Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100403:14:26:00
>> john with you y, you mention have lived in these areas for decades. what's their reaction? i would imagine partly they'd want their community to improve, but another part is "not in my backyard," "get off my back." >> by and large we've heard people are grateful these are taken care of. you have problems with squatters, problems with drug users and abusers in some of these abandoned homes. but by and large the rhereactio has been very strong. but as anyone following the city of detroit knows there are numerous problems in terms of bankruptcies, financial issues, possibly closing of 45 schoo...