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Coming home to Detroit

After years of economic blight, Detroit has recently been working to repurpose thousands of abandoned homes. At first, a lot of foreign buyers swooped in, taking advantage of rock-bottom prices. But now locals have started to buy them back. Phillip Martin, a Detroit native, recently visited his childhood home, and was startled by what he found.

(Image: A motorist drives past an abandoned home on December 29, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan Credit: Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

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