Plus your map showed Wal-Mart lcations again. If you do a proper search for Kroger you’ll see two. Try calling them. They’re closed. Check the Kroger website and look up Kroger locations.
But keep looking. I’m sure you’ll eventually find someplace to find milk in the 143 square miles. Which will of course prove that it’s a fine city.
Part of Detroit’s problem has been having terrible mayors who looted their brains out. Detroit had white mayors until the black population could take over and they did. It seems the blacks thought it was there chance to set the city up for their advantage. Most people when faced with the theft, said it was just their turn to get at the piggy bank. When a mayor who is reasonable and seems to want to try to fix things. he is booted out for “being too white”.
Kwami was booted out and is still in court . He comes to Detroit to explain why he won’t pay court ordered restitution of one million dollars. He explained that he could only pay 6 bucks a month. Yet he moved to a huge house in a gated community in Texas and drives expensive SUVs. Many blacks seem to approve of his “sticking it to the man”.
Sam Riddle .one of Kwami’s cohorts in Detroit governance just finished a trial. He had a jury of 11 whites and 1black woman. The jurors say she immediately announced that the court was trying to railroad a black man. After a few days of deliberations ,it was a hung jury, stuck at 11 to 1. She refused to agree with any charges and now they will have a retrial. It is that attitude that helps separate Detroit black and whites.
RNATB, don’t waste your time. It is well-known here in SE Michigan that there are no chain grocery stores within the city limits of Detroit; it is a food desert. I think I mentioned earlier in this very thread (months ago) that I’m working on my masters in public policy at the University of Michigan, and I have been invited to multiple urban development-type events on initiatives to change that. (My interests are in international development, not domestic urban renewal, and my time is limited, so I’ve never actually been to any.)
There are, however, smaller locally-owned grocery stores, it’s not like it’s impossible to buy food in Detroit. Nevertheless, the prices will almost certainly be higher than the would be at chains, and selection not as good. There are significant public health implications that arise from this situation.
Wow. I’m thinking about buying up some $100 houses, leveling them to the ground, and waiting 20 years. The property taxes on a lot purchased for $100 can’t be too much, can it? Surely in 20 years Detroit will be better than it is now (or there could be a large Unobtainium deposit under one of my lots).
Too bad you missed out on the Silverdome and its 127 acres.
It sold for $583,000 at auction. No, I did not forget a zero.
So I perused www.realtor.com. I found 13 pages of Detroit houses from $1000 to $2000. Many are sold only with a quit-claim deed (wonder what the story is there), and many say that back taxes and water fees are due and must be paid by the buyer. Some of the descriptions say things like “NEED WORK” (uh, yeah, like a teleportation job to somewhere besides Detroit), and almost all of them have a picture (why?).
Investing in Detroit would probably be much like an oil company investing in a kleptrocracy–I would constantly have to worry about the city showing up with its hand out and threatening to take my property if I don’t pay up.
There’s been federal money that’s come into the state intended for Detroit, but it doesn’t get past the state.
The chances are strong that there might not be any pipes or wiring in the house.
All the better for me–I’d want to level the place if I bought it, so that should cut down on the demo costs.
So, just buy it and level it and have the land? I suppose that works too, but there are already a lot of vacant lots.
Michigan is a Castle Doctrine and Shall Issue state. That might make homesteading feasible. 
I know I make a lot of “well, in Buffalo” posts,. Still, for a depressed Rust Belt city, in a metropolitan area that, as a whole, is even more depressed than metro Detroit, Buffalo’s real estate prices seem positively Manhattanesque in comparison. There’s many large supermarkets in the city limits (including Wegmans and an upscale co-op), vibrant neighborhoods with large, dense pedestrian-oriented business districts, decent schools, sizable middle-class and old-money neighborhoods (although the bulk of the city was and remains lower-middle class and working-class), and a thriving arts scene. Buffalo supposedly has one of the better real estate markets in the United States, and home prices have appreciated through the Great Recession.
Buffalo has some battered neighborhoods, but the worse are confined to what was historically the working-class Polish and German East Side. There’s also an abundance of industrial ruins that contribute to a grim Rust Belt vibe. Still, go to the neighborhoods, and it’s practically the Anti-Detroit. Buffalo has fallen far from the glory days when it was a rival to Toronto, but still …
On the Urban Toronto boards, there are a number of photography threads depicting Toronto in the early 1950s. I am astounded how much it looks like Buffalo. I get the impression that Toronto was about 20% larger than Buffalo at that time. I remember my parents talking about ‘going to Buffalo for a good time’ around that time (they were just out of high school in 1950).
Detroit was larger than either Toronto or Buffalo at that time, true?
Well, the taxes are likely based upon the state’s/cities valuation of the house which could be for significantly more than $100. Add to that the fact that you might be looking at years, decades of unpaid taxes and it might not seem such a bargain.
The price could very well reflect the amount of back taxes owed. For example, you have a $50k house with $48k of taxes owed, hence a $2k price. At $100, the house will likely have back taxes that are owed that far exceed the value of the house+land.
Caveat emptor!
You do see how these two statements contradict each other, don’t you?
Can I stand up for “El Supermercado” (E&L Meats) in Southwest Detroit, aka Mexicantown? I’m from the suburbs (Clinton Twp. currently, although my location is showing Mexico City due to work). Because it’s close to work (my main office) in Dearborn, I still pass by here for the vast majority of my groceries. Sure, the milk costs more, but vegetables, butcher-counter meats, and anything vaguely “Mexican” (did I mention that my wife is Mexican?) is vastly, vastly cheaper than in the suburbs. For things that I don’t buy – processed and pre-packaged goods – yeah, the cost is substantially higher than in the suburbs.
Of course it’s common wisdom (I think) that poor people don’t buy and make fresh. I guess for them, this is a problem. Hamburger Helper at Meijer can be had for 3/99¢, whereas in this store, probably not. On the other hand, at my Nino Salvaggio on Hall Road, tomatillos will set me back $4.99 a pound, versus 99¢ in Mexicantown.
The price of goods is highly dependent upon what you buy as much as where you buy it.
Even if you’re spotted that one, there’s an immense body of land that still has little-to-no coverage for a supermarket.
But I’ll definitely be checking out “El Supermercado” now. I’m stuck here while studying at Wayne State University. Thanks for the heads up.
Mexicantown has some decent food. Hey, hop in for a Dopefest, willya?