Okay, now that you know the extreme, the average winter temps land somewhere between 20 to 35 degrees, with some dips below zero. The catch? However, those who can tough it out or even learn to love it! Public schools here are funded by headcount, which only further widens the gap between wealthy residents who can afford to send their children to private schools and residents who struggle financially, and have no other option besides public schools.
That said, there are still public schools that have magnet programs available, though they are few and far between until you hit high school. Detroit might have earned its nickname as the Motor City, but music still drives blood through this talented city — providing its other nickname, Detroit Rock City.
Unlike the automobile industry, Detroit is still manufacturing top-notch talent and almost every big artist stops here on tour, so be sure to check out a live show from time to time. Detroit may not seem like the first place that comes to mind when it comes to island life, but this concrete jungle actually has surprising access to a number of nearby river islands. Topping the list is Belle Isle, the largest island park in the U. Still, these days the moniker is more apropos of the fact you need a car to get around.
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In fact, Forbes rated Detroit as the No. Detroit's entertainment scene is unmatched with four major professional sports teams, popular theaters and well-known cultural festivals. Not to mention Michigan is surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes, boasting more freshwater coastline than California, or any other state for that matter. Detroit also offers a lively downtown atmosphere with hundreds of restaurants, a new entertainment district and several world-class museums.
Though Ligon likes her remaining neighbours — she has two on her block — people here tend to rent their homes, and often stay for as short as a year at a time.
The change has been traumatic, Ligon told me. Across Camden Street sits the hulking, two-storey carcass of Macomb Elementary School, closed since and unprotected from urban scavengers.
The city is composed almost uniformly of such inner-city suburbs, low-density developments stretching for miles. Residents receive paltry public services from the local government. And they return the favour. Decision-makers have slowly begun acknowledging the plight of residential areas. Mayor Duggan campaigned on neighbourhoods and has pledged to expedite the demolition of as many as 80, abandoned homes.
And the state-appointed emergency financial manager has made blight removal and service provision a priority. Big ideas and heartfelt pledges, however, are worthless without cash to back them up. So private donors have stepped in to partly fill the financial void, funding planning projects and renewal efforts to help staunch the bleeding. Detroit Future City DFC , a years-long effort engaging thousands of residents and funded by nonprofits, has become the de facto blueprint for shrinking the city and transforming the urban environment over the next 50 years.
It assumes population will drop as low as , — less than one-third of its peak. The framework makes no attempt to return Detroit to its glory days. Residential areas and commercial activity would be consolidated in densely populated nodes throughout the city — an effort to provide services more efficiently.
The vacant lots left behind would be converted for green uses, including urban farms, woodlands or storm water retention ponds.
Planners and academics alike have generally lauded the plan, but it is, of course, predicated on a constant stream of development dollars, better city services — especially law enforcement — and improved public transportation. Many in the city still hope for repopulation, meanwhile, however unlikely that is.
And then comes the logistical challenge.
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