My $500 house in Detroit -- and the neighbors who helped me rebuild it | Drew Philp
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In 2009, journalist and screenwriter Drew Philp bought a ruined house in Detroit for $500. In the years that followed, as he gutted the interior and removed the heaps of garbage crowding the rooms, he didn't just learn how to repair a house -- he learned how to build a community. In a tribute to the city he loves, Philp tells us about "radical neighborliness" and makes the case that we have "the power to create the world anew together and to do it ourselves when our governments refuse."
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He sounds like he is about to cry after every word.
Reinis Miks his short breaths inwards that shutter make it seem that way
Because he is (watch till the end and especially 9:45)
"Sounds like"? Get some humanity, dude.
He is about to cry. Who, with a beating heart wouldn't?
I think that's because he is
Why can't we have more of these and less of the SJW trash?
Miss She Id like to mention that many other SJW videos on this channel are a lot more subjective, and in a showy and irritating manner that this video doesn't have
Thank you for sharing your insider perspective. Very touching. I grew up 15 minutes from Detroit and really appreciate your talk. Thank you, Drew!
Thank you. You are an answer to many years of prayer!
Two thumbs up!! Thanx for ur practical wisdom n encouraging strategy of radical neighboring..
Great real life story!
a 2017 speech posted in mid 2018? why not on time? why the delay?
complaning about free stuff... Ok m8
It's not complaining, it's curiosity
Thanks for sharing Drew! Way to stay the course! #Detroit
A lovely tribute. Thanks for sharing!
Detroit is coming back.
William Prince LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂 You don't live here do you?
No More BS Please Yes, I do. Detroit has achieved budget surpluses 3 years in a row, is no longer subject to the emergency manager, and unemployment is under 6%. Major corporations are investing huge sums in moving into Detroit. Still a long way to go but there is no denying the positive developments of the last several years.
This is america. Not the colorful picture Hollywood and all the others are always wanting to paint. Not the oh so graceful beautiful land of the free. THIS IS U S AND AMERICA.
'What he found was the way the people in communities in small towns and villages USED to live.
The world needs more men like Drew Philp
I can agree with most of his message and love the idea of a more integrated Detroit. However, white guilt is oozing out of Drew here. The city was over 80% white when it was at peak population, now it is over 80% black. I would argue that some white people coming back to the city is not a bad thing, and the downtown and midtown neighborhoods are much more diverse than they have been in recent history.
Nice story, thanks for posting
May we get more people like Drew please? The world needs his and his neighbors' humanity. That tearful, reflective moment shows such hope and pleading for love of spirit. I was very moved. So will you be. Let us embrace his ideas. Spread the word... please.
Detroit is the new Nagasaki.
Exactly; Detroit now looks like it was the one bombed ;)
What an absolute load of guff.
From a Detroiter, Thank You Drew
*inhale*
Outstanding speech!
Detroit, Oakland, Newark, Baltimore…….time for more of this.
I had no idea that Detroit was a signifiant US city of 2 million people (the size of Paris). I guess it's every city for itself in the US if a place like that can be allowed to decline.
Bravo!
Wow! We can all be that kind of neighbor.
Yes, all of us, everyone.
Cooking Lessons for Dad Liberals eh?, You guys always helping your neighborhood out! "WTF! This is capitalism! Let them rot, and you can buy their property!" Says the Republican...
Great!!!
I don't understand English ,but I know these words
I remember the news at the time that was hard times over there in that place
this started out as a nice personal story about how this guy coined a new term for a strong community. . . then the last third was a lot of govt blaming for why his personal journey isn't the main narrative of a very complex city with a troubled history. Wish i could have seen his house completed, how the community grew with him being the new addition. or something... not about how Chicago is struggling in the face of gentrification.
I bought an abandoned home in Poletown in 2005. I really appreciate your story.
This guy sounds like he's about to break into tears at any moment.
What are you suggesting, that he hasn't anything to say? Don't you understand anything, even if it's clearly explained to you, sentence by clearly expressed sentence?!?!
Ive been wondering where David Blaine has been
313 stand up!
Move to Texas! Our economy is strong, our people are friendly, our cost of living is low and our land is BEAUTIFUL. Plus we have the Dallas Cowboys and George Strait....it's heaven😊
Julie R you missed the point
Far worse than that: she's from another Planet - Texas.
Powerful stuff.
For what it's worth, all the abandoned houses and factories make for great freestyle drone flying spots.
Detroit: Become A Nice Neighbor
Somebody get this super neighbor a tissue
Idź wprost do diabła.
DOESN'T GET MORE LIBERAL THAN THIS!
Somebody get this guy some flonase and an inhaler.
