the entire state is polluted b/c of shops, even the lakes. businessmen from all over 4 the last 5yrs or so WERE trying 2 buy shop land, but cost 2 clean is 2 big/expensive. funny how u didn't show abandon homes in some of the nicer "hoods". LOL keep it funky, b/c u no there a lot of them too w/ 4closure paperwork on door, 4sale sign w/ "new reduce rate" or just plain abandon like ppl just packed up "Clampetts" style & drove away! they just dont have boards on the windows/doors...LMAO
Its unfortunate whats going on in the USA and the housing crisis. I have been a loan officer for years, and I can tell you, this is going on EVERYWHERE.
community gardens are a very good idea. but all this land should be used to grow FOOD. not flowers. you can have all your food for free with a very small piece of land
As Gerald Celente says everything will be local soon. So the idea of local gardens or farming is right on. Only problem would be getting the people into it.
They should either fix up and rent out these houses or tear the houses down and use the vacant land lots for gardening or something along those lines.
Recycle the wood for small chicken houses and urban green houses. Recycle everything back into useful tools or supplies. Land for gardens is a great idea
i think gardening is a good idea. they could divide the lots up into plots and rent them out at low costs to those interested in growing their own food. at the very least. people could trade crops, and learn how to can.
So the day is here with lots of homeless people and all the homes are boarded up and sitting vacant. It seems like the whole system is breaking down.
I think in LA the homeless are breaking into those boarded up homes and living in them illegally. They have tent cities but where you are is too cold for tent cities.
(I'm involved in Community Gardens, so...) I'd be concerned about lead in the soil on the empty lots where pre-1970 homes stood. Sulution: Raised beds. It would be a very good community builder besides the other obvious good.
ever drive cross country? land, land land, desert, and more land. if we have all these empty houses now, how can we expect to build more? the high end homes are in trouble because there wont be liquidity post the boomer generation.
Why not offer these houses into something useful. I agree community gardens and community usable areas. A lot of the materials in these abandoned homes could be used to make greenhouses and such as well. Or sell them off cheap to people who can not afford homes who really want homes. The possibilities are honestly endless for them.
This video reminds me a lot of stuff I've seen where I live, in Youngstown, Ohio. The city here is doing a similar thing which is trying to clear out the city and downsize it by cleaning out a lot of those types of houses.
The strategy is much more effective than act like there is no problem while the town falls apart. Its kinda like cutting off the moldy part of the cheese before it spreads. It'll never be what it once was but its better than what it has become.
Rent and Taxes are two very different situations. Rent is used as a payment method to a property owner as another source of income for personal matters while Taxes are used for Community development and structure such as maintaining roads or providing public schools and law enforcement to keep social stability. I rather pay money for a child going to school instead of supporting some fat-cat. But I guess we are two different people.
People have been thriving without roads since the beginning of time. The free market has been building roads before the state ever has and still does today.
Schooling has historically been done without taxation. The "public" schools we have today are quite garbage compared to their private counterparts, mainly due to people having the choice of not paying a single penny if a private school turns out to be shitty.
Statistics show that private gun ownership is much more effective as a deterrent to crime than police officers are. "LAW enforcement" is just that. Enforcement of law, specifically the STATE's own laws, which may or may not be in favor of those who are SUBJECT to this enforcement.
You are entitled to your opinion. My opinion is that no man has any authority over any man, other than himself. There is no moral justification in one person have another person to forfeit their life, liberty, or property (including money) without consent.
Whatever you would "rather" spend your money on, whether it be in agreed support of a person who is providing you a roof over your head or to pay for a child's education, I would have you do it out of your own free choice and not coercion.
Not every person has the capacity to forfeit their life, liberty, or property even with consent. This Country WAS made with checks and balances to maintain stability and a equal standard of living no matter what a persons financial capabilities are. Your justification for poor children going without education is sickening and has no moral stability.
The major flaw in your argument is the foundation. If America was a Free Enterprise System the school system would have collapsed after 2001 since they are %100 dependent on grants, gifts and loans. "841 private schools all over the country for failing to meet the minimum required standards for operation." Which will result in job loss. Also not every American could afford private schooling. Which would result in a Dominant and Poor Class. That is also a weak excuse for not owning land.
The 841 "private" schools you refer to, that happen to be dependant on a bailout from the government, make up about 2.5% of CAPE's number of private schools (33,740 from 2007-2008).
What are these "standards" are these?
Private schools, that are truly private, get their funds from voluntary payment from their students. If a particular private school does not have sufficient funds, it is basically because there is no sufficient market demand for its services.
Straw-Man Argument, that still shows no justification for leading others to avoid land ownership. Try not to astray from the original intent of your conversation.
You were the one who claimed that the private school system would have collapsed in 2001 because of the performance of 841 schools that were not meeting some undefined "standards".
The city is in SERIOUS trouble. Granholm announced a 20% reduction for revenue sharing for 2009, and supposedly another 20% coming for 2010, and an arbitrator just ruled the city now owes another 7 million for the Genesee Towers (which they did to themselves by the way, they condemned the building before realizing if they did, they buy it, another stupid decision under the Don Williamson administration). For the last 13 years, they've made stupid decisions. God help them.
Demcad seems like there is a lot of hate going on, Do our friends from outside the US think their going to be better off with the US in the dog house. It's a small world after all! I'm sure those houses with boards and stickers on the windows are in the poorer areas. The US has opened it's doors to the world. True we have been under miss management for a decade or two but hell we had a great run. The correction will hurt maybe alot but in the long run we'll be back!
You must be somewhere near Hamilton Ave, or the old Central high area. I used to love that area too..........Its been about 30 years since I have been there.
I grew up across from Forest Park........ I wonder what that neighborhood is like now..................
Greetings from Europe / Slovenia. I have to say..... This things coud never be done in Europe, becouse we got laws + bank woud NEVER EVER give you a loan if you cant repay it and IF you can repay it, relatives have to back it up so it's 140% backed. We got like 40-70 homeles people in our whole country or not even that. For me as European, your system is fucked up and it shows to me that in USA, human life is worth nothing.
