Abandoned Detroit, Revival?

Since the government is rock-bottom incompetent, it's gotten out of the way. In some areas, a free-spirit revival, the new urban prairie:

So what did $1,900 buy? The run-down bungalow had already been stripped of its appliances and wiring by the city’s voracious scrappers. But for Mitch that only added to its appeal, because he now had the opportunity to renovate it with solar heating, solar electricity and low-cost, high-efficiency appliances.

Buying that first house had a snowball effect. Almost immediately, Mitch and Gina bought two adjacent lots for even less and, with the help of friends and local youngsters, dug in a garden. Then they bought the house next door for $500, reselling it to a pair of local artists for a $50 profit. When they heard about the $100 place down the street, they called their friends Jon and Sarah.

Resident hunters selling raccoon carcasses? Well I guess. Toughening up the artiste types. (Somehow free of community organizers. Cross your fingers for them.)