https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/ Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-13528 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:15:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-13528 I think sidewalks made from asphalt, grass and sand would take care of many knee, joint, and back pain and allow dogs to go to the bathroom as well as encourage joggers, cyclists, skaters and the like.

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-13371 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-13371 Wanna live in “Elysium?”

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-13348 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:22:53 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-13348 […] pay a fee to move to the city to cover their share of infrastructure and utility construction, and government expenditures would be capped at 10-percent of […]

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-13193 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:29:02 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-13193 […] Orr is evaluating the city’s assets for a potential bankruptcy filing. Belle Isle, where Rod Lockwood recently proposed a free city-state may be on the chopping block, but according to a Detroit Free Press poll, residents are most […]

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-12866 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:57:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-12866 I’ll revoke my US citizenship if they will drop the $300,000 initial payment.

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-12857 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-12857 No they want to be a US territory like the Virgin islands.

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-12856 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-12856 Are these people going to give up their U.S. citizenship…?

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2013/01/31/a-conversation-about-the-commonwealth-of-belle-isle/#comment-12850 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3552#comment-12850 I liked this idea until I found out they didn’t want to pay federal income tax. After I saw that I thought it looked more like an attempt to build a luxury tax haven in a convenient location. It’s not that I don’t think it seems awesome, it’s that it seems like an awesome private club for rich people.

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