Honestly that is the problem Our banks will make loans to people that may not be able to repay them. This is stupid and our government instead of doing the right American thing and let them get punished for the stupidity bails them out. Forcing housing costs to stay high. Normally in this bad times prices should drop so people can afford to have homes. Government keeping prices high artificially.
you are showing your stupidity for calling me an antisemite. i am just reacting to your initial stupidity, dumbass!
and chances are you are Jewish whether you admit it or not, why would you call me an antisemite unless something affected you directly. don't think because you say you are not Jewish that it will be believed.
like i said only an idiot or a Jew throws the word antisemite in people's face, which one are you?
funny, you call me an antisemite but you have no problems making stereotypical videos of ghettos and dubbing demcad's voice over them as if he was living there.
They tear down alot of houses here too. People can't pay the taxes so the city turns off the water. After 3-5 days a house with no water is considered condemed.
The city doesn't sell the houses at auction anymore so people can buy the property cheap and invest.
What gets me is of the city can't offer jobs so they can pay the rising taxes why do they keep rising the taxes.
The city may only get $50 a year for a vacant lot.
what a unsane world we live in, homeless people and condemned houses! i give up on rationalizing the evil. I have a huge garden myself, all permaculture,and I am almost off the grid , it has been a struggle to live simple. I never sold out to the NWO. They hate that. good work demcad. look up EMP people if you dont know what that is. yankeeprepper's channel, he is amazing. good luck to all.
In nearby Jacksonville, FL we bought several properties for $1,000-$5,500.There are many homes that were 4closures n r vacant with no ads @ them to sell, rent or otherwise.Banks holding them idle.
Community Gardens sounds like a really good idea, have something to share with nabours including responsability, street parties? something to get the nabourhood involved is allways good
Anyone notice Gerald Celente aint around much like he used to? Its because he has been PROVEN WRONG and like the good boy he has he is running away before he looks foolish.
Im not saying he is totally wrong. But he was wrong about what has been happening lately. And he fails to admit when he was wrong. What he does is a few months later say "Oh well we never dreamed they would do that". Hello thats what predictors are SUPPOSED to do.
when i was working as a contractor we would go into flint to set up half way houses (folks that get out of jail) and the homes for mental or physical problems where they cant care for themselves.the homes were everywhere.saw a lot of really bad neighborhoods.looked like little detroit.same with pontiac,mt clemens,port huron.
That what I be's saying to Demcad long time. He is white washing the real Flint, afraid to go into the hood to tell the real story. He be's makin it look like Dinneyland when most of Flint is like a Mad Max movie. He gots to say it straight up like it is and how the man is lettin Brothers and sisters live like dogs. Demcad don't you turn your back on yo peeps.
I like how DEMCAD mentions how there used to be a factory there and hopes another business will come in. "Feel good" representatives and Presidents who "will put gas in my car!" aren't in your best interest. They stifle business and personal prosperity and help keep you chained down like a dog.
Want to live like a dog in a cage? Keep voting for Big Government clowns and being happy when they toss you a few scraps.
Using the land for gardens is a good idea but the problem with most cleared land is there is not enough top soil or the condition is so poor that it will be hard to grow anything productive.
one problem with "community garden" idea.... lead... google lead in garden soil... be very careful when planting in an industrial area and/or demolished old house.... they even found lead on the whitehouse lawn where they planted a new garden... they brough in fresh topsoil... expensive proposition...
If you really want to get into growing food on some of that land, pick a spot and throw down some clover seeds right now. Make sure it wasn't contaminated with hydrocarbon fuels or industrial chemicals, or you'll be wasting your time.
Tear down the dilapidated houses and start over. This would bring up the value of the nice houses in the area. Your neighborhood reminds me of the neighborhood I grew up in on Long Island NY.
Suburbia, uh....thats what Flint is huh? Looks like a neat neighborhood, looks kinda like mountain view subdivision in SE utah. Thanx DEMCAD for another AWESOME tour!!! = )
Im a native Detroiter, but grew up half in swartz creek there, right in your stomping grounds. not to far from ya :) Youre right, some of those homes do look like Detroit homes, and yeah, some are gorgeous!
Love that their working on Flint. And love the tours! :D
......a degree is nice,,,i don.t have one although I did very well and am now retired and completely out of debt..and looking for a vacation (cash only)I was blessed with common sense...!
You can thank the UAW for the current conditions in the Detroit metro area. This cancer will spread to the rest of America, no amount of radiation will cure it.
Yo that's right. Demcad be's like the house nigger pretending everything is good for brothers when he got no job even with a fancy university degree because he is a brother. If he was white he would be working in a jail as a probation officer but they only want brothers in jail if they locked up for a deuce. Man Demcad got to get real about what's goin down with him and the rest of the brothers and sisteters
So if you do have a nice house in Michigan they will just tax you out of it. Thats one reason people let their property go. If you keep it looking nice they penalize you.Any business in Mich just gets screwed with and taxed to death. There is a reason why things are the way they are and in Mich the politicians have made the place uninhabitable.I voted with my feet and left. My house taxes here are 1/10th of what they would be in Flint. Wv= low taxes = highest rate of home ownership in America
Same with Long Island NY, property taxes and insurance through the roof. I moved out 1998 to NY southern tier. Car insurance cut by 66%. Property tax is 1/6th of what family on LI pay.
Well in that regard Flint is the best layed out town i ever saw...or at least it used to be. In every neighborhood everything you need is withing walking distance...everything.Where i live now like most places you have to get in the car and drive for miles to get what you want. No more neighborhood businesses closeby like Flint. And what makes it so bad is they dont build sidewalks anymore. Pedestrians just hope they dont get run over walking along the road
Yo Brother, You be finally starting to say it like it is. Yo city gots no money to take down those houses as fast as they get abandoned so the place is going down fast. Also you gots to go outside the cracker whitey neighborhood yo in and show the hoods in Flint. The chaos and collapse will start from the hood neighborhoods yo be afraid to venture to. So bust you ass to the hoods and shine some vids from ground zero. You heard me.
@ewffaces7 They have. Almost every nurse I work with is from the Philippines. They send money OUT of the country, which is bad for the U.S.. They work 2-3 jobs, and have NO time to actually understand what is going on in this country. They think FOX news is good. They have running water, a grocery with no flies, and they think it's as good as it can be here. They paid big money to send their kids to nice colleges, and the kids are now sitting at home, unemployed.
I don't think it is really bad that they sent money to the Philipines. The Philippines is another American state in the South East and you should be proud to help these people... many of them are still praying to the God of the bible.
They are much more american than the latinos who refuse to speak english.... and admit it : the child of a philipina and a white guy is always goodlooking.
