Unfortunately people's expectations have been so dumbed down that they think it is noteworthy when people stand in line at a bakery, eat at a restaurant, manage to keep a business open or manage to raise children.

What is truly noteworthy is a 25% high school graduation rate, 29% unemployment, 50% adult illiteracy. These things are noteworthy in a sense of how far a city has fallen and should be a clarion call to action that the city is in its death throes. Nobody is celebrating this, just calling the rest of the nation's attention to it, and not so anyone can point their finger at Detroit and say "HA HA".