White flight? Suburbs lose young whites to cities

[RU OX Alum]

Man, I don't know. Harlem had a renaisance or whatever once but that was before the suburbs, i think the surburbs were described by Karl Marx and Peter Engles in "the Communist Manifesto" when they were talking about mixing up town and country so that you couldn't tell the difference. That is so wrong. I think the subdivisions and supercenters and all that drive through foodstuff is the result. Look at the colors of McDonald's, remind you of anything? It should: the old soviet flag. They're a bunch of commie pinko fry-kids.

The fry-kids don't even have names, they are just fry-kids. just like the nameless faceless workers of socialism.

But seriously, i do think it has more to do with class than with race. YOu can't just say "get rid of the blacks because some black people are trash" because some white people and other races are too, but there will always be trash, I just don't see at all why anyone would choose the suburbs in the first place.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

I just don't see at all why anyone would choose the suburbs in the first place.

For Realz? I don't see why people would want to pay $400k for a 900 sq ft condo when they can get a 3,000 sq ft house with a yard and a driveway 20 mins outside town for $200k. Not everybody works downtown and some people want to own actual property, not just a unit in a building. While I prefer city living, I like it on a smaller scale a la Ann Arbor than Manhattan.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

For Realz? I don't see why people would want to pay $400k for a 900 sq ft condo when they can get a 3,000 sq ft house with a yard and a driveway 20 mins outside town for $200k. Not everybody works downtown and some people want to own actual property, not just a unit in a building. While I prefer city living, I like it on a smaller scale a la Ann Arbor than Manhattan.

I agree but remember that there are plenty of home owners in the city.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I agree but remember that there are plenty of home owners in the city.

I was referring to what i've seen in Detroit. The new high priced residencies are all downtown and had not existed just a few years ago, while the houses* are all in the neighborhoods. There was never really any housing in downtown Detroit other than a few high rises which where pricey as hell to begin with. No one is trying to fix up the neighborhoods in the D other than a few which have always been well to do to begin with. The thing about Detroit is that the resurgence is mostly professional blacks that are moving into these properties.

I'm all for it, the one thing that city needs the most is a tax base.

* the average value of a house in Detroit is about $40,000