[Ren]

I didn’t see anything racist about his post. It’s okay to use the word “black” and “criminal” in the same sentence – he’s obviously not implying that all blacks are criminal, that would be stupid. However, in the U.S., crime rates in black neighborhoods are higher, blacks commit more crimes than other ethnicities, and they are also more often the victim of crime. Those are facts, and it is in no way racist to say so. Detroit just happens to have a population that is more than 80% black, a large percentage of them poor, which makes for a high crime rate.

In my opinion it’s both a cultural and government problem. Take a black person out of the typical government-created ghetto environment (extreme poverty), and assuming they are able to voluntarily give up some of the negative things the ghetto has allowed to foster in their culture (gangs, drugs), they have just as much chance of succeeding in life as a white person. If they are NOT able to lose the negative aspects of their culture, the problems just move with them. Again, this has NOTHING to do with race, and everything to do with an individual’s tendency to go around shooting people he doesn’t like because he was raised to see that as normal in his culture.

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[Ren]

I didn’t see anything racist about his post. It’s okay to use the word “black” and “criminal” in the same sentence – he’s obviously not implying that all blacks are criminal, that would be stupid. However, in the U.S., crime rates in black neighborhoods are higher, blacks commit more crimes than other ethnicities, and they are also more often the victim of crime. Those are facts, and it is in no way racist to say so. Detroit just happens to have a population that is more than 80% black, a large percentage of them poor, which makes for a high crime rate.

In my opinion it’s both a cultural and government problem. Take a black person out of the typical government-created ghetto environment (extreme poverty), and assuming they are able to voluntarily give up some of the negative things the ghetto has allowed to foster in their culture (gangs, drugs), they have just as much chance of succeeding in life as a white person. If they are NOT able to lose the negative aspects of their culture, the problems just move with them. Again, this has NOTHING to do with race, and everything to do with an individual’s tendency to go around shooting people he doesn’t like because he was raised to see that as normal in his culture.

Related:

[Ren]

I didn’t see anything racist about his post. It’s okay to use the word “black” and “criminal” in the same sentence – he’s obviously not implying that all blacks are criminal, that would be stupid. However, in the U.S., crime rates in black neighborhoods are higher, blacks commit more crimes than other ethnicities, and they are also more often the victim of crime. Those are facts, and it is in no way racist to say so. Detroit just happens to have a population that is more than 80% black, a large percentage of them poor, which makes for a high crime rate.

In my opinion it’s both a cultural and government problem. Take a black person out of the typical government-created ghetto environment (extreme poverty), and assuming they are able to voluntarily give up some of the negative things the ghetto has allowed to foster in their culture (gangs, drugs), they have just as much chance of succeeding in life as a white person. If they are NOT able to lose the negative aspects of their culture, the problems just move with them. Again, this has NOTHING to do with race, and everything to do with an individual’s tendency to go around shooting people he doesn’t like because he was raised to see that as normal in his culture.

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[Ren]

I didn’t see anything racist about his post. It’s okay to use the word “black” and “criminal” in the same sentence – he’s obviously not implying that all blacks are criminal, that would be stupid. However, in the U.S., crime rates in black neighborhoods are higher, blacks commit more crimes than other ethnicities, and they are also more often the victim of crime. Those are facts, and it is in no way racist to say so. Detroit just happens to have a population that is more than 80% black, a large percentage of them poor, which makes for a high crime rate.

In my opinion it’s both a cultural and government problem. Take a black person out of the typical government-created ghetto environment (extreme poverty), and assuming they are able to voluntarily give up some of the negative things the ghetto has allowed to foster in their culture (gangs, drugs), they have just as much chance of succeeding in life as a white person. If they are NOT able to lose the negative aspects of their culture, the problems just move with them. Again, this has NOTHING to do with race, and everything to do with an individual’s tendency to go around shooting people he doesn’t like because he was raised to see that as normal in his culture.

Related:

[Ren]

I didn’t see anything racist about his post. It’s okay to use the word “black” and “criminal” in the same sentence – he’s obviously not implying that all blacks are criminal, that would be stupid. However, in the U.S., crime rates in black neighborhoods are higher, blacks commit more crimes than other ethnicities, and they are also more often the victim of crime. Those are facts, and it is in no way racist to say so. Detroit just happens to have a population that is more than 80% black, a large percentage of them poor, which makes for a high crime rate.

In my opinion it’s both a cultural and government problem. Take a black person out of the typical government-created ghetto environment (extreme poverty), and assuming they are able to voluntarily give up some of the negative things the ghetto has allowed to foster in their culture (gangs, drugs), they have just as much chance of succeeding in life as a white person. If they are NOT able to lose the negative aspects of their culture, the problems just move with them. Again, this has NOTHING to do with race, and everything to do with an individual’s tendency to go around shooting people he doesn’t like because he was raised to see that as normal in his culture.

