Guyzo wrote:Guyzo wrote:DayHiker..... we never have vacant homes in California, like they do in other parts of the country.
It's always very strange to see them when I travel.
Out here those would be flipped or torn down and replaced.
Wait, I was wrong. We do have Trona, CA.
Lots of "home bargains" to be found there.
Ha, yes, Trona. My favorite part of the Vegas-to-Ridgecrest drive.
From what I understand, Detroit is notorious for having many burnt structures still standing, even more than other crappy eastern cities. The photos I posted were only a fraction of the dozens of photos I took in just a couple hours in just one section of Detroit. City blocks have empty lots where houses used to stand, and there are many burnt houses still standing.
I didn't have to look hard to find several dozen burnt houses for photos. There are blocks where half the houses are either torn down or burnt.
As you can see from the silver Cavalier in the first photo, there are people living next to that burnt house, next to the vacant yard. And, it's not obvious from the photo, but the house with the for-sale sign in the last photo is actually on the other side of that occupied house, so they are living in a house with burnt houses on both sides. Imagine them, trying to sell that house.