Date: May 13th, 2008

Too many houses: Part 2, the un-building government

13 May, 2008 (10:44) | Demand, Demographics, Local issues, Real estate taxes, Slums | No comments

Yesterday we saw that Youngstown, Ohio, whose population now is half what it was forty years ago, has made an enormous break with its past.

More than 1,000 structures have been demolished so far.
 

It’s for the greater good
 
Choosing to cull wasn’t easy.  First, Youngstown tried everything else:
 
For a while, Youngstown, with its population at just […]