Detroit actually has one of the better airports in the USA. Use it to attract international shippers.
Detroit/Michigan has a large under utilized manufacturing base start bringing jobs back to America not only in Detroit but everywhere..
Conservative principle's work and they will work in Detroit just like anywhere else, but laughing at and celebrating Detroit's problems makes no sense and frankly brands all Conservatives as the loons portrayed in the media..
Forget that dream of yours for Michigan IS NOT A RIGHT TO WORK STATE. Unions killed the golden goose and they will kill any new business coming to town.
The communistic control of the workforce is Unions and no business in it’s right mind would open in that type of environment.
Your dream would only be possible in RIGHT TO WORK state like here in Texas.
Conservatism doesn't reinforce failure: it allows bankruptcies to take place so that the valuable assets being wasted and deprecated by the failed agency can be profitably used by someone else.
With this in mind - we must allow Detroit to go bankrupt. We cannot, repeat cannot save it while allowing its pensioners to live like Greeks. Conservative principles dictate: let Detroit die.
It is dangerous to approach a wounded animal. It is just as dangerous to put your business or your capital into the power of desperate Democrats. First: wait for the shrieking and flailing to stop.
In order for what you suggest to work, you have to have a political structure that will nurture those efforts and not strangle them in infancy with onerous taxes and regulations. That will not happen with the current political environment. If the citizens of Detroit were to rise up and clean their political house, showing that they are serious about correcting the problems they have, then your suggestions might have merit. But until then, it would be like giving a liver transplant to a practicing alcoholic - a very expensive procedure that is ultimately doomed to fail.