http://www.frumforum.com/downsizing-flint Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.frumforum.com/downsizing-flint/comment-page-1#comment-52112 rand Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:31:08 +0000 #comment-52112 What a waste of resources! I agree something should be done to manage declining cities, and if tearing down infrastructure is the best way, then okay.<br><br>Something is terribly wrong when we knock down buildings because no one wants them. The best solution is to move people to these areas, but they need an economy, and real jobs, to lure them there. Free housing isn't enough.<br><br>This really should be one of our national priortities, as it affects a lot of cities. We can't build an entire city one generation and then tear it down the next and think this is a good thing. What a waste of resources! I agree something should be done to manage declining cities, and if tearing down infrastructure is the best way, then okay.Something is terribly wrong when we knock down buildings because no one wants them. The best solution is to move people to these areas, but they need an economy, and real jobs, to lure them there. Free housing isn’t enough.This really should be one of our national priortities, as it affects a lot of cities. We can’t build an entire city one generation and then tear it down the next and think this is a good thing.

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/downsizing-flint/comment-page-1#comment-38540 Jonas.Stankovich Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:13:36 +0000 #comment-38540 Clay: I saw that article the other day as well, thank you for writing about it! <br>I am interested to learn about the effects of 1960's federal mandated school busing on the neighborhoods of Flint. Obviously the decline in manufacturing was largely what wiped the city out, but I'd be interested to know if busing adversely impacted the city at all. <br>On Detroit's Wikipedia page it says this (about Detroit, not Flint): <br>Consolidation during the 1950s, especially in the automobile sector, increased competition for jobs. An extensive freeway system constructed in the 1950s and 1960s had facilitated commuting. The Twelfth Street riot in 1967, as well as court-ordered busing accelerated white flight from the city. Commensurate with the shift of population and jobs to its suburbs, the city's tax base eroded. In the years following, Detroit's population fell from a peak of roughly 1.8 million in 1950 to about half that number today.[17]<br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit<br><br>Curious if anyone has any information regarding Flint and this issue. Clay: I saw that article the other day as well, thank you for writing about it! I am interested to learn about the effects of 1960’s federal mandated school busing on the neighborhoods of Flint. Obviously the decline in manufacturing was largely what wiped the city out, but I’d be interested to know if busing adversely impacted the city at all. On Detroit’s Wikipedia page it says this (about Detroit, not Flint): Consolidation during the 1950s, especially in the automobile sector, increased competition for jobs. An extensive freeway system constructed in the 1950s and 1960s had facilitated commuting. The Twelfth Street riot in 1967, as well as court-ordered busing accelerated white flight from the city. Commensurate with the shift of population and jobs to its suburbs, the city’s tax base eroded. In the years following, Detroit’s population fell from a peak of roughly 1.8 million in 1950 to about half that number today.[17]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DetroitCurious if anyone has any information regarding Flint and this issue.

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