The Bunker

Steve and I have looked at every house listed for under $100,000 in Ypsilanti. Remember the $35,000 squatter house? Or the "metal" basement supports on Pearl? Some other gems we didn't share previously include piss smelling house of bad texture treatments and Frankenhouse of rotating floor joists.


Over the past few months, we've discovered that the housing market is inflated, there's no venture capital available for retail start-ups, storefront renovation costs are prohibitive, and there are few jobs in the county. All the jobs in SE Michigan are in the northern suburbs of Detroit.


We've decided to stop looking in Ypsilanti. We didn't think it would become too nice for us so soon, but we can't/won't afford to live here. I'm reluctant to post the locality we're scouting (the Cool Cities Initiative might find out), but we'll probably end up in the 48212.