The tent cities in Sacramento, Calif., which we described recently, and the increasing number of shanty towns detailed in The New York Times today, are only
“„Temporary Mayor Michael Brown made the off-the-cuff suggestion Friday in response to a question at a Rotary Club of Flint luncheon about the thousands of empty houses in Flint.
“„City Council President Jim Ananich said the idea has been on his radar for years.
“„The city is getting smaller and should downsize its services accordingly by asking people to leave sparsely populated areas, he said.