This guy really needs to work on not being so monotone.
He yust explained self-governing socialism, Detroit is a pure example of classical economy and neo liberalisam. People stick tugeder to help each other , people don't see the the meritocracy thet capitalism promises isn't true and ther is a glance selling , not determent by gender or race , but by the corporate world
So depressing that I cannot finish it
Shutting off water to people how sick and sad world is done dont matter where your at its done
Rest In Peace grammar.
Obvious Electric R.I.P
Sounds like your cerebellum is lacking moisture
A poor city/community can be rebuilt. How about a dangerous city?
Hiu Wing Cheung cameras and patrols with guns
Overplayed.
lol of course it's cheap, who'd want to live there??
I liked the story, not the way he reads. It's like he's always ready to cry. If he really is he's not suitable to do a talk
It could be a soy-boy low testosterone problem.
Remy Lebeau def not a chad.
He's not suitable to be a man.
fsmoura says the tough boy over the internet.
So you are saying that government intervention is hurting Detroit? Private citizens can do it in the right way? You don't say?
Radical neighborliness only happens among people who can afford to trade their time for very few dollars (or no dollars at all). Most folks do not have that luxury.
Hmm. Having been well off financially, and then situationally poor through divorce, I refused to ever let my circumstances define my generosity.. I always tell my kids through everything you're never to poor to afford manners.. nor too poor to give. Give whatever you can.
Мдаааа
Слишком глубоко.
DOESN'T GET MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THIS!
Sounds like Amish community
I got annoyed when he started to get sappy about the water shutoffs. The global reaction to it was that it was a horrific act. But residents in the metro area were less than sympathetic to it. Because people that were paying their water bill, were paying higher rates to compensate for the people not paying. The people not paying, will pay $200 for a pair of shoes. But skip the water bill. Then the city water department finally put their foot down. They sent the shutoff notices. But instead of the delinquent customers getting on a payment plan to catch up, they just screamed foul, and racism. And when I say delinquent, its not a month or two. There were people that hadn't paid their water bill for multiple months, some even years! But that part was left out of the global spotlight.
Don't be ridiculous. Clean water, delivered in well maintained pipes isn't free and we should stop pretending it is. Radical neighborliness would mean setting up your own cisterns, wells/rainwater collection and treatment system. You even said it yourself, you don't need to beg the government for help (except cleaning your water apparently).
it is not begging if you pay taxes.
Matteo Mio simply paying taxes doesn't mean they're managed well or that they buy everything politicians tell you they do. Politicians are expert liars and have every incentive to put problems off until the next election cycle. Most modern cities are built in such a way that the property tax base is too spread out for their infrastructure. Where he pays taxes or not doesn't change much about Detroit's ability to provide services.
Also, I'm betting taxes on a $500 house are too low to cover the maintenance of his section of street, curb, plumbing and wiring. Not to mention fire and police.
well arent you special, pointing out the obvious, or are you just a negative Nancy? The point is you can rebuild with community with people.
Great speech, but this guy is a terrible public speaker.
Detroit (is Latin for) = De never go there
Reinis Miks That's the Greek translation. How did u know?!? Great job man
Monkadelic13 Wat?
Fry Haroon Lol, you too slow to wonder how/why the US is allowing American cities to fall apart? Connect the dots Mr. Comedian.
queenbeethatme100 Lol, I don't know why and I don't care (unfortunately). I'm chilling in the frozen lands of Canada, so I'm good.
Something happens, I just hop on my man-made boat and head to another continent. The journey must go on!
Fry Haroon Naw boo, you ain't good. For what will encompass the globe in the next few years, ain't no where on the planet good.
You can't breathe methane...no matter how cold you are or how much land you have.
You overpaid
I can't stand to hear him talk. He is on the verge of crying the whole time. Had to stop listening. As for what I heard, what did you expect from a Democrat run city. Duh.
lol!
Democrat or republican can't stop the collapse of an economy
Because of both of them playing politics as usual it wont change. Just ask the Tea Party and other "grass roots" orgs. Do what you can with what you got. Without armed revolution you wont change much.
putting it on x2 helps
You're the problem
What monster would dislike his innovation and sacrifice
All this, as we spend billions, in hope to discover life in other planets. SMH
No, more like "All this as we spend trillions on bombing markets in the middle east"
Space has NOTHING on the army bro. You could build a fleet of ships to get into space for ONE aircraft carrier.
Space is the new frontier, its where future tech and wealth is.
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I don't really need as many pixels to understand what the presenter is trying to share with the TED community. Then again, I am watching these on a crappy phone most of the time lol.
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first. world. problems.
FabledDan indeed #4K4evar
Lol boo hoo
You're what's wrong with our world.