Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1635 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 75.10.21.159
| Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 9:07 pm: | |
It's not just Detroit that has $6,000 houses in neighborhoods like Brightmoor and the Eastside. Canton, OH is seeing a big real estate crash like Detroit of decades past: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06 /25/realestate/25nati.html/par tner/rssnyt?_r=1&oref=login |
Jenniferl Member Username: Jenniferl
Post Number: 288 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 4.229.60.94
| Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 10:08 pm: | |
Wow, my mom lived in Canton for about 3 or 4 years when she was a kid back in the early 1950s. Her descriptions of it make it sound very working class, definitely not a cute, comfy suburb. |
Rrl Member Username: Rrl
Post Number: 554 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.213.228.30
| Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 - 10:12 am: | |
I read that article in last weekends NYT. You couldn't help but see the similarities between Canton & Detroit or maybe Flint is a better parallel. At least in Canton some of the people are working to stave off the blight that happened here in what seemed like overnight. |
Miketoronto Member Username: Miketoronto
Post Number: 191 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 65.92.153.43
| Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 - 11:56 am: | |
Interesting. Eventhough we live in Toronto, my dad keeps telling me that we should buy a house in Detroit for investment. However I don't think there are many houses you can get for under $10,000 anymore. Is that true? I know many cities have cheap houses. Its not just Detroit or Canton. Pittsburgh has many homes up for sale by the city, for as cheap as $2,000. In Canada, Winnipeg is the posterchild of cheap housing. You can get a house 2min from downtown Winnipeg, for like $10,000. |
Wazootyman Member Username: Wazootyman
Post Number: 77 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 68.75.220.9
| Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 - 12:46 pm: | |
Houses in Detroit for sub-$10,000 (sorted highest price first): http://www.century21hartford.c om/list_results.php?minprice=n one&maxprice=10000&city=5032%2 C5033%2C5034%2C5041%2C5042%2C5 051%2C5053%2C5054%2C5055%2C506 6%2C5092%2C5101&beds=1&baths=1 &tab=0&searchtype=res&street_n ame=&min_sqft=&schools=&photos _only=&tours_only= (Disclaimer: I developed and maintain this website, though I do not directly work for them) |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 2153 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.2.148.120
| Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 - 4:16 pm: | |
Northeast Ohio has some charming places, but Canton is kinda dull. I'm sure that you can get a cheap house in Wapakeneta too. Then there's Nelsonville, where many of our old street paving blocks came from. |