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It does not seem all that different than ghost towns of the past, when the mining ran out. The least costly thing should be to let nature take care of the manmade structures. I think the city should just pull the zoning laws back and allow a semi-rural setting.
Maybe offer the land, as is, to surrounding housing or whoever will pay a minimal tax in a re-homesteading bargain. If a resident wants to live in the middle of a ghost town, so be it. If they want to raze the structures and raise apples and chickens, more power to them.
The last thing I want to see is this quote from the article:
"Hundreds of millions of federal dollars will be needed to buy land, raze buildings and relocate residents, since this financially desperate city does not have the means to do it on its own."
I don't want to pay for bulldozing cities. Maybe it would be better if my grandchildren could visit these "ghost towns" and see what America once was.
Wes
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