The Incredible Shrinking City...

In Flint Michigan the City has taken the proactive approach of removing old abandoned homes from certain neighborhoods.

The concern is that they attract crime.There is also potential for injury if someone were to go inside exploring such as a small child might do.

I think removing these home is a good idea. In fact it is being stated that the property values are going to rise almost instantly!

Now for part two. The above all sounded like a positive move to me until it was mentioned that the city is considering asking the residents in the remaining nice homes to relocate to other "better" neighborhoods in an effort to save money. The City has not approached homeowners yet but are crunching numbers on saving money by not providing some services such as garbage to just 1 or 2 people on a given street. They are looking in to the possibility of condensing the population and therefore saving costs.

What do you think? Is this a good idea gone to far? Is is fair to the tax payers? Would you support this in your neighborhood?