Why can't Detroit annex neighbouring cities to regain its population?

[Danny]

Other neighboring suburbs incorporate to their own cities to prevent Detroit annexation:

1. To prevent further annexation to Detroit, what's left of Dearborn TWP. and Village of Fordson had been annexed to City of Dearborn. Also the annexation is a prevent Henry Ford's Detroit annexation attacks to have his proposed Rouge Plant to be built near the Rouge River.

2. Detroit used to owned a small part of lower rouge Warrendale valley area from Ann ArborTrail to Telegraph and Ford Road just over 90 years ago, but gave it up to Dearborn Heights.

3. The Village of Highland Park and theVillage of Hamtramck quickly incorporated into their own cities to prevent Detroit annexation proposals.

4. The Township of Grosse Pointe [[ a big piece of it ) was annexed to Detroit. What's left of Grosse Pointe TWP. become and Lochmoor and than Gratiot TWP. Later Gratiot TWP become a the City of Harper Woods to prevent annexation to Detroit. Other weathly real estate owners who lived on the other side of Mack and Alter Rd. incorporate their own neighborhood cities and became Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores.

5. Detroit annexed the a small piece of Ecorse TWP in 1917. The residents quickly of the big piece of Ecorse TWP. decided to break up and incorporate to their own villages of River Rouge later become a city, Lincoln Park from a village to city, Melvindale, Allen Park [[in which it broke away from Lincoln Park) Southgate to prevent annexation to Lincoln Park. The southern portion of River Rouge quickly broke away and become Ecorse.

Detroit annexed Redford TWP. only 6 x 4/12 to 5/12 miles from Five Points to West Parkway Rd. pass Rouge River in 1929 for the township was dirt poor and bankrupt. What's left of 6 x 3 1/2 to 1 1/2 mile area become The Charter Township Redford. Redford TWP. can't be incorporated to a village or city because real estate developers who created those cookie cutter ranches and bungalows all over must comply with the state boundry commission guidelines to their own have water and sewage treatement in which 'they' can't. Today Redford TWP. is still in danger of being annexed to Detroit, Livonia, Southfield or Dearborn Heights anytime if the real estate developers get their way. The best Redford TWP. can do is have their neighborhood dirt roads paved with asphalt or concrete to comply with SBC requirements to prevent annexation.