Will the bulldozer come to Anderson?

[Gardengirl]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html

[Freethinker]

Is this a bad idea?

I sure wouldn't want to see them bulldozing impoverished areas and forcing folks to flee to cardboard boxes... but if places become ghost towns, then that might be better than letting the rats take over.

[Gardengirl]

I agree, green space, as opposed to blocks of empty decaying houses. I can see this coming to Indy. But, I do think people will be driven from homes to do this.

[mageepet]

Although the idea of the government buying up houses and destroying them to make way for a "better life" for others seems great on paper, it reeks of "eminent domain". 

Do we really need more government intrusion into our lives!

[Freethinker]

Yes, that is a concern. There will be holdouts and court battles, and video of bulldozers mowing over homes while homeowners stand nearby screaming and crying. Kind of like in the Gaza strip.

Back in the dark ages, a summer-long comp assignment was to research ghost homes... and it was amazing to find out that bustling communities had literally turned into cow-grazing pastureland. BUT, back then things weren't always made of cement and brick, and several stories high with all kinds of utility and intricate plumbing and sewage.... Still, communities form for a reason, and then when that reason is no longer relevant, they do need to return to the dust.

[Palehorse]

Is this a bad idea?

I sure wouldn't want to see them bulldozing impoverished areas and forcing folks to flee to cardboard boxes... but if places become ghost towns, then that might be better than letting the rats take over.

Yes, it is.

There's only one reason to bulldoze homes that are deteriorating due to abandonment; the falling revenue streams that are supplied by them when they are occupied.

Removing the structures once abandoned does nothing surrounding the elimination of rodents. It just provides them with a natural environment due to the overgrowth of plant life that will be a direct result of the aforementioned nosediving revenue streams; the result of which resulted in cutbacks in headcount available to regularly service said "green spaces". . .

The answer is one word: JOBS. Attract business and the jobs will come, the people will be able to afford to stay, the revenue streams will remain steady, blah, blah, blah.

Maybe this is a solution in OK, but not IN!

[mageepet]

Maybe this is a solution in OK, but not IN!

We don't bulldoze homes for being abandoned in Ok or KS either one.
Sometimes they are donated to the fire department for training purposes.
Usually the yearly round of tornadoes takes care of the bad homes, and a lot of the good ones, too.