After spending a significant amount of time in Detroit this past year, teaching and consulting, I have to ask if the country is moving in this direction. This article spells things out pretty drastically. What does amaze me is that regardless of the condition of a city like Detroit, the fact that the corporations have hightailed it out of there creates a tremendous amount of opportunity for those of us that would have it that we plant our own food and build our own homes. Can we find this opportunity in the face of constraint? Does Permaculture have answers to the issues of food deserts and crumbling infrastructure? Think so. Know so. The trees are growing out of the ruins.