JC Callender
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2013
- Messages
- 6,477
- Reaction score
- 3,270
- Location
- Metro Detroit
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Undisclosed
I'm looking for solutions for the myriad of problems facing U.S. inner cities like crime, poverty, poor educational options, corrupt politics, tension with police, etc...
Here are a few of my solutions:
1. Join your own police force - As the Dallas police chief suggested, to obtain a job, fight crime, and help ease tension between citizens and police.
2. Stop glorifying criminals - I don't see this ever working, but armed neighborhood watch with the backing of the police. It's ridiculous that you can have a peaceful neighborhood, a house becomes abandoned, then shortly after it turns into a crack house and there's nothing you can do about it. And I feel like this is a major reason why children often aren't raised by two parents in inner cities...who can see raising a happy, successful family in such a crime ridden environment?
3. Urban Farming - We should've used some of the "shovel ready" stimulus money to knock down all of these abandoned homes that look horrible and sometimes house creeps and criminals. Knock them down and consider farming on the vacant land. This would provide food, jobs, and much needed taxes for the city.
4. Move homeowners in areas with 75% or more vacant homes - 75% is a general number, but the point is there aren't many resources and cities are expected to cover utilities for a 100,000 homes when only 25,000 are occupied. Give the current homeowner at least the equivalent home somewhere else (or money) for what they have and give them 2 years to move. Once everyone's out, turn it into farmland. This sounds tough, but Detroit used to be a city of around 3 million, now there's under 700,000 and many aren't paying taxes.
Here are a few of my solutions:
1. Join your own police force - As the Dallas police chief suggested, to obtain a job, fight crime, and help ease tension between citizens and police.
2. Stop glorifying criminals - I don't see this ever working, but armed neighborhood watch with the backing of the police. It's ridiculous that you can have a peaceful neighborhood, a house becomes abandoned, then shortly after it turns into a crack house and there's nothing you can do about it. And I feel like this is a major reason why children often aren't raised by two parents in inner cities...who can see raising a happy, successful family in such a crime ridden environment?
3. Urban Farming - We should've used some of the "shovel ready" stimulus money to knock down all of these abandoned homes that look horrible and sometimes house creeps and criminals. Knock them down and consider farming on the vacant land. This would provide food, jobs, and much needed taxes for the city.
4. Move homeowners in areas with 75% or more vacant homes - 75% is a general number, but the point is there aren't many resources and cities are expected to cover utilities for a 100,000 homes when only 25,000 are occupied. Give the current homeowner at least the equivalent home somewhere else (or money) for what they have and give them 2 years to move. Once everyone's out, turn it into farmland. This sounds tough, but Detroit used to be a city of around 3 million, now there's under 700,000 and many aren't paying taxes.
