Ha! That's old news. We have a whole subculture here that explores the abandoned buildings:
http://www.northbankfred.com/detroit.html
http://www.forgottendetroit.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/sets/302324/
Google "Explore Abandoned Detroit" for more. I am proud to announce that the Book-Cadillac Hotel has been refurbished. I myself have been to the top of the Michigan Central Train Station. It's scary and impressive. If I knew how to post pics here, I could share some.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.They could still live where they are they just wouldn't be part of the city. Downsize the city to save the city instead of letting it collapse. It would make more sense for those who would end up outside the city to organize into smaller townships instead of relying on dieing city proper.
Who watches the watchmen?Last time I was in Detroit, driving through, a few months ago, the place looked basically like a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Of course, it's made that much more awesome where, I'm driving through this pristine highway in Canada with these rest stops that have these huge signs about how it is gov-funded, and they look like the awesomest buildings in the world. Then I get to Detroit.
It'd actually be pretty cool if someone organized a giant paintball war in one of these buildings.
It'd be like Call Of Duty, only better!
edited 28th Jan '11 6:04:54 PM by Wicked223
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/detroit-decline_n_813696.html#218521
Saw this while reading about Egypt, clicked link. Wow.
Decay in Detroit.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.