There are not going to be high paying unskilled jobs in Detroit ever again. Those people have to become skilled at something. And someone has to figure out how to get them to that point. People with skills and training who come to know and love Detroit will build businesses here and impact the way city government operates. Other industrial cities outside of the US have gone through this transition already - Manchester, Glasgow etc with some good success. And I think city government is going to change pretty substantially with 2013 election by districts. That's a huge shift - will take a while to feel the results but could be a great thing for supporting good governance.