And decades of dumping. And slum lords. And wild dogs. And squatters. And massive pollution. And peripheral crime. And dodgy-to-nonexistent infrastructure. Peo

And decades of dumping. And slum lords. And wild dogs. And squatters. And massive pollution. And peripheral crime. And dodgy-to-nonexistent infrastructure. People see cheap building sales in Detroit and they don't realize those almost always come with requirements to pay back-taxes, tear down all the structures, decontaminate the grounds, etc. There are good (read: expensive) reasons that much of Detroit remains abandoned.