Property abandonment is getting so bad in Flint that some in government are talking about an extreme measure that was once unthinkable — shutting down portions of the city, officially abandoning them and cutting off police and fire service.

Like, holy shit? And some places, they’re still trying to build new houses even though there aren’t people who can afford to occupy them.

Shedlock says it best, as always: “Our throw-away society has effectively reached a new level of efficiency: the throw-away city.“

Tags: depression 2.0, no really we're really fucking fucked this time, sad

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 21:32.