@ewffaces7 Actually, like working with them. They have a very good work ethic. One reason they are working there and the Americans aren't is because the Americans just won't do the work....not even for $35-50/hr.. Yes, those numbers are correct.
@NewKokujinOptions Oh, man....don't talk like that. I know, I know...I hate to say it but I agree with you . I just HATE to think it. I hope and pray there is NO race or civil war. I have seen first hand what bullets do to adults and kids and it ain't pretty. Believe me when I say we don't want that to happen.
@manofreedom I agree. We don't want it to happen. Knowing what COULD happen would help to prevent it from happening, I think. We must openly address the problem. Like Commander Rockwell said though, "I think it's too late".
"The population pyramid is inverted & that's the reason for an economy in decline". Umm, are you serious? These Philipina children, where are they going to work? The US population increased by 20+ million in the last decade & at the same time over a million jobs have been lost. Outsourcing & technology killed millions of jobs. I & other people who work will end up paying to feed these Philipina babies you want.Reproducing beyond the ability to support the offspring is selfish & irresponsible.
Yes, I am serious, as the Good Lord told us to be fruitful and populate the planet. Nowadays we do exactly the opposite and we tend to KILL people rather than produce them. We don't have to discuss this, because there will always be disagreement about this. So... just follow your Creator's advise. Our population is getting older and worse : it leads to boredom.
The Good Lord will provide and it is much more irriesponsible to go against His advice. You see, nearly 150 years ago, many so called scientists and intelligent people were convinced that the world was overpopulated because there would be a lack of food. There were never food shortages... on the contrary. Know this : the crisis is induced by the fraudulent banking system based on the fractional breakdown of the buying power of your currency. It creates inflation and it destroys the economy.
Since Wal-Mart whored itself out to China, there should be some sort of goods factory that runs on green energy. I'm not sure how feasible that would be, but it would help fill the houses at the same time. Since Sam Walton only sold American-made products, the cheap labor overseas isn't any better, mostly because of the risk of transportation. That also costs money. In an effort ot take care of our own, the United States needs to think globally, while acting locally.
Maybe they could give people some jobs taking some of those those houses down. They could organize the lumber and materials from the houses. I am sure there would be material that could be used for lots of things.
Demcad, the lumber used to build these homes is 'old growth lumber' some of it very valuable and impossible to find these days in modern lumber yards. Be a shame for it to be burned or buried in landfills. Could be used in bringing some of the other homes up to standard. Grab a couple of Mexican migrants to pull nails and you could become a lumber magnate.
They can and do kick peeps off of their property. Its called eminent domain. The stole the property from Altanta resident to make that olympic cramp. The want to do it here in NYC to make the NY Jets stadium.
demcad when you see a house with a blue tarp on it, it could indicate a fire has occurred. the fireman chop or chainsaw a big hole to let the heat escape, and then tarp it later. all this comes down to market and viability. is it insured, can a new house be built, sold and lived in? if so it will be torn down and something will replace it. empty manufacturing space is the thing. with all those Chinese men and no wives in sight and all that money the us borrowed, well someone write and ending
I would get out of Flint DemCad, no offense. You're limiting your future. No matter what the cost/sacrifice, get outta there. Even if it means just packing a single bag and hitchhiking south. But then again, I'm not you, and I don't know the full details of your situation. Good luck.
(1) think old west ghost town ... you see the start in Flint.
(2) size of the town/city doesn't matter: once the economic justification for the "settlement" goes away AND IS NOT REPLACED with something else economically viable... ghost town or ...
(3) in smaller, sticks towns the properties can be bought by "retirees" or people who can bankroll country living after retirement or within commuting distance.
Once the core of the A CITY dies... it has to be abandoned and then "foreclosed."
The east-west street is Diamond. In the '60s on SOME of those streets the row homes WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM had been stripped of their copper (wire and pipes) and no windows.
Pan a little closer: the row homes are still there north of Diamond st. Look at the "piecemeal" landscape south of 21st & Diamond.
Pan west (left) from 21st & diamond: what kind of "housing" do you see? I don't know when in the last 40 years it got "renewed."
Regarding your conclustion: development of ghost town when justification for settlement goes away.
Much industry left the NY sourthern tier a litle over a decade ago. The politicians and community leaders got together and kept it going. I moved here after and its a very nice place to live. Low crime, inexpensive housing, decent schools, nearby farms with seasonal farm stands.
Just down the street: on the old foundations, they have framed with white pine, clad with particle board, wrapped with Tyvek and then covered with vinyl siding.
The owners tore down the 1948-built construction of about 10 single story duplexes (about 10 foundations) and replacing with two story duplexes.
Why? (1) termites and leaky roof (hurricane) damage and (2) could not justify a rent level to meet taxes and expenses and have a profit.
Hey Demcad, your a really good person. Theres really not that many people like you. I bet if you ran for any position in government you would win by a landslide. Just on who you are. From watching your vids I know you better than all those scumbag
the entire state is polluted b/c of shops, even the lakes. businessmen from all over 4 the last 5yrs or so WERE trying 2 buy shop land, but cost 2 clean is 2 big/expensive. funny how u didn't show abandon homes in some of the nicer "hoods". LOL keep it funky, b/c u no there a lot of them too w/ 4closure paperwork on door, 4sale sign w/ "new reduce rate" or just plain abandon like ppl just packed up "Clampetts" style & drove away! they just dont have boards on the windows/doors...LMAO
famousfuture 10 months ago
Looks like Utica New York, another toilet.
Gnr500 1 year ago
Its unfortunate whats going on in the USA and the housing crisis. I have been a loan officer for years, and I can tell you, this is going on EVERYWHERE.
Angelhaven95 2 years ago
Atouch of homieness +relocate the entire house (minus the basements) to Iraq or iran for American servimember to rest & relax in.
missingremote 2 years ago
community gardens are a very good idea. but all this land should be used to grow FOOD. not flowers. you can have all your food for free with a very small piece of land
kyleycoyote1 2 years ago
Gardening includes food. :P
OutdoorsBlackMan 2 years ago
These are great chronicles, Reg!
As Gerald Celente says everything will be local soon. So the idea of local gardens or farming is right on. Only problem would be getting the people into it.
pepeledog 2 years ago
Yup, urban and suburban farming is the way the whole WORLD is going to have to go! Very good to see you continue to post. Greetings from France.
slobomotion 2 years ago
what a dump
donniebrasco24 2 years ago
@DEMCAD, I thought you lived in Alaska?
ddhdearlove 2 years ago
Tear down all the empty house and sell the property to the neighborhood at a cheap price.
