stay, no jobs. No jobs, no money. No money, no "green shoots" for those blighted neighborhoods.
When I first moved to the DC area in 2003, I went with my girlfriend (now my wife) to her boss's house via the subway. To go from Bethesda (where we lived) to his place, we had to stop at the Columbia Heights station which is about 3 miles due north of the White House.
We came out of the Columbia Heights station and looked around. There was nothing. It was one of the strangest moments of my life as I looked around at this bleak, desolate landscape. I thought "Why in the hell is this subway station here?"
We walked about 3-4 blocks west until we reached the house in the Mount Pleasant section of town. I asked my girlfriend's boss what was going on (or not going on) over at the subway station. He said that the place was decimated from the riots after MLK was shot, but there were big plans in store for that area, and in 4-5 years the place would be developed with condo buildings and shops and a Target store.
I had my doubts, but that actually happened. Today all kinds of people live and/or work there. It is completely unrecognizable from what it was in 2003. Recently, I heard that the Columbia Heights station was built in 2000 as city officials began forming plans for the area. And luckily, most of it was built before the housing crash.
Now does that mean that Detroit light rail will act as a catalyst for growth in those blighted neighborhoods? Not a chance. While DC is high-tax, it also is overflowing with cushy federal jobs so people have money to spend. And young professionals with these cushy jobs have settled into the neighborhood and taken advantage of living in a vibrant area without needing a car to get to work downtown. Detroit doesn't have these advantages and probably never will. No incentives for businesses to come AND to stay, no jobs. No jobs, no money. No money, no "green shoots" for those blighted neighborhoods.
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