Detroit’s comeback is a myth | Spectator USA:- The economy booms, the construction cranes jam the skylines while the homeless set up camp on the sidewalks and bathe in the public fountains
"...For all the electronic chatter about the comeback of Detroit, it is hard to see it here at the Social Security office, miles from the refurbished office towers of downtown...
Out here in the real Detroit, where 650,000 of the poorest people in America live, no one seems to blame a guy for pulling the invisible-dog hustle.
Out here in the other Detroit, the glass is perpetually nearly half-empty: nearly half the children live in poverty; average household income is nearly half that of the United States in general; nearly half the adults are functionally illiterate and consequently nearly half the adult population are not only unemployed, but they’re not even looking for a job.
...Today, the budget is balanced, condominiums are being built and thousands of people have moved downtown to live and work.
Development is booming, much of it with substantial public subsides.
Out here in the other Detroit, the glass is perpetually nearly half-empty: nearly half the children live in poverty; average household income is nearly half that of the United States in general; nearly half the adults are functionally illiterate and consequently nearly half the adult population are not only unemployed, but they’re not even looking for a job.
...Today, the budget is balanced, condominiums are being built and thousands of people have moved downtown to live and work.
Development is booming, much of it with substantial public subsides.
It’s welfare for the rich..."
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