888Ultra 2 years ago
They should either fix up and rent out these houses or tear the houses down and use the vacant land lots for gardening or something along those lines.
chiyerano 2 years ago
Recycle the wood for small chicken houses and urban green houses. Recycle everything back into useful tools or supplies. Land for gardens is a great idea
motorolarules 2 years ago 2
i think gardening is a good idea. they could divide the lots up into plots and rent them out at low costs to those interested in growing their own food. at the very least. people could trade crops, and learn how to can.
peaceandquietx1000 2 years ago 2
Happy New Year
So the day is here with lots of homeless people and all the homes are boarded up and sitting vacant. It seems like the whole system is breaking down.
I think in LA the homeless are breaking into those boarded up homes and living in them illegally. They have tent cities but where you are is too cold for tent cities.
laurieannek 2 years ago
(I'm involved in Community Gardens, so...) I'd be concerned about lead in the soil on the empty lots where pre-1970 homes stood. Sulution: Raised beds. It would be a very good community builder besides the other obvious good.
DoctorsWife56 2 years ago
real estate is the biggest scam going.
ever drive cross country? land, land land, desert, and more land. if we have all these empty houses now, how can we expect to build more? the high end homes are in trouble because there wont be liquidity post the boomer generation.
thanks for the video.
GovWillKillU 2 years ago
Have you seen the Doc on Detroit...It's sad
FatherJudgement2 2 years ago
All they need is a new person to move in, get the jobless to move in.
21sparrow7 2 years ago
WoW 2,345 Views! Keep up the good Work. Thanks Demcad and Happy New Year !
ray12970 2 years ago 5
Why not offer these houses into something useful. I agree community gardens and community usable areas. A lot of the materials in these abandoned homes could be used to make greenhouses and such as well. Or sell them off cheap to people who can not afford homes who really want homes. The possibilities are honestly endless for them.
UniqueExposures 2 years ago
Sorry man this is my honest opinion I really don't think Flint is gonna go anywhere.
There are only 3 ways I can see Flint improving.
1. People get together and work together and prosper. (unlikely since people are naturally greedy/evil)
2. Companies start opening plants in Flint. (it's cheaper in foreign countries)
3. The Government rolls in and bail out Flint (HELL NO because Flint isn't big)
xCASDGuyx 2 years ago
1. Possible, but highly unlikely
2. Unions and Taxes make that very unlikely.
3. It's a poor city, Washington doesn't care about you until you are a BIG BANK.
DEMCAD 2 years ago
Where are all the people who lived in these houses?
Where did they go?
Seems like an awful lot of houses boarded up.
Have they been boarded up recently or has it been like that for years?
Up here there's a lot of houses for sale.
People are done with Kennedy politics and are leaving in droves.
I hear Nebraska is nice.
urfree2b4now 2 years ago
they should make it affordable for low income familys
qmachine08 2 years ago
demcad, how much money do you make with youtube?
sicnarf25 2 years ago
I'm not a partner.
DEMCAD 2 years ago
@DEMCAD i thought you are a partner?? your channel seems to be popular enough now!!
piketyl000 1 year ago
ive tried for days to get this video to pla. all your other vids play just fine
kchomer1 2 years ago
This video reminds me a lot of stuff I've seen where I live, in Youngstown, Ohio. The city here is doing a similar thing which is trying to clear out the city and downsize it by cleaning out a lot of those types of houses.
The strategy is much more effective than act like there is no problem while the town falls apart. Its kinda like cutting off the moldy part of the cheese before it spreads. It'll never be what it once was but its better than what it has become.
Jbreed2011 2 years ago
Our neighbor has a community garden from a condemned house. Remember only free men own land (No Renting)
MinMan913 2 years ago
You have a choice in paying rent for staying on someone else's property.
The government forces you to pay taxes for a vacant lot.
OutdoorsBlackMan 2 years ago
Rent and Taxes are two very different situations. Rent is used as a payment method to a property owner as another source of income for personal matters while Taxes are used for Community development and structure such as maintaining roads or providing public schools and law enforcement to keep social stability. I rather pay money for a child going to school instead of supporting some fat-cat. But I guess we are two different people.
MinMan913 2 years ago
People have been thriving without roads since the beginning of time. The free market has been building roads before the state ever has and still does today.
Schooling has historically been done without taxation. The "public" schools we have today are quite garbage compared to their private counterparts, mainly due to people having the choice of not paying a single penny if a private school turns out to be shitty.
OutdoorsBlackMan 2 years ago
Statistics show that private gun ownership is much more effective as a deterrent to crime than police officers are. "LAW enforcement" is just that. Enforcement of law, specifically the STATE's own laws, which may or may not be in favor of those who are SUBJECT to this enforcement.
OutdoorsBlackMan 2 years ago 2
You are entitled to your opinion. My opinion is that no man has any authority over any man, other than himself. There is no moral justification in one person have another person to forfeit their life, liberty, or property (including money) without consent.
Whatever you would "rather" spend your money on, whether it be in agreed support of a person who is providing you a roof over your head or to pay for a child's education, I would have you do it out of your own free choice and not coercion.
OutdoorsBlackMan 2 years ago
Not every person has the capacity to forfeit their life, liberty, or property even with consent. This Country WAS made with checks and balances to maintain stability and a equal standard of living no matter what a persons financial capabilities are. Your justification for poor children going without education is sickening and has no moral stability.
MinMan913 2 years ago
The major flaw in your argument is the foundation. If America was a Free Enterprise System the school system would have collapsed after 2001 since they are %100 dependent on grants, gifts and loans. "841 private schools all over the country for failing to meet the minimum required standards for operation." Which will result in job loss. Also not every American could afford private schooling. Which would result in a Dominant and Poor Class. That is also a weak excuse for not owning land.
MinMan913 2 years ago
The 841 "private" schools you refer to, that happen to be dependant on a bailout from the government, make up about 2.5% of CAPE's number of private schools (33,740 from 2007-2008).
What are these "standards" are these?
Private schools, that are truly private, get their funds from voluntary payment from their students. If a particular private school does not have sufficient funds, it is basically because there is no sufficient market demand for its services.
