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Re:The sad state of Detroit: outlook falls with home prices by anamax on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @12:23PM (#501644)
> I think we'd be better off throwing the money at a group of un-corruptible, "really smart" people. There is a real opportunity to experiment with urban planning, development, and social programs to see if there is any way to turn it around.

If 'throwing the money at a group of un-corruptible, "really smart" people' was an actual option, would Detroit be in the state that it's in?

> There is a real opportunity to experiment with urban planning, development, and social programs to see if there is any way to turn it around.

How do you think Detroit got to be the way that it is?

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Re:The sad state of Detroit: outlook falls with home prices by anamax on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @04:04PM (#501989)
> If 'throwing the money at a group of un-corruptible, "really smart" people' was an actual option, would Detroit be in the state that it's in?

Answering my own question.... http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090301/O...

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