tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post9201412604056940666..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: "Like termites, they undermine the structure of any neighborhood in which they creep." Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-59374619383947813092012-11-03T13:39:02.888-08:002012-11-03T13:39:02.888-08:00Anon, you're right of course. And I didn'...Anon, you're right of course. And I didn't know about MERS - the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_Electronic_Registration_Systems" rel="nofollow">Mortgage Electronic Recording System</a>. Thanks for the tip.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-75393628273910670472012-11-03T07:32:02.068-08:002012-11-03T07:32:02.068-08:00"Impossible" is a relative term. Look a..."Impossible" is a relative term. Look at how real estate title recording law was deformed to allow the operation of MERS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-38382910346201156752012-11-02T22:00:07.516-08:002012-11-02T22:00:07.516-08:00Anon, thanks for the links. This stuff permeates ...Anon, thanks for the links. This stuff permeates the country and the clauses, while legally unenforceable, still exist in many covenants because they are so hard to remove because the process is impossible. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-21506341874623725102012-11-02T20:06:25.295-08:002012-11-02T20:06:25.295-08:00This is an excellent review of a book I hadn't...This is an excellent review of a book I hadn't heard of. I'll ensure that libraries where I live have copies. Thank you.<br /><br />You might be interested in The Detroit Wall.<br /><br /><i>The movie “Race – The Power of an Illusion” helps to explain an answer. It all begins during the 1930’s when Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) decides to come up with an appraisal system. The evaluations help determine how much a home was worth (influencing credit) by color coding neighborhoods. The rating system was very much biased on the basis of race. Essentially, all of white suburbia was listed green for approval, while all areas with heavy minority populations received the lowest color of red. Detroit’s dirty secret is the result of this red lining; the wall was built to divide two areas, one half that would qualify as green and the other half as red. This partition eventually led to the familiar suburban / city division as seen today.</i><br /><a href="http://www.detroitchic.com/2008/02/22/detroits-worst-kept-secret-and-biggest-blunder-the-8-mile-wall/" rel="nofollow">Detroit's Worst Kept Secret and Biggest Blunder: The Eight Mile Wall</a><br /><br />Another important book on the subject:<br />"The Origins of the Urban Crisis:<br />Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit by Thomas J. Sugrue 2005"<br /><br />Discussed in depth here:<br /><a href="http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=3273" rel="nofollow">The kiss, the wall & other true tales<br />Combing Detroit archives for the seeds of racism, urban crises, social movements and economic travail.</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com