OutdoorsBlackMan 2 years ago
Straw-Man Argument, that still shows no justification for leading others to avoid land ownership. Try not to astray from the original intent of your conversation.
MinMan913 2 years ago
You were the one who claimed that the private school system would have collapsed in 2001 because of the performance of 841 schools that were not meeting some undefined "standards".
I said nothing about "avoiding land ownership".
OutdoorsBlackMan 2 years ago
Sad, playing the blame game... Well, good conversation while lasted. Good Day!
MinMan913 2 years ago
What are the gun laws like in your home state. Can you get a carry permit for your Glock?
mmmmmnnnnn55555 2 years ago
You need a CCW permit.
DEMCAD 2 years ago
Hmm...I have no idea how anyone can live in a place like Flint.
Stardusk 2 years ago
wonders this video not listed
jrnault77 2 years ago
Update your adobe flash or check the connection. As for views, it's youtube
metalicalol 2 years ago
Auction them off, it's what's going on everywhere else. You can't just wait for the market to improve.
99cachorro 2 years ago
The city is in SERIOUS trouble. Granholm announced a 20% reduction for revenue sharing for 2009, and supposedly another 20% coming for 2010, and an arbitrator just ruled the city now owes another 7 million for the Genesee Towers (which they did to themselves by the way, they condemned the building before realizing if they did, they buy it, another stupid decision under the Don Williamson administration). For the last 13 years, they've made stupid decisions. God help them.
bluecat1122 2 years ago
Demcad seems like there is a lot of hate going on, Do our friends from outside the US think their going to be better off with the US in the dog house. It's a small world after all! I'm sure those houses with boards and stickers on the windows are in the poorer areas. The US has opened it's doors to the world. True we have been under miss management for a decade or two but hell we had a great run. The correction will hurt maybe alot but in the long run we'll be back!
yboohcs 2 years ago
You must be somewhere near Hamilton Ave, or the old Central high area. I used to love that area too..........Its been about 30 years since I have been there.
I grew up across from Forest Park........ I wonder what that neighborhood is like now..................
jmatcleardotnetdotnz 2 years ago
My bad.... i was refering to so many closed down homes and people on streets.
metalicalol 2 years ago
Greetings from Europe / Slovenia. I have to say..... This things coud never be done in Europe, becouse we got laws + bank woud NEVER EVER give you a loan if you cant repay it and IF you can repay it, relatives have to back it up so it's 140% backed. We got like 40-70 homeles people in our whole country or not even that. For me as European, your system is fucked up and it shows to me that in USA, human life is worth nothing.
metalicalol 2 years ago 2
Honestly that is the problem Our banks will make loans to people that may not be able to repay them. This is stupid and our government instead of doing the right American thing and let them get punished for the stupidity bails them out. Forcing housing costs to stay high. Normally in this bad times prices should drop so people can afford to have homes. Government keeping prices high artificially.
jrnault77 2 years ago
All the homeless in Flint, can be housed, in all these houses you have shown ...
TheMangledMind 2 years ago 2
Flint = Starnesville
underbird 2 years ago
ma man reginaw go hurt emself walkin dim shtreets
bahrana 2 years ago
fake jews read rev 2:9 and rev 3:9 the people who you are calling jews are really khazars europeans
look up the word ghetto in the dictionary it tells who the real jews are
1werollin 2 years ago
i screwed a few flint girls, years back....oh, the memories!
thirdeyewise2 2 years ago
@thirdeyewise2
I hope it was a nice jewish girl that gave you aids you anti-semite.
skyding8962 2 years ago
actually it was a Jewish girl....it was your mama!
i hate her, tell her i said hi!
thirdeyewise2 2 years ago
the stupid label of antisemitic is used by stupid Jews like you to stifle criticism.
the shit is really played out
youtube:
"It's a Trick, We Always Use It." (calling people "anti-Semitic")
Ex-Mossad Agent Ostrovsky: the "anti-semite" label
Kaminski Anti Semitisim
AIPAC is pushing us to war with Iran for Israel
thirdeyewise2 2 years ago
@thirdeyewise2
Im not jewish. Your showing your stupidity once again for assuming that I am.
skyding8962 2 years ago
you are showing your stupidity for calling me an antisemite. i am just reacting to your initial stupidity, dumbass!
and chances are you are Jewish whether you admit it or not, why would you call me an antisemite unless something affected you directly. don't think because you say you are not Jewish that it will be believed.
like i said only an idiot or a Jew throws the word antisemite in people's face, which one are you?
thirdeyewise2 2 years ago
funny, you call me an antisemite but you have no problems making stereotypical videos of ghettos and dubbing demcad's voice over them as if he was living there.
nothing racist about that, right!?
thirdeyewise2 2 years ago
They tear down alot of houses here too. People can't pay the taxes so the city turns off the water. After 3-5 days a house with no water is considered condemed.
The city doesn't sell the houses at auction anymore so people can buy the property cheap and invest.
What gets me is of the city can't offer jobs so they can pay the rising taxes why do they keep rising the taxes.
The city may only get $50 a year for a vacant lot.
deadman12078 2 years ago
what a unsane world we live in, homeless people and condemned houses! i give up on rationalizing the evil. I have a huge garden myself, all permaculture,and I am almost off the grid , it has been a struggle to live simple. I never sold out to the NWO. They hate that. good work demcad. look up EMP people if you dont know what that is. yankeeprepper's channel, he is amazing. good luck to all.
matsutakneatche 2 years ago 2
Wow! You're almost off the grid - that's fantastic! I want to get off the grid.
awellwisher 2 years ago 4
Well look, in a recession like this, It's the lack of money that keeps people in their homes, and it's the lack of money that keeps people out.
iD0NUTZ 2 years ago
In nearby Jacksonville, FL we bought several properties for $1,000-$5,500.There are many homes that were 4closures n r vacant with no ads @ them to sell, rent or otherwise.Banks holding them idle.
PontVedra 2 years ago
This is what to come to manufacturing cities in america the next decade!
Just as said the nineties were great the ones were the worst!
sealhunter5 2 years ago
Thanks for the video. Very informative.
mcgrawtim123 2 years ago
They've got the most beautiful old, historic houses, although in bad shape, in this neighborhood.
