John C. Dvorak recounts his tour of Detroit's outskirts, describing the city as a "ghost town" filled with abandoned 1920s-era apartment buildings and industrial ruins. He details a visit to the derelict Packard car factory, which has been decaying since 1958. The conversation touches on the local economy, noting that the family owning Little Caesars pizza owns much of downtown, and compares the atmosphere to the themes of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
