Ok, so that's a total ripoff of the LL Cool J song, "Mama Said Knock You Out," but it's true. Detroit is a struggling city. It has high drop out rates, low literacy rates, and many of the public schools are bring closed in favor of charter schools. Despite the bleak appearance, PBS's "Is Detroit the new Brooklyn?," illustrates that it may just be the land of opportunity. . .
New York Times featured a story in its Style section about the onslaught of hip, young urban pioneers streaming into downtown Detroit. These “creatives,” as they are being called, are taking advantage of low rents and the opportunity to recycle this abandoned, blank slate of an urban landscape into something new and exciting. There are restaurateurs and entrepreneurs of all stripes living alongside environmentalists and urban farmers. The city, according to the Times, seems like “a giant candy store for young college graduates wanting to be their own bosses.”
Just three years ago, Forbes placed Detroit on top of its list of America’s Most Miserable Cities. But in a stunning turnaround, this month Forbes put Detroit on the cover as one of the Best Places for Doing Business, calling it “a land of opportunity.”
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