You should buy one cheap, and fix it up, move in with a room mate and charge rent.
whiskerchild 2 years ago 2
@whiskerchild
If you think thats a beautiful neighborhood then Id hate to see yours.
skyding8962 2 years ago
Tear down the condemed houses and the city can re sell the repairable ones at a very low reduced price to be fixed up by the buyer.
jeff2all 2 years ago
demcad
if you had your shot gun with you
could have blasted that squirrel
and be eating squirrel stew now ....
squirrel and parsnips
good eating ...
chena3 2 years ago 3
Their not gonna have enough $ to board those places up let alone buldozing'em.
But of course the will for those who might profit, when the market should be allow to fall and provide much cheaper places so more can own.
InTheSticks1881 2 years ago
But if they don't, they'll have to spend money on policing and fire control.
DEMCAD 2 years ago
They can just let it become a ghetto.
InTheSticks1881 2 years ago
is that a squirrel at 1:28
anotherising 2 years ago
that empty space looks perfect for a FEMA camp
Horoist 2 years ago 2
Community Gardens sounds like a really good idea, have something to share with nabours including responsability, street parties? something to get the nabourhood involved is allways good
anotherising 2 years ago
Anyone notice Gerald Celente aint around much like he used to? Its because he has been PROVEN WRONG and like the good boy he has he is running away before he looks foolish.
skyding8962 2 years ago
I've been aware of his sudden absence as well. And Jim Rogers.
CelticReject 2 years ago
@CelticReject
Two frauds that have been run out of town.
skyding8962 2 years ago
Proven wrong? Just like he was wrong about the economic collapse in 2008?
Oh wait, he was right about that.
The banking collapse?
He was right.
What about the "goodbye Dubai" prediction?
Yep, he was right about that, too.
What about his commentary about a govt cover up of the declining economy?
Let's see, the White House got busted lying about the no. of jobs created by the stimulus package. Guess he was right, again!
DEMCAD 2 years ago
Proven Wrong? Huh!
Celente's Predictions
Jan. 2004, Trends Journal - The "Great Recession" (to begin in 2007) CORRECT
Dec. 2007, Trends - The "Panic of '08" (financial meltdown) CORRECT
Dec. 2007, Trends - Tax Protests CORRECT
Dec. 2006, Trends - Credit Crisis to Hit Financial Markets (by end of 2007) CORRECT
And what's NEXT...
Dec. 2008, Trends Journal - The Coming "Greatest Depression"
We'll see. No offense, but I think his record is better than yours.
DEMCAD 2 years ago
Im not saying he is totally wrong. But he was wrong about what has been happening lately. And he fails to admit when he was wrong. What he does is a few months later say "Oh well we never dreamed they would do that". Hello thats what predictors are SUPPOSED to do.
skyding8962 2 years ago
You're favorite trends researcher, Gerald Celente, is back.
watch?v=MVztXmX3uiA&feature=sub
DEMCAD 2 years ago
if you can make money on the net, you won't have to worry about jobs, and can probably afford to buy one...
BTW - how much do houses in this neighborhood cost?
zeusvalentine 2 years ago
How much chance do you have in your pocket?
DEMCAD 2 years ago
when i was working as a contractor we would go into flint to set up half way houses (folks that get out of jail) and the homes for mental or physical problems where they cant care for themselves.the homes were everywhere.saw a lot of really bad neighborhoods.looked like little detroit.same with pontiac,mt clemens,port huron.
ducklamb1 2 years ago
Yo
That what I be's saying to Demcad long time. He is white washing the real Flint, afraid to go into the hood to tell the real story. He be's makin it look like Dinneyland when most of Flint is like a Mad Max movie. He gots to say it straight up like it is and how the man is lettin Brothers and sisters live like dogs. Demcad don't you turn your back on yo peeps.
1angryguy 2 years ago
Who is "the man" you are referring to?
I like how DEMCAD mentions how there used to be a factory there and hopes another business will come in. "Feel good" representatives and Presidents who "will put gas in my car!" aren't in your best interest. They stifle business and personal prosperity and help keep you chained down like a dog.
Want to live like a dog in a cage? Keep voting for Big Government clowns and being happy when they toss you a few scraps.
WesSeid 2 years ago 2
@ 1angryguy
I had no idea Canadians speak like that.
looseal22 2 years ago
They dont. Hes just a troll pretending to be "an angry black man".
skyding8962 2 years ago
Using the land for gardens is a good idea but the problem with most cleared land is there is not enough top soil or the condition is so poor that it will be hard to grow anything productive.
u50214 2 years ago 2
Whip them out cause you cant live there without jobs.
charlesfuchs 2 years ago
one problem with "community garden" idea.... lead... google lead in garden soil... be very careful when planting in an industrial area and/or demolished old house.... they even found lead on the whitehouse lawn where they planted a new garden... they brough in fresh topsoil... expensive proposition...
Rezist01 2 years ago 4
If you really want to get into growing food on some of that land, pick a spot and throw down some clover seeds right now. Make sure it wasn't contaminated with hydrocarbon fuels or industrial chemicals, or you'll be wasting your time.
Good luck, keep sharing and thanks.
SpringboardShop 2 years ago 2
That is a really great idea. There will surely be a food shortage especially when you consider how expensive food is.
moonbaby625 2 years ago
Tear down the dilapidated houses and start over. This would bring up the value of the nice houses in the area. Your neighborhood reminds me of the neighborhood I grew up in on Long Island NY.
mja2035 2 years ago
It's not my neighborhood.
DEMCAD 2 years ago
Suburbia, uh....thats what Flint is huh? Looks like a neat neighborhood, looks kinda like mountain view subdivision in SE utah. Thanx DEMCAD for another AWESOME tour!!! = )
qualqui 2 years ago 2
In north philly alot of homes are vacant and falling apart.
acechoice45 2 years ago
It looks like that in north philly too.
acechoice45 2 years ago
And you moved back there?!?
onemindonespirit 2 years ago 2
Oksana Baiul was so cute. I was in love with that girl.
DEMCAD 2 years ago
The house a 5:10 is nice "the Detroit house/English Tudor"
mrgoodvibrations 2 years ago
Those house look liveable, not like the fallen down houses in Detroit.
mrgoodvibrations 2 years ago
LOVED THIS!
Im a native Detroiter, but grew up half in swartz creek there, right in your stomping grounds. not to far from ya :) Youre right, some of those homes do look like Detroit homes, and yeah, some are gorgeous!
