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Old 11-29-2012, 07:14 AM
 
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Wow, I can't believe many Wayne County residents would be too thrilled about this.

State Senator Proposes Dissolving City Of Detroit « CBS Detroit
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Old 11-29-2012, 07:39 AM
 
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Oh please! Even if people were serious about merging Wayne County and Detroit, there's no way in hell the suburban residents or the city residents would vote in support of it, which is required by the Home Rule Cities Act.

Personally, as a Detroiter, I'd vote for Detroit absorbing Wayne County (I.E. all of Wayne County becomes "Detroit"), but hell no would I vote for dissolving Detroit into Wayne County.

That proposal is just as much dead on arrival as Grosse Pointe Shores moving completely into Macomb County.
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Old 11-29-2012, 08:09 AM
 
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Detroit absorbing Wayne County?? LOL Not that Wayne County is efficient or ethically run, but letting the children of Detroit run Wayne County would guarantee it's end.

Either way, I'm glad I moved the heck out of Wayne County. In a few years it will likely be indistinguishable from Detroit.
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Old 11-29-2012, 05:49 PM
 
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The question is, is this even a practical move?
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Old 11-30-2012, 11:56 AM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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How the heck do you "dissolve" a 319 sq. mi. area in which 700,000 people live?
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Old 11-30-2012, 03:19 PM
 
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How the heck do you "dissolve" a 319 sq. mi. area in which 700,000 people live?
Detroit is 143 sq. mi. in area, not 319 sq. mi.
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Old 11-30-2012, 03:55 PM
 
Location: north of Windsor, ON
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Break it back up into its original townships, perhaps. Keep 48201 and 48226 (maybe 48202 and 48207) as the "new" city of Detroit, maybe...
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Old 11-30-2012, 08:36 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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Detroit is 143 sq. mi. in area, not 319 sq. mi.
Hahaha! Yeah, I know. I meant to say 139 (the actual land area, not including the river). I got a little dyslexic.
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Old 12-02-2012, 04:31 AM
 
Location: Michissippi
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Would it be possible for Wayne County to vote to expel Detroit from the County?
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