Can a mid-sized city add through subtraction?
That's what Flint, Michigan is about to find out. This city of around 74,000 has been hit hard by the decline of the auto industry. As a result, urban blight has crept in leaving empty houses and run down neighborhoods.
But Flint is fighting back:
http://www.examiner.com/x-3588-Detroit-Independent-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Flint-shrinks-in-order-to-grow
The goal of the policy is to replace the urban blight with urban green. By creating more grassland, the city hopes to create a more beautiful community. And that in turn might cause more people to want to live there.
Will it work? Time will tell. But one thing seems certain: Flint, Michigan is about to look a lot different.
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