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December 21, 2009 - 7:54 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2009-12-22 22:48:43

on Youtube, you can find video tours of abandon Detroit. Block after Block of windowless shells. Not row homes or 5 story walk-ups. These are large homes and large lots, 1/4-1/2 acre or more. very suburban, complete with abandon fiberglass speed boats to go with the abandon houses and abandon cars. (there is also a video dedicated to abandon skyscrapers)

Will it come back? Never. Why would it? Who would open a new factory in Detroit with all the Government to support and with no workers there to hire. Why pay 40 hours of wage for 30 or 20 hours of work?

There is no education in Detroit.

http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2009/12/23/black_education

“Detroit’s (predominantly black) public schools are the worst in the nation and it takes some doing to be worse than Washington, D.C. Only 3 percent of Detroit’s fourth-graders scored proficient on the most recent National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test, sometimes called “The Nation’s Report Card.” Twenty-eight percent scored basic and 69 percent below basic. “Below basic” is the NAEP category when students are unable to demonstrate even partial mastery of knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient work at their grade level. It’s the same story for Detroit’s eighth-graders. Four percent scored proficient, 18 percent basic and 77 percent below basic. “