Pittsburgh, Hill District.
This was once the city's most troubled slum, rife with drugs, shootings, and broken families.
But today, it looked like a fairy-tale world imported from Northern Europe.
The streets were unrealistically clean; not a single cigarette butt could be seen on the red brick sidewalks.
The once-dilapidated walls were now covered in colorful murals, all with themes of unity, labor, and a green future.
Brand-new banners hung from the lampposts along the road: Community Experimental Demonstration Zone.
Leo Wallace, dressed in casual clothes, walked down the revitalized street.
Trailing behind him were several reporters shouldering cameras and a few left-wing academics scribbling furiously in their notebooks.
These elites from New York and California surveyed their surroundings with a pilgrim-like reverence, their mouths constantly gasping in amazement.
"Unbelievable. This is practically a blueprint for the future of the United States."
