Houses cheaper than cars in Detroit

Realtor Ron Walraven had a three-bedroom house in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills that had listed for $525,000 sell for just $130,000 at the auction.

“Once we’ve seen the last person leave Michigan, then I think we’ll be able to say we’ve seen the bottom,” he said.

Just keep hiking every local government budget by double-digits every year, and Charlotte will get there sooner or later. Just keep beating the bushes for more tax hikes, we’ll get there. Oh, and also refuse to build roads, that way all the trucking and logistics jobs in town go away too.

Sounds like a plan.