Buy a Fixer-upper in Detroit for $500 USD

[Spade]

I know this is not as good as it sounds, after all, $500 USD is over $625 CDN. But think about it, you could have that American hideaway for the price of 100 Big Macs with fries. And, Detroit is an NHL contender. Having to talk American is not that difficult.
$500 US Detroit homes may be no bargain due to squatters and unpaid taxes - Business - CBC News

Anyone game?

 

[BaalsTears]

You wouldn't survive one week in a bungalow in Detroit.

 

[Spade]

You wouldn't survive one week in a bungalow in Detroit.

Sure we would. We'd bring food from Windsor. And, we'd sew Canadian flags on our backpacks.

Today, the population of Detroit is the same as it was in 1910 (Forbes, 2015). I am certain before the automobile, Detroit was a peaceful, albeit bucolic, backwater.

 

[captain morgan]

And, we'd sew Canadian flags on our backpacks.

That will double as a convenient target for the gang-banger shooters.

 

[Spade]

That will double as a convenient target for the gang-banger shooters.

O Capt'n, I've thought of that. On the inside of our backpacks immediately behind the flag, we'll place a copy of the Gideon bibles we've picked up from Prairies motels.

All that is left of a senescent land are memories of its youth.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIcMC-ENXGk

 

[JLM]

I know this is not as good as it sounds, after all, $500 USD is over $625 CDN. But think about it, you could have that American hideaway for the price of 100 Big Macs with fries. And, Detroit is an NHL contender. Having to talk American is not that difficult.
$500 US Detroit homes may be no bargain due to squatters and unpaid taxes - Business - CBC News

Anyone game?

Then you have to pay all the back taxes, then you have to get the present tenants out, then there's likely years of neglected upkeep to contend with and then you might want to check up on the neighbours! You generally get exactly what you pay for.

 

[petros]

Buy a $1 house in Buffalo. Better deal all around.

 

[JLM]

Buy a $1 house in Buffalo. Better deal all around.

What are the hang ups with Buffalo besides snow?

 

[petros]

It's Buffalo.

 

[JLM]

It's Buffalo.

It's good enough to have an N.H.L. team so it can't be too bad. Mind you the team right now is no great shakes!

 

[petros]

An arena chocked full of Canadians who refuse to lower themselves by going to a Leafs game.

 

[captain morgan]

O Capt'n, I've thought of that. On the inside of our backpacks immediately behind the flag, we'll place a copy of the Gideon bibles we've picked up from Prairies motels.

Give 'er a shot bud.. No pun intended.

Let me know how that works out for ya'll

 

[petros]

Could move into a 1978 Ford Econoline behind the rec center in The Pas MB for free but it's probably safer in Detroit.

 

[JLM]

An arena chocked full of Canadians who refuse to lower themselves by going to a Leafs game.

Which raises another point- Buffalo is 100 miles from Toronto, which kind of indicates to me that they need a third N.H.L. team in the area like I need another ear.

 

[petros]

3rd? The Leafs aren't a hockey team. The fruitcakes from Ice Capades have better odds of hoisting the Stanley Cup above their heads in victory.

 

[JLM]

3rd? The Leafs aren't a hockey team. The fruitcakes from Ice Capades have better odds of hoisting the Stanley Cup above their heads in victory.

How are their ticket sales? Do they fill the arena?

 

[petros]

How are their ticket sales? Do they fill the arena?

Ice Capades do quite well.