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[Ren]

[quote=ccutequeen]
I just checked the price for sunset cove and they just raised $5000 for them. Is market heating up or they are just crazy[/quote]

Many builders, owners, and listing agents are so convinced that their property is worth more than the comps that when it doesn’t sell at a particular price, they figure that they must have priced it too low. Some people are a little slow.

[Ren]

[quote=ccutequeen]
I just checked the price for sunset cove and they just raised $5000 for them. Is market heating up or they are just crazy[/quote]

Many builders, owners, and listing agents are so convinced that their property is worth more than the comps that when it doesn’t sell at a particular price, they figure that they must have priced it too low. Some people are a little slow.

[Ren]

[quote=ccutequeen]
I just checked the price for sunset cove and they just raised $5000 for them. Is market heating up or they are just crazy[/quote]

Many builders, owners, and listing agents are so convinced that their property is worth more than the comps that when it doesn’t sell at a particular price, they figure that they must have priced it too low. Some people are a little slow.

[Ren]

[quote=ccutequeen]
I just checked the price for sunset cove and they just raised $5000 for them. Is market heating up or they are just crazy[/quote]

Many builders, owners, and listing agents are so convinced that their property is worth more than the comps that when it doesn’t sell at a particular price, they figure that they must have priced it too low. Some people are a little slow.

[Ren]

[quote=ccutequeen]
I just checked the price for sunset cove and they just raised $5000 for them. Is market heating up or they are just crazy[/quote]

Many builders, owners, and listing agents are so convinced that their property is worth more than the comps that when it doesn’t sell at a particular price, they figure that they must have priced it too low. Some people are a little slow.

[Ren]

I was looking into the whole Detroit thing this weekend. Fascinating stuff – big commercial buildings empty, plants and wildlife taking back whole neighborhoods. There are something like 3,500+ properties listed for $10k and under, and that’s just the listed properties. Who knows how many are actually out there.

I think the properties that sell for $1 are worth less than that. I’m sure the buyers are thinking they can wait it out and the abandonded neighborhoods will come back, but the Detroit population just keeps dropping. I wouldn’t want to pay those carrying costs year after year. Maybe once I actually SAW a steady comeback, I’d pounce.

[Ren]

I was looking into the whole Detroit thing this weekend. Fascinating stuff – big commercial buildings empty, plants and wildlife taking back whole neighborhoods. There are something like 3,500+ properties listed for $10k and under, and that’s just the listed properties. Who knows how many are actually out there.

I think the properties that sell for $1 are worth less than that. I’m sure the buyers are thinking they can wait it out and the abandonded neighborhoods will come back, but the Detroit population just keeps dropping. I wouldn’t want to pay those carrying costs year after year. Maybe once I actually SAW a steady comeback, I’d pounce.

[Ren]

I was looking into the whole Detroit thing this weekend. Fascinating stuff – big commercial buildings empty, plants and wildlife taking back whole neighborhoods. There are something like 3,500+ properties listed for $10k and under, and that’s just the listed properties. Who knows how many are actually out there.

I think the properties that sell for $1 are worth less than that. I’m sure the buyers are thinking they can wait it out and the abandonded neighborhoods will come back, but the Detroit population just keeps dropping. I wouldn’t want to pay those carrying costs year after year. Maybe once I actually SAW a steady comeback, I’d pounce.

[Ren]

I was looking into the whole Detroit thing this weekend. Fascinating stuff – big commercial buildings empty, plants and wildlife taking back whole neighborhoods. There are something like 3,500+ properties listed for $10k and under, and that’s just the listed properties. Who knows how many are actually out there.

I think the properties that sell for $1 are worth less than that. I’m sure the buyers are thinking they can wait it out and the abandonded neighborhoods will come back, but the Detroit population just keeps dropping. I wouldn’t want to pay those carrying costs year after year. Maybe once I actually SAW a steady comeback, I’d pounce.

[Ren]

I was looking into the whole Detroit thing this weekend. Fascinating stuff – big commercial buildings empty, plants and wildlife taking back whole neighborhoods. There are something like 3,500+ properties listed for $10k and under, and that’s just the listed properties. Who knows how many are actually out there.

I think the properties that sell for $1 are worth less than that. I’m sure the buyers are thinking they can wait it out and the abandonded neighborhoods will come back, but the Detroit population just keeps dropping. I wouldn’t want to pay those carrying costs year after year. Maybe once I actually SAW a steady comeback, I’d pounce.

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