Brightmoor

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Brightmoor is a neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Composed of mostly low-grade housing, Brightmoor was first populated by poor whites from Appalachia, known as "hillbillies." The area is still home to remnant population of extremely poor whites. Brightmoor is one of the most desolate and poorest neighborhoods in Detroit. Burned down buildings and vacant lots dot Fenkell Avenue and the census tracks between Fenkell and Puritain near Burt Road are some of the most deadlest in the country.

Brightmoor stretches from Puritan and Schoolcraft Roads (north/south) between Telegraph Road and Evergreen (east/west). Brightmoor was created in the early 1900s by Henry Ford as a neighborhood for his factory workers. The area has been affected economically by the overall reduction in automotive industry jobs in the region. Consequently, the poverty rate is 44% in the neighborhood, compared to a 32% average for the rest of Detroit.

This neighborhood is depicted in the novel Warpath by Jeffry Scott Hansen.