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Fueled by a mid-1990s car industry boom, the Motor City is staging a comeback from its long-running economic decline. As the birthplace of Motown and a national centre of African American culture, Detroit is primed to become the new star of the Rust Belt.
Detroit is a rewarding destination where you can see the results of the American dream made, lost and in recovery. The city has a slightly post-apocalyptic feel - once-grand buildings lie boarded up and parts of downtown are downright vacant - but there's a prince beneath that toad-like exterior.
Fast Facts
Population
1,000,000
Currency
Name: US Dollar
Code: USD
Symbol: US$
Electrical Plugs
110V 60Hz
Languages Spoken
Essential: English
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -5
Country Dialing Code
+1
Weights & Measures
Imperial
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