Love that their working on Flint. And love the tours! :D
jakluk4 2 years ago
....sorry I forgot home after the word vacation...!
yedon68 2 years ago
......a degree is nice,,,i don.t have one although I did very well and am now retired and completely out of debt..and looking for a vacation (cash only)I was blessed with common sense...!
yedon68 2 years ago
You can thank the UAW for the current conditions in the Detroit metro area. This cancer will spread to the rest of America, no amount of radiation will cure it.
prescottbill 2 years ago 4
Yea, We have some of that when I go to Orleans. Although I live in Fl, Pensacola. There are numorous abandoned houses...
Marine052191 2 years ago 2
"Kid's are you noticing all this plight?"
FoulOwl 2 years ago
sell them for dead cheap , to a first time buyers,
but they won't do that will they cause thats helpin the little guy
cosmicguerilla1 2 years ago
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Yo that's right. Demcad be's like the house nigger pretending everything is good for brothers when he got no job even with a fancy university degree because he is a brother. If he was white he would be working in a jail as a probation officer but they only want brothers in jail if they locked up for a deuce. Man Demcad got to get real about what's goin down with him and the rest of the brothers and sisteters
1angryguy 2 years ago
Have you stockpiled dental dams, Reginald?
TheGerbilsRevenge 2 years ago 4
Oh that's good!!!!! I like I like!!!!!!LOL
videolover61 2 years ago
Another great video Demcad. Keep up the good work. Flint has gone through soooo much over the years. It is amazing it still stands.
freebird086 2 years ago
Get out while you can. The Zombies are coming!!! Property of US Gov't . Wow. How may of those do they have in there inventory across the country?
dyoungXI 2 years ago
So if you do have a nice house in Michigan they will just tax you out of it. Thats one reason people let their property go. If you keep it looking nice they penalize you.Any business in Mich just gets screwed with and taxed to death. There is a reason why things are the way they are and in Mich the politicians have made the place uninhabitable.I voted with my feet and left. My house taxes here are 1/10th of what they would be in Flint. Wv= low taxes = highest rate of home ownership in America
Gunnarsguns 2 years ago 5
Same with Long Island NY, property taxes and insurance through the roof. I moved out 1998 to NY southern tier. Car insurance cut by 66%. Property tax is 1/6th of what family on LI pay.
looseal22 2 years ago
Damn...and all you did was move to a different part of the state...its amazing
Gunnarsguns 2 years ago
create some gardens? michigan has greedy politicians that will never happen
joecarter2727 2 years ago 2
Don't buy any property outside a walking distance to the next supermarket. The End of Suburbia is coming.
llothar68 2 years ago 3
but that supermarket can close down
looseal22 2 years ago
Well in that regard Flint is the best layed out town i ever saw...or at least it used to be. In every neighborhood everything you need is withing walking distance...everything.Where i live now like most places you have to get in the car and drive for miles to get what you want. No more neighborhood businesses closeby like Flint. And what makes it so bad is they dont build sidewalks anymore. Pedestrians just hope they dont get run over walking along the road
Gunnarsguns 2 years ago
Demcad, have you found work yet? what kind of jobs are there
elgringote3 2 years ago
Yo Brother, You be finally starting to say it like it is. Yo city gots no money to take down those houses as fast as they get abandoned so the place is going down fast. Also you gots to go outside the cracker whitey neighborhood yo in and show the hoods in Flint. The chaos and collapse will start from the hood neighborhoods yo be afraid to venture to. So bust you ass to the hoods and shine some vids from ground zero. You heard me.
1angryguy 2 years ago
It will be worse in 2010.
So I think what you should do is open the borders to philipina ladies who want to live in America and just start to produce children.
The population pyramid is inverted and basically that's the main reason for an economy in decline.
There is no overpopulation. The NWO guys want to depopulate the planet.
Guys, this is a positive message. Fight the NWO and be fruitful !!!!!
ewffaces7 2 years ago
@ewffaces7 They have. Almost every nurse I work with is from the Philippines. They send money OUT of the country, which is bad for the U.S.. They work 2-3 jobs, and have NO time to actually understand what is going on in this country. They think FOX news is good. They have running water, a grocery with no flies, and they think it's as good as it can be here. They paid big money to send their kids to nice colleges, and the kids are now sitting at home, unemployed.
pmarie2003 2 years ago 2
@pmarie2003
I know.
I don't think it is really bad that they sent money to the Philipines. The Philippines is another American state in the South East and you should be proud to help these people... many of them are still praying to the God of the bible.
They are much more american than the latinos who refuse to speak english.... and admit it : the child of a philipina and a white guy is always goodlooking.
ewffaces7 2 years ago
@ewffaces7 Actually, like working with them. They have a very good work ethic. One reason they are working there and the Americans aren't is because the Americans just won't do the work....not even for $35-50/hr.. Yes, those numbers are correct.
pmarie2003 2 years ago
@ewffaces7 Filipinas aren't my thing really, but I'm a Negro anyway.
It is going to get worse in 2010. I foresee total economic destruction which will lead to The Race War.
NewKokujinOptions 2 years ago
@NewKokujinOptions Oh, man....don't talk like that. I know, I know...I hate to say it but I agree with you . I just HATE to think it. I hope and pray there is NO race or civil war. I have seen first hand what bullets do to adults and kids and it ain't pretty. Believe me when I say we don't want that to happen.
manofreedom 2 years ago
@manofreedom I agree. We don't want it to happen. Knowing what COULD happen would help to prevent it from happening, I think. We must openly address the problem. Like Commander Rockwell said though, "I think it's too late".
