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Detroit- City Information
Detroit is the largest city in the state of Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River.
Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was
founded on July 24, 1701, by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Its name originates from the French
word detroit for strait, characterizing its location on the river connecting the Great Lakes. Known as the
world's traditional automotive center, Detroit is synonymous with the American automobile industry and
an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the Motor City
and Motown. In 2008, Detroit ranked as the United States' eleventh most populous city, with 912,062
residents. At its peak in 1950, the city was the fourth largest in the USA, but has since seen a major
shift in its population to the suburbs. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area, with a
population of nearly 4.5 million people. Detroit has a humid climate which is heavily influenced by the Great
Lakes. Winters are usually cold, with moderate snowfall and temperatures at night sometimes dropping below 0
degrees. Summers are warm to hot with temperatures sometimes exceeding 90 degrees. Precipitation, though
significant in winter, is greatest during the summer months. Snowfall, which typically occurs from November
to early April, averages 43.3 inches per season.
Detroit Economy
Detroit and the surrounding region constitute a major manufacturing center, most notably as home to the
Big Three automobile companies, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. The city is an important center for
global trade with large international law firms having their offices in both Detroit and Windsor. About
80,500 people work in downtown Detroit, comprising 21 percent of the City's employment. The domestic auto industry
is primarily headquartered in Metro Detroit. New vehicle production, sales, and jobs related to automobile use account
for one of every ten jobs in the United States. The area is also an important source of engineering job opportunities.
A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the Windsor-Detroit region and $13 billion in
annual production depend on the City of Detroit's international border crossing
Detroit Neighborhoods
Detroit has a variety of unique and diverse neighborhoods that make up the character of the city. Some
unique neighborhoods where you can find apartments to rent in Detroit and townhomes to rent in Detroit
include: Bricktown Historic District, Broadway Avenue Historic District, Campus Martius Park, Capitol Park
Historic District, Detroit Financial District, Grand Circus Park Historic District, Greektown Historic
District, Jefferson Avenue, Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District, Monroe Avenue Commercial Buildings, Park
Avenue Historic District, Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District, Washington Boulevard
Historic District, Brush Park Historic District Woodward East, Cass Corridor, Cass Park Historic District,
Cass-Davenport Historic District, Cultural Center Historic District, East Ferry Avenue Historic District,
Midtown Woodward Historic District, Sugar Hill Historic District, University-Cultural Center, Warren Prentis
Historic District, Wayne State University, West Canfield Historic District, Willis Selden Historic District,
Woodbridge Historic District, Arden Park East Boston Historic District, Atkinson Avenue Historic District,
Boston Edison Historic District, New Amsterdam Historic District, New Center, Piquette Avenue Industrial
Historic District, Virginia Park Historic District, Chaldean Town, Grixdale Farms, Highland Park, Palmer Park
Apartment Building Historic District, Palmer Woods Historic District, Sherwood Forest Historic District,
University District, University of Detroit Mercy, Chandler Park, East English Village, Hamtramck, Highland
Heights Stevens' Subdivision Historic District, Krainz Woods, Milwaukee Junction, Van Steuban Osborne,
Eastern Market Historic District, Poletown, Belle Isle, St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Parish Complex,
Eastside Historic Cemetery District, East Grand Boulevard Historic District, East Jefferson Avenue
Residential District, Indian Village Historic District, Island View, Jefferson Chalmers Historic Business
District, Lafayette Park Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Rivertown, West Village Historic District,
Bagley, Old Redford, Rosedale Park Historic District, Parkland, Warrendale, Corktown Historic District,
Delray, North Corktown, Mexicantown, Springwells Village, West Vernor Junction Historic District, West Vernor
Lawndale Historic District and West Vernor Springwells Historic District. You may also be interested in
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Detroit Culture and Living
Downtown Detroit is growing in its population of young professionals and retail is expanding. A number of
luxury high rises have been built. The east river development plans include more luxury condominium
developments. A desire to be closer to the urban scene has attracted young professionals to take up residence
among the mansions of Grosse Pointe just outside the city. Detroit's proximity to Windsor, Ontario, provides
for views and nightlife, along with Ontario's minimum drinking age of 19.
