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The article doesn't mention it, but downtown Detroit is effectively privately policed : http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2015/05/18/qu
by werber 11y ago
The article doesn't mention it, but downtown Detroit is effectively privately policed : http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2015/05/18/quicken-detroit-security/27521889/ http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2... , and Midtown Detroit is mostly covered by Wayne State University Police, who are infinitely quicker to respond than the actual city police.
- phkahler 11y agoLand is dirt cheap in Detroit. If they could fix the crime and the schools, I'd move there just for the more central location. But no, I'll stick to the burbs for now.
- white-flame 11y agoIf they fix the crime and schools (and utilities), land won't be dirt cheap anymore. At least not at the levels they're at now. Those are exactly the factors driving the land prices down in the first place.
- hugh4 11y agoWhich makes it tempting to spend some money buying a few acres of land somewhere and hold it for a few decades in the hopes that a city will rebuild itself nearby. I guess people are already doing this?
- werber 11y agoHantz Farms got a lot of flack for being a scheme to do that on a massive scale.
- rmason 11y agoA sizable part of downtown is in what is referred to as the Dan Gilbert green zone. Cameras everywhere and a private security force. http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/6760/a_first_look_inside_gilbert_s_downtown_multi-million_dollar_security_hub#.VgngKflViko http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/6760/a_first_look_in... If you're in the tech area around the Madison building you're fairly safe 24 hours a day. East of downtown, especially after the sun goes down is a no mans land.
- werber 11y agoI feel pretty safe walking east of downtown, till about Eastern Market.