NewKokujinOptions 2 years ago
"The population pyramid is inverted & that's the reason for an economy in decline". Umm, are you serious? These Philipina children, where are they going to work? The US population increased by 20+ million in the last decade & at the same time over a million jobs have been lost. Outsourcing & technology killed millions of jobs. I & other people who work will end up paying to feed these Philipina babies you want.Reproducing beyond the ability to support the offspring is selfish & irresponsible.
livefree1789 2 years ago
Yes, I am serious, as the Good Lord told us to be fruitful and populate the planet. Nowadays we do exactly the opposite and we tend to KILL people rather than produce them. We don't have to discuss this, because there will always be disagreement about this. So... just follow your Creator's advise. Our population is getting older and worse : it leads to boredom.
ewffaces7 2 years ago
The Good Lord will provide and it is much more irriesponsible to go against His advice. You see, nearly 150 years ago, many so called scientists and intelligent people were convinced that the world was overpopulated because there would be a lack of food. There were never food shortages... on the contrary. Know this : the crisis is induced by the fraudulent banking system based on the fractional breakdown of the buying power of your currency. It creates inflation and it destroys the economy.
ewffaces7 2 years ago
thanks for always appreciated man on street report
check out latest mish shedlock blog for michigan report
LysSpooner 2 years ago
if one were living their already might be reasonable to buy a fixer upper for pennies on the dollar..
muzalot 2 years ago
Since Wal-Mart whored itself out to China, there should be some sort of goods factory that runs on green energy. I'm not sure how feasible that would be, but it would help fill the houses at the same time. Since Sam Walton only sold American-made products, the cheap labor overseas isn't any better, mostly because of the risk of transportation. That also costs money. In an effort ot take care of our own, the United States needs to think globally, while acting locally.
IntiHehlua 2 years ago
For some reason I thought you lived in alaska..
or maybe I am confused..
Maybe they could give people some jobs taking some of those those houses down. They could organize the lumber and materials from the houses. I am sure there would be material that could be used for lots of things.
yogiudo 2 years ago
did live in alaska then moved back to mich last month
nellynell77 2 years ago
What you have shown us in this video is nothing short of being a total disgrace.
Everything you have show us is a direct result of government intervention, in both the housing market and in the larger economy as a whole.
Manipulation, manipulation, manipulation.
The trouble is, they (the politicians) don't know what to do, to undo what they (in their ignorance) have previously done.
That's if they were willing to hold up their hands and admit any responsibility for the mess anyway.
NowisEvollovetion 2 years ago 2
Demcad, the lumber used to build these homes is 'old growth lumber' some of it very valuable and impossible to find these days in modern lumber yards. Be a shame for it to be burned or buried in landfills. Could be used in bringing some of the other homes up to standard. Grab a couple of Mexican migrants to pull nails and you could become a lumber magnate.
thirdcoastguy 2 years ago 3
Good times are definately gone
Nuanceqwest 2 years ago 2
3:08 "Shutting down your neighborhood"
They can and do kick peeps off of their property. Its called eminent domain. The stole the property from Altanta resident to make that olympic cramp. The want to do it here in NYC to make the NY Jets stadium.
Modacolorist 2 years ago 2
If there is even a deeper economic collapse houses like this will be torn down piece by piece for fuel.
rubroxato88 2 years ago 2
Grim idea, but very true.
AfterTheFox75 2 years ago
Food, clothing, shelter. . .
Sell the houses for $100.
Plant gardens in abadoned lots.
Have online clothing businesses.
CaligalinLibrary 2 years ago
how about the dam banks fix them up and put people in them until sold!
tony711978 2 years ago 2
demcad when you see a house with a blue tarp on it, it could indicate a fire has occurred. the fireman chop or chainsaw a big hole to let the heat escape, and then tarp it later. all this comes down to market and viability. is it insured, can a new house be built, sold and lived in? if so it will be torn down and something will replace it. empty manufacturing space is the thing. with all those Chinese men and no wives in sight and all that money the us borrowed, well someone write and ending
watcher0777 2 years ago
Bulldoze all unihabited blocks and turn them into farmland or community gardens.
veritasfiles 2 years ago
looks like a ghost town
chena3 2 years ago 2
no it doesn't - the lawns are mowed and the gardens do not have over-grown weeds
looseal22 2 years ago
I would get out of Flint DemCad, no offense. You're limiting your future. No matter what the cost/sacrifice, get outta there. Even if it means just packing a single bag and hitchhiking south. But then again, I'm not you, and I don't know the full details of your situation. Good luck.
WorldBankofAmero 2 years ago 6
(1) think old west ghost town ... you see the start in Flint.
(2) size of the town/city doesn't matter: once the economic justification for the "settlement" goes away AND IS NOT REPLACED with something else economically viable... ghost town or ...
(3) in smaller, sticks towns the properties can be bought by "retirees" or people who can bankroll country living after retirement or within commuting distance.
Once the core of the A CITY dies... it has to be abandoned and then "foreclosed."
adamitshelanu 2 years ago 2
DEMCAD: Google maps: '2100 N 21 st, philadelphia'
The east-west street is Diamond. In the '60s on SOME of those streets the row homes WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM had been stripped of their copper (wire and pipes) and no windows.
Pan a little closer: the row homes are still there north of Diamond st. Look at the "piecemeal" landscape south of 21st & Diamond.
Pan west (left) from 21st & diamond: what kind of "housing" do you see? I don't know when in the last 40 years it got "renewed."
adamitshelanu 2 years ago 2
Regarding your conclustion: development of ghost town when justification for settlement goes away.
Much industry left the NY sourthern tier a litle over a decade ago. The politicians and community leaders got together and kept it going. I moved here after and its a very nice place to live. Low crime, inexpensive housing, decent schools, nearby farms with seasonal farm stands.
looseal22 2 years ago
Yes: here in NC, some towns and surrounding area/county worked up a "transition." Others did not.
You drive into the "main street" of a small town that found a new path or niche and the 1890s brick shop row is renovated and occupied various ways.
At other places, the main street is boarded up and neglected or trashed or has one or two businesses with chain link on their doors and windows.
You found a good lifestyle opportunity and I wish you and your neighbors a continued happy community.
adamitshelanu 2 years ago
Im not from USA so this may sound really really stupid...
Are houses there made of wood? or partly..
lMa44hew 2 years ago
Yes, most homes are built from wood.
Z200a 2 years ago
Just down the street: on the old foundations, they have framed with white pine, clad with particle board, wrapped with Tyvek and then covered with vinyl siding.
The owners tore down the 1948-built construction of about 10 single story duplexes (about 10 foundations) and replacing with two story duplexes.
Why? (1) termites and leaky roof (hurricane) damage and (2) could not justify a rent level to meet taxes and expenses and have a profit.
(I used to rent there 5 years back.)
adamitshelanu 2 years ago
well when the fema camps give you soup you will do some gardening to work it off...or ahhh fema coffen storage area ???
just joking DEMCAD i really hope you take care , stay safe
gasdorf 2 years ago 2
Hey Demcad, your a really good person. Theres really not that many people like you. I bet if you ran for any position in government you would win by a landslide. Just on who you are. From watching your vids I know you better than all those scumbag