I have been telling out of state and out of country investors that want to buy foreclosures in Detroit that they are crazy.  Growing up in the suburbs I have seen the gradual decay of the City of Detroit.  I myself don't see a solution to revive Detroit.

Now LIFE MAGAZINE is writing a series about the death of Detroit.  They are right.  Detroit is dying a slow death and there is no way to stop it.  One of the major reasons Detroit will never grow is the school system.

It has a school system that is in shambles.  No celebrity begging citizens to send their kids to Detroit schools is going to change how bad the school system is.  No school superintendent going to bus stops begging the kids not to go to charter schools or private schools.  It's not going to work trying to convince parents and students that Detroit schools are the place to send their kids.  The parents know better.

It's not that the teachers are bad or the teaching is poor.  It is a accumulation of trying to teach to some students that have parents that never graduated, that have no jobs.  To them there is no proof that education works.   In some families there is nobody telling the kids they need to graduate to get a good job.  In no way are the kids bad.  But there are a few kids that help bring down the whole school system.  The drugs, the violence, the apathy, the corruption are all part of the problem which has destroyed the school system.  Without a decent school system nobody is going to move to the city.  Why move to a city where you can't raise your kids. 

Life magazine is writing about the death of Detroit and showing it to the nation.  I hope other major cities learn before it is too late for them.

   Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit  real estate agent

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