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Author    Post   untanglingwebs El Supremo The article should really address all of the so called "Rust Belt" cities an other formerly industrial cities in decline. Huffington Post: The "depression" started in Flint By Scott Atkinson | The Flint Journal December 16, 2009, 9:12AM In a recent Huffington Post blog, historian and writer Jo Guldi states that, "The depression didn't start on Wall Street; it started in Flint, Michigan several decades ago." That's the first sentence of Guldi's post, and she references Flint several other times throughout the article. Guldi criticizes the concept of "shrinking cities," and the demolition of homes by the Genesee County Land Bank. "Shrinking Cities Policy is directly standing in the way of more progressive solutions. In 2007, as mortgages crashed, the Washington Post lauded Dan Kildee, founder of Flint's Land Bank and evangelist of the Shrinking Cities plan," Guldi writes. Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:36 am  Adam F L I N T O I D Hopefully it will end first in FLint Michigan. Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:54 am  untanglingwebs El Supremo Here is the link to the entire article. It is worth reading. Jo Guldi: The Anti-Development Crisis: Who's Really to Blame for ...Dec 16, 2009 ... Jo Guldi. Historian, Harvard Society of Fellows ... The depression didn't start on Wall Street; it started in Flint, Michigan several ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jo-guldi/the-anti-development-cris_b_392743.html - Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:33 pm  back again F L I N T O I D damn web. reading that almost.......no, did hurt. you know, the older i get the more i am leaning toward eventually relocating somewhere away from the planet planners and all the shit that goes with it. i think the hippy in me may eventually win out. _________________ even a small act of goodness may be a tiny raft of salvation across the treacherous gulf of sin, but one who drinks the wine of selfishness, and dances on the little boat of meaness, sinks in the ocean of ignorance. P.Y. Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:26 pm    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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