Detroit is home to many professional sports teams, including: the Detroit Pistons (National Basketball
Association), Detroit Lions (National Football League), the Detroit Tigers (National League Baseball) and the
Detroit Red Wings (National Hockey League).
The city of Detroit has a rich musical heritage and has contributed to a number of different genres over
the decades leading into the new millennium. In the 1940s, blues artist John Lee Hooker became a long-term
resident in the city's southwest Delray neighborhood. Hooker, among other important blues musicians migrated
from his home in Mississippi bringing the Delta Blues to northern cities like Detroit. During the 1950s, the
city became a center for jazz, with stars performing in the Black Bottom neighborhood. The Graystone
International Jazz Museum documents jazz in Detroit. Berry Gordy, Jr. founded Motown Records which rose to
prominence during the 1960s and early 1970s with acts such as Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops,
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, the Jackson 5, Martha and the Vandellas and Marvin
Gaye. The Motown Sound played an important role in the crossover appeal with popular music, since it was the
first African American owned record label to primarily feature African-American artists. During the 1960-70s,
popular rock bands performed regularly at venues such as the Grande Ballroom and the Eastown Theater. Local
artists and bands rose to prominence including the MC5, The Stooges, Bob Seger, Amboy Dukes featuring Ted
Nugent, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Rare Earth, Alice Cooper, and Suzi Quatro. In 1990s and the new
millenium, the city has produced a number of influential artists, for example Eminem, the hip-hop artist with
the highest cumulative sales. Detroit is cited as the birthplace of techno music. Prominent Detroit
Techno artists include Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson. The band Sponge toured and produced
music, with artists such as Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker. The city has an active garage rock genre that
has generated national attention with acts such as: The White Stripes, The Von Bondies, The Dirtbombs,
Electric Six, and The Hard Lessons. Live music has been a prominent feature of Detroit's nightlife
Detroit Colleges and Universities
Detroit is home to several institutions of higher learning, including Wayne State University, a national
research university with medical and law schools in the Midtown area. Other institutions in the city include
the University of Detroit Mercy with its schools of Law and Dentistry, the College for Creative Studies,
Lewis College of Business, Marygrove College and Wayne County Community College. In June 2009 the Michigan
State University College of Osteopathic Medicine will be opening a satellite campus located at the Detroit
Medical Center. The Detroit College of Law, now affiliated with Michigan State University, was founded in the
city in 1891 and remained there until 1997, when it relocated to East Lansing. The University of Michigan was
established in 1817 in Detroit and later moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. In 1959, University of Michigan Dearborn
was established in neighboring Dearborn. As a student you have many options for education in
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Detroit Public Transportation
With its proximity to Canada, Detroit is an important transportation hub. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport,
the area's principal airport, is located in nearby Romulus and is a primary hub for Delta Air Lines and a secondary hub
for Spirit Airlines. Mass transit in the region is provided by bus services. Ridership on the region's mass transit systems
increased by 8.4 percent in 2006. An elevated rail system known as the People Mover, completed in 1987, provides
daily service around a 2.9 miles loop downtown. The Woodward Avenue Light Rail, beginning in 2013, will serve as a link
between the Detroit People Mover and SEMCOG Commuter Rail which extends from Detroit's New Center area to The Henry Ford,
Dearborn, Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Ypsilanti, and Ann Arbor. Amtrak provides service to Detroit, operating
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Metro Detroit Cities and Communities
The Greater Metropolitan Detroit Area consists of the following cities and communities:
Allen Park
Berkley
Canton
Clarkston
Clawson
Dearborn
Dearborn Heights
Detroit
Eastpointe
Ecorse
Ferndale
Grosse Ile
Grosse Pointe
Hamtramck
Harper Woods
Harrison
Harrison Township
Hazel Park
Highland Park
Howell
Huntington Woods
Inkster
Lincoln Park
Livonia
Madison Heights
Melvindale
New Baltimore
Northville
Oak Park
Plymouth
Redford
River Rouge
Romulus
Roseville
Royal Oak
Saint Clair Shores
South Lyon
South Rockwood
Southfield
Southgate
Taylor
Warren
Wayne
Wyandotte
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