Looking at a map of Detroit

[Demon-Xanth]

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If you look around that area, it's like there are a lot of houses "missing". The houses are made on narrow lots and close together, but some blocks are completely undeveloped, others only have 6 houses, some close together, some not. It's like a ghost town in progress.

 

[ChaoZ]

Damn, why are the blocks so long.

 

[biggestmuff]

It's possible that the land was rezoned from residential to commercial and the land hasn't been bought or just not developed yet.

EDIT: On second look, it appears that runway 7 may get a lot of inbound light plane traffic. Nobody wants to live under a flight path. Look at the other runway for reference; it's all commercial/industrial buildings.

 

[KeithTalent]

Did you say Erie?

KT

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
It's possible that the land was rezoned from residential to commercial and the land hasn't been bought or just not developed yet.

Scroll around, it's like that for a long way around.

 

[meltdown75]

You have way too much time on your hands.

must... resist... posting... parody...

 

[trmiv]

Check it out in the Live Bird's Eye View

 

[HannibalX]

I would guess that once a house is abandoned it is demolished. The Detroit area isn't exactly doing well financially recently.

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
I would guess that once a house is abandoned it is demolished. The Detroit area isn't exactly doing well financially recently.

I'll nominate the above post for Understatement of the Year.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
I would guess that once a house is abandoned it is demolished. The Detroit area isn't exactly doing well financially recently.

Correct on the financial but there's no money available for demolition. At least not enough to make a difference.

These are old neighborhoods that most likely were never fully developed after the start of Coleman A. Young International Airport (formerly Detroit City Airport.)

I live in SE Michigan.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
I would guess that once a house is abandoned it is demolished. The Detroit area isn't exactly doing well financially recently.

That's why they Sold Detroit for Scrap.

 

[K1052]

Gotta start making room for Delta City.

 

[isekii]

The whole area looks so gloomy.

Even the Birdseye view of the buildings and such.
Why are the street so empty ?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: isekii
The whole area looks so gloomy.

Even the Birdseye view of the buildings and such.
Why are the street so empty ?

In 1950, Detroit had 1,850,000 people, the 2006 estimate is 875,000. It's been falling every year.

1820 1,422
?
1830 2,222 56.3%
1840 9,102 309.6%
1850 21,019 130.9%
1860 45,619 117.0%
1870 79,577 74.4%
1880 116,340 46.2%
1890 205,877 77.0%
1900 285,704 38.8%
1910 465,766 63.0%
1920 993,678 113.3%
1930 1,568,662 57.9%
1940 1,623,452 3.5%
1950 1,849,568 13.9%
1960 1,670,144 -9.7%
1970 1,514,063 -9.3%
1980 1,203,368 -20.5%
1990 1,027,974 -14.6%
2000 951,270 -7.5%
Est. 2006 871,121 -8.4%

 

[meltdown75]

Why the interest in Detroit?

I'm staring at Detroit right now and it looks fine from this side of the river

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: isekii
The whole area looks so gloomy.

Even the Birdseye view of the buildings and such.
Why are the street so empty ?

In 1950, Detroit had 1,850,000 people, the 2006 estimate is 875,000. It's been falling every year.

1820 1,422
?
1830 2,222 56.3%
1840 9,102 309.6%
1850 21,019 130.9%
1860 45,619 117.0%
1870 79,577 74.4%
1880 116,340 46.2%
1890 205,877 77.0%
1900 285,704 38.8%
1910 465,766 63.0%
1920 993,678 113.3%
1930 1,568,662 57.9%
1940 1,623,452 3.5%
1950 1,849,568 13.9%
1960 1,670,144 -9.7%
1970 1,514,063 -9.3%
1980 1,203,368 -20.5%
1990 1,027,974 -14.6%
2000 951,270 -7.5%
Est. 2006 871,121 -8.4%

So are those big buildings empty too ? like the 3 White High Rise buildings by the Water.
It sure looks empty and dead.

 

[paulxcook]

This is OT, but I didn't realize Google had done Street View for so many more cities. Its weird to see a pic taken by a stranger from the front of your parents' driveway. They missed my house, somehow, though.

 

[invidia]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: isekii
The whole area looks so gloomy.

Even the Birdseye view of the buildings and such.
Why are the street so empty ?

In 1950, Detroit had 1,850,000 people, the 2006 estimate is 875,000. It's been falling every year.

1820 1,422
?
1830 2,222 56.3%
1840 9,102 309.6%
1850 21,019 130.9%
1860 45,619 117.0%
1870 79,577 74.4%
1880 116,340 46.2%
1890 205,877 77.0%
1900 285,704 38.8%
1910 465,766 63.0%
1920 993,678 113.3%
1930 1,568,662 57.9%
1940 1,623,452 3.5%
1950 1,849,568 13.9%
1960 1,670,144 -9.7%
1970 1,514,063 -9.3%
1980 1,203,368 -20.5%
1990 1,027,974 -14.6%
2000 951,270 -7.5%
Est. 2006 871,121 -8.4%

1.) The Google satellite maps are old. Very old. I believe the images are at least over 3-4 years old. I saw a satellite image of my school; there was a still a construction site for a new building that was finished 3 years ago.

2.) Detroit's population is dropping due to the insanely high rate of murders :evil:

 

[meltdown75]

I don't think these maps are that old.

Reason being, if I scroll over to the Windsor side, the Casino addition is well underway. So for that section anyway, they are no longer than ~6 months old.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

The maps of my area are no more than two years old, I can tell because of where my car is parked. Other construction areas indicate that they're likely from last summer.

 

[TankGuys]

What's odd is that from the top-down angle, Detroit doesn't really look that bad - it's like a myspace angle pic for cities.

 

[FlashG]

Originally posted by: boomerang

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
I would guess that once a house is abandoned it is demolished. The Detroit area isn't exactly doing well financially recently.

Correct on the financial but there's no money available for demolition. At least not enough to make a difference.

These are old neighborhoods that most likely were never fully developed after the start of Coleman A. Young International Airport (formerly Detroit City Airport.)

I live in SE Michigan.

When & why did they change the name? I do not have fond memories of that person.

 

[umbrella39]

To be fair to the shit city of Detroit that I work in, that image appears to cover part of Hamtramck as well, where many Polish immigrants migrated to and have the best paczki around.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: FlashG

Originally posted by: boomerang

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
I would guess that once a house is abandoned it is demolished. The Detroit area isn't exactly doing well financially recently.

Correct on the financial but there's no money available for demolition. At least not enough to make a difference.

These are old neighborhoods that most likely were never fully developed after the start of Coleman A. Young International Airport (formerly Detroit City Airport.)

I live in SE Michigan.

When & why did they change the name? I do not have fond memories of that person.

I don't know when, but as far as why, I'm thinkin' the peoples of the city wanted to honor their former mayor.

 

[FlashG]

Originally posted by: boomerang

Originally posted by: FlashG

Originally posted by: boomerang

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
I would guess that once a house is abandoned it is demolished. The Detroit area isn't exactly doing well financially recently.

Correct on the financial but there's no money available for demolition. At least not enough to make a difference.

These are old neighborhoods that most likely were never fully developed after the start of Coleman A. Young International Airport (formerly Detroit City Airport.)

I live in SE Michigan.

When & why did they change the name? I do not have fond memories of that person.

I don't know when, but as far as why, I'm thinkin' the peoples of the city wanted to honor their former mayor.

Pitiful but your probably right.