I know a lot have been written about Detroit; either on this site or elsewhere…I have read all the posts……..its went through the largest bankruptcy in the recent history; it’s a war zone, population is shrinking, it’s a single product economy-auto…Nothing else works there; it’s a ghetto etc…While I agree with the gurus and RE wiz kids out there regarding above, I have a question?

This wood was actually well dried so it shouldn't shrink/twist too much. 

Your "net" is shrinking... 

These shrink perhaps a few millimeters per decade, but if you add up enough decades, that will cause the floors to sag and tilt. 

.- You can also withdraw money from the policy, but then your cash value will shrink and this vehicle become no better than a 401k.

Detroit as a whole will need to shrink it's footprint, and it's going to be a long time before the whole city is realistically functioning but large pockets are improving at an exponential rate.Todays under 40 population is flocking downtown and that trend is going to continue.The building department and courts still have a long way to go.

Having been in the contracting business my entire life every year the schedule and budget shrinks.

Now where the trend in site built is to expand the house and shrink the lot - so that outdoor space is all but gone and what there is is never used because it has no privacy, offsite presents the great opportunity to include large, pleasant, private garden like courtyards situated between each  home.      

The inventory levels are shrinking and shrinking, which could create a bottleneck lowering home sales later.

While the number of small banks in the US has been shrinking for years, Dodd-Frank has significantly added to the burden.