Anti-Gentrification Activists to Protest Real Estate Summit at Brooklyn Museum, Tuesday Nov 17

Will Detroit be the first 21st century city just as it was the first 20th century one?
http://naturalsociety.com/massive-self-sustaining-urban-farm-to-replace-detroit-blight/

Growing Power has been around in Milwaukee for years, with a huge urban farm & greenhouse complex, and, in spite of being an excellent organization, it hasn't magically fixed its own neighborhood, let alone an entire city. In fact, Milwaukee has spiked to 137 murders so far this year— around half of what NYC has seen, in well under a tenth of the population.

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20151120/OPINION/151129993/brooklyn-museum-protesters-scapegoat-the-wrong-crowd

Growing Power has been around in Milwaukee for years, with a huge urban farm & greenhouse complex, and, in spite of being an excellent organization, it hasn't magically fixed its own neighborhood, let alone an entire city. In fact, Milwaukee has spiked to 137 murders so far this year— around half of what NYC has seen, in well under a tenth of the population.

Magic isn't being suggested. If you've been to Detroit you'll know it's the poster child of abandonment. And accordingly Growing Power is tiny compared to the 22 block sized operation proposed for Detroit. If Detroit can be turned around anywhere in the U.S. is possible including Milwaukee. What's the Plan B?

I just can't see how farming is the basis of a '21st-century city'— my ancestors, and the ancestors of most everyone in Detroit, moved to cities to work at industrial jobs because they paid better than agricultural labor, and eventually paid even better after unionization.