BlitzkriegOfColour posted:No, I was more thinking along the lines of "Buy 2-6 houses all next to each other, demolish them and make a cool compound with extensive garden". Test the soil for lead contamination. The areas with really cheap houses are well away from the really bad contaminants, but you should still check. If it's above 400 ppm, forget it. Between 100 and 400? You've gotta remove the top four inches of soil, can't use compost unless you can guarantee it's lead-free, put a barrier of mulch all around tilled areas to prevent leaded soil from contaminating plants during rainstorms or windy days, wet the soil before working in the garden, keep the soil more alkaline than 6.5 pH, wash all produce in a 10% solution of vinegar, and peel/remove outer leaves from any vegetables. Also, wear a separate suit of clothing for working in the garden and wash it by itself, and remove your gardening shoes before entering the house. You should also check for arsenic and PAHs, (20 and 15 ppm respectively for safe agricultural usage) and I guess good luck with your goofy-rear end plan.
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keykey posted:I'd take the blog source with a grain of salt. Besides, screaming about nothing being able to grow sounds much more sensational than simply making a raised planter. There's a shitload of lead in the soil because by the time we realized lead-based paint and leaded gasoline were bad for you Detroit was already in the process of being abandoned. It's not universally toxic but you do need to test and isolate clean soil in most of the city.
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TunaSpleen posted:Seriously? Just take your pick of any major city along the Mississippi River for affordable housing and a cultural appreciation of jazz. Even podunk towns in the Midwest still have jazz groups and festivals.
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