an industrial cultural super power. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future. from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream? you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the rococo building, completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s money coming in. the one on the right is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-apocalyptic. except for the fact there are several hundred thousand people living here. detroit, 2013. charlie is a writer, journalist, television reporter. he grew up here. it used to be 2 million people. that was rubber. that guy was steel.
a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future. from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream? you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the rococo building, completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s money coming in. the one on the right is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-apocalyptic. except for the fact there are several hundred thousand people living here. 2 used to be 2 million people. that was rubber. that guy was steel. that guy was a doctor.
wanted, made here. the heart, the soul, the beat of an industrial cultural super power. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future. from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream? you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the rococo building, completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s money coming in. the one on the right is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-apocalyptic. except for the fact there are several hundred thousand people living here. 2 used to be 2 million people. that was rubber.
wanted, made here. the heart, the soul, the beat of an industrial cultural super power. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future. from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream? you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the rococo building, completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s money coming in. the one on the right is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-apocalyptic. except for the fact there are several hundred thousand people living here.
a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future. from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream? you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the rococo building, completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s money coming in. the one on the right is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-apocalyptic. except for the fact there are several hundred thousand people living here. 2 used to be 2 million people. that was rubber. that guy was steel. that guy was a doctor.