A new land survey came out about Detroit that had some fairly dire numbers. It said that nearly a third of Detroit's lots are vacant. However, it also found out that nearly 90 percent of all the occupied homes were in fair or good condition, which could be the foundation of strong neighborhoods in the future.
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A little more than 35% of the city's 343,849 residential parcels are either vacant lots or abandoned shells of buildings -- a staggering burden for a city trying to reinvent itself.
But the survey also found surprisingly upbeat results in Detroit's most vital districts. The survey found that more than 90% of the city's occupied residential units are in good or fair condition -- results that could lay the foundation for efforts to strengthen individual neighborhoods.
If nothing else, the survey promises to plug some giant holes in the city's understanding of itself. Detroit planners now have an accurate mapping of vacancy as well as precise data on the condition of individual residential parcels. Those should prove crucial for planning everything from private investment to government aid.
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