A lot of 1960s and 1970s scifi has concept of "disaster recovery zone" lifestyle, where people go and live as they think they want, without huge government buy-in. John Brunner, Philip Dick, Rudy Rucker. It sometimes feels like Detroit is a semi-hemi-mandated version: You want to try and fix dystopia? Sure. try not to kill anyone, try not to over-succeed because we need taxes and you will become a source, but in the meantime, pick a house: we have thousands.