DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20: A man rides his bike past the shuttered Michigan Central Railroad Station November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fall into bankruptcy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Urban Decay

10.02.121:30 PM ET

Ruin Porn, Detroit Style

Detroit's woes are well known, and while artists like Camilo José Vergara take pictures that are wonderfully done, the sum total is really depressing.