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2013-05-31 Government

Detroit mayor wants new city employees to be forced to live there for 7 years

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-05-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 How can you force people to live where you want them? Why would anyone want to live in ~~Destroyed~~ Detroit anyhow?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-05-31 00:19|| 2013-05-31 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 New York city has done something similar for at least the last 20 years.

Posted by Iblis 2013-05-31 00:38|| 2013-05-31 00:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Work where you live and you pickup the rhythms.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-05-31 01:31|| 2013-05-31 01:31|| Front Page Top

#4 That will certainly attract the best and brightest. /sarc off.

Can we count Windsor as part of Detroit? Since cars manufactured in Windsor are considered 'domestic' for classification purposes by the Feds (per union input).

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-31 08:31|| 2013-05-31 08:31|| Front Page Top

#5 15 years ago I lived a 1 mile outside of the Pittsburgh city limits. Apparantly Pittsburgh use to (or may still have) a similar rule. Of course the city fireman down the street from me in the suburbs owned an inexpensive home in the city (just did not actually live there). It was a $12,500 free standing PO Box.

Posted by airandee 2013-05-31 09:11|| 2013-05-31 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 "In seven years a lot of things can change. And I'm hopeful in seven years we'll see the city change and people will want to come back to the city," he said.

"Hope"... is not a plan. Neither are residency requirements.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-31 09:38|| 2013-05-31 09:38|| Front Page Top

#7 #5, employees can do the same thing 'voters' do, have about two dozen or so listed at the same address. It's legit for voting right? And to even question it would be just another example of voter suppression and racist.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-31 10:04|| 2013-05-31 10:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Competition from Gitmo must be getting intense.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2013-05-31 11:00|| 2013-05-31 11:00|| Front Page Top

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