{"id":638711,"date":"2010-01-22T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T19:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gas2.org\/2010\/01\/22\/detroit-from-motor-city-to-urban-farm\/"},"modified":"2010-01-22T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T19:37:36","slug":"detroit-from-motor-city-to-urban-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/638711","title":{"rendered":"Detroit: From Motor City To Urban Farm?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gas2.org\/files\/2010\/01\/urbanfarm.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/gas2\/files\/2010\/01\/urbanfarm.jpg?resize=475%2C313\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is car news, and it isn&#8217;t. But it is\u00a0definitely&#8230;interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit was once the 4th largest city in America and it held the title of Motor City because most of America&#8217;s cars came from there. Flash forward 40 years, and Detroit&#8217;s population has dwindled from a high of 2 million people to just over 800,000. The average price for a home in Detroit is $15,000, the lowest in the country. With so many empty spaces, criminals have no shortage of hideouts and drug factories. And with America&#8217;s auto industry still reeling from the recession, as well as having outsourced many jobs to other states (or countries), the future looks bleak for Detroit&#8217;s long-deferred recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Unless one millionaire gets his way, and turns the city into farms. Yes, farms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gas2.org\/2010\/01\/22\/detroit-from-motor-city-to-urban-farm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more of this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?a=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?a=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?i=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?a=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?i=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?a=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?i=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?a=Zsd_NGHUecc:vyO6hvd6I0w:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gas2\/org?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gas2\/org\/~4\/Zsd_NGHUecc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is car news, and it isn&#8217;t. But it is\u00a0definitely&#8230;interesting. Detroit was once the 4th largest city in America and it held the title of Motor City because most of America&#8217;s cars came from there. Flash forward 40 years, and Detroit&#8217;s population has dwindled from a high of 2 million people to just over 800,000. 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