Um well about me. Probably the most underrated city in the US. Slowly for the past 20 yrs Detroit's image has been goin down, but now things are startin to change. Downtown is officially on point, hoping to be able to take down my arch rival Chicago within the next five years. The superbowl was hosted where??? Yea thats right in the D! Anyway if u got any love for Detroit add me.
Fun Facts About Detroit
Detroit...
• is home to the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1957
• installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads in 1909
• installed the country’s first traffic light in 1915 in downtown Detroit
• built the nation’s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942
• is home to the oldest state fair in the nation, first held in 1849
• is the potato chip capital of the world, based on consumption
• has country’s largest island park within a city – Belle Isle Park
• is home to the world’s only floating post office, the J.W. Westcott II, can be found on the Detroit River
• is north of Canada
• shares the world’s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations – the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
• is home to the second tallest hotel in North America – the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, at 73 stories
• is the true home of the “Boston Coolerâ€
• is also home to Vernors ginger ale, Sanders hot fudge, Better Made Potato Chips, Faygo soda pop, Stroh’s Ice Cream
• receives freighters from over 100 world ports on the Detroit River
• was the first city in the nation to assign individual telephone numbers in 1879
Detroit is the largest city in the state of Michigan. The city is located on the Detroit River, north of Windsor, Ontario. Established in 1701 by French fur traders, it is the center of an industrial area in the American Rust Belt.
Today it is known as the world's traditional automotive center and an important source of popular music—legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, Motor City and Motown.
Within the past six years has been home to...
NHL Champions Detroit Red Wings 01-02
WNBA Champions Detroit Shock, '03 and '06
NBA Champions Detroit Pistons '04
AL Champions Detroit Tigers '06
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