Detroit

(proper noun)

the largest city and former capital of Michigan, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S.

Related Terms

  • deindustrialization
  • right-to-work states

Examples of Detroit in the following topics:

  • Deindustrialization

    • Before the 1980s, Detroit was a center of industrial production and a hot spot of American culture.
    • Today, Detroit is associated with a high concentration of poverty, unemployment, and noticeable racial isolation.
    • The city of Detroit, and the U.S. automobile industry, are regarded as the prototypical examples of deindustrialization's negative effects, but Detroit is not an isolated example.
    • Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St.
    • This map depicts the economic ramifications of deindustrialization in the Detroit area.
  • Disinvestment and Deindustrialization

    • Detroit was once known for automobile manufacturing and was associated with comfortable, middle-class living.
    • After automobile manufacturing was largely moved overseas, Detroit has come to be known for urban decay and an abandoned city center.
    • The city of Detroit represents the deindustrialization crisis in the American context.
    • Detroit was once a center of production associated with a high-quality, middle-class standard of living.
    • Today, Detroit is associated with a high concentration of poverty, unemployment, noticeable racial isolation, and a deserted urban center.
  • Student Subcultures

    • Scenes can be used to describe geographic subsets of a subculture, such as the Detroit drum and bass scene or the London goth scene.
    • The term can be used to describe geographic subsets of a subculture, like the Detroit drum and bass scene or the London goth scene.
  • Urban Decline

    • An example of deindustrialization and urban decline in the United States is Detroit.
    • After free-trade agreements were instituted with less developed nations in the 1980s and 1990s, Detroit-based auto manufacturers relocated their production facilities to other areas where wages and working standards (and therefore costs of operation) were lower.
    • Detroit and other industrial towns, such as Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and St.
  • Political Parties and Elections

    • Ronald Reagan giving his Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention, Detroit, MI.
  • Models of Urban Growth

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