Quote Originally Posted by rex View Post
Detroit is stuck with crime. Only reason its going down is the population is decreasing. The thread about education statistics from a week ago all but ensures this. Young men with little education, no skills, and criminal records and no jobs. Add and egg or sperm in this case and there you have it. A perpetual cycle. Doesnt matter how many police you put on the street either. With the cost of education going up its not going to get better.
Very sobering but realistic analysis. There's a whole culture out there on both sides of the equation that needs to change. Unfortunately, no one in this equation -- either side, feels they should change. Unless Detroit catches lightening in a bottle again, for many citizens it is not going to be a pretty picture going forward.