Talk:Detroit, Michigan/The Intro should include...

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These items don't each have to be addressed in their own article paragraph, but it's simplest to list them separately here.

I'd say there should be a brief mention of the following:

• Pronunciation of "Detroit"
• City's origin, reason for existence. (Major port, french, etc.)
• City's size (absolute as well as relative)
• What constitutes "Detroit" in various usages (metro area, etc.)
• Nicknames for the city
• Most important cultural contributions (basically, motown and techno)
• The aspects of Detroit's history that best explain the city as it is today:
  • henry ford,
  • world war two,
  • the rise of suburbia / population loss,
  • the decline of the american automotive industry,
  • racial and economic tension,
  • attempts to revive the city, and how successful they have been (for this we need hard statistics on job loss and creation, economic numbers, etc.)

Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 06:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)