Detroit Wild City

The automobile industry jump-started Detroit’s prolific rise and helped turn it into the most industrialized city in the United States. But drastic changes in American demographics & culture have upended the once prosperous city, leaving it in partial ruins. Today, vast urban prairies, populated with a diverse array of wildlife including falcon, deer, and coyote, have replaced what once had been working- and middle-class neighborhoods. Now, an unexpected turn of events has created a ‘blank canvas’ environment where young people and urban farmers are moving back into the ruined neighborhoods of old Detroit…