Detroit knows something about building wealth.
This is the city that put America on wheels and helped create the modern American middle class — a place where a good job could mean buying a home, raising a family, retiring with dignity and leaving something behind.
Detroit did more than manufacture automobiles. Detroit manufactured opportunity. Perhaps no living generation embodies that story more than our Baby Boomers. They bought the homes. Built the businesses. Worked the plants. Became teachers, executives, entrepreneurs, public servants and skilled tradespeople. And when Detroit went through some of its most difficult years, they stayed…