Then why is it a shit hole?

Education is supposed to be the key to a better life, more income, better family relations. Americans in 1940 were less educated, but more stable. Only 4.6% of those over 25 had college educations. Today, thatt average is 28.2%. here's that shocker for me, 50.1%, over half of the people in our nations capital have college degrees. So why is it a shit pit? Washington has the highest crime rate in the nation, and No, I am not talking about what the government does. I'm talking about every day crime, drug usage, rapes robberies and murder. Washington, for all its educrats, is a sorry shit hole.
Here is the problem in my opinion, in 1940 23.4% of people worked in Manufacturing. America was growing. Today, the largest group is employed in education, health care and social services. These are leech groups. I'm not saying that teachers, doctors and mental health workers are not needed, I'm saying they contribute nothing to our gross domestic product. Manufacturing has shrunk to fourth place, a mere 10% of our work force. keep in mind, the work force accounts for less than half of our total population, so less then one in twenty Americans is in manufacturing. Ag has fallen from second with 18.5% out of the top five. So where once nearly one quarter of Americans were producing wealth, today, today it is less then one in ten. We may be netter educated, but we as a nation gained nothing from it. We are dependent on foreign nations for our cloths, tools, even much of hte food we consume is being imported. Think what that means if we go to war. Lack of industry is what doomed the south in our civil war. It could doom our nation in the next big war. Lets keep that in mind. teachers don't build tanks, and while some would say a well educated population is less likely to fight, remember, China aint well educated, and they will fight. If we won't, we lose.
One other thing to scare you, Americas senior citizens owe $36 billion in student loan debt. Thats crazy!