Detroit, along with the country’s prison system, is one of America’s more surreptitious concentration camps. The city is one of the most racially segregated in the US, with 8 Mile Road quite literally cutting a line between black and white neighbourhoods.  

Being white and unemployed in Detroit is often an euphemism for being a drug dealer or having a modest trust fund. I am neither, but rent is only $200, so I don’t have to scrape together too much each month. That gives me plenty of time to indulge in alternate fantasies while walking around and photographing the city.

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Does your town or city qualify for paradise status? Feel free to send your pitches to ukphotoblog@vice.com. Don’t be shy.

Previous Paradises:

Lahti / Budapest / Leeds / Dublin / Birmingham / Miami / Phoenix / Tbilisi / Los Angeles / Berlin / Rotterdam / Bristol