Daily Show Mockumentary Slams Moroun's Opposition to New Bridge

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There are some misstatements in that report [[obviously there weren't 1.8 million Detroiters voting against the free bridge) but it did a good job breaking down the bridge issue. And even the statement about "1.8 million Detroiters" hammers home the fact that, around the nation, many don't differentiate Detroit and Michigan the way many of us do here locally.
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I don't think that conclusion follows. Its a comedy show, I doubt they really did too much research on who was voting on it. The Bridge is in Detroit. It probably was assumed it would only be Detroit voting as it would be ridiculous for a state wide vote on that. Further, I think someone that lives and works in city of 8-9 million people... 1.8 million voting against something isn't going to raise any eyebrows.

And just anecdotally .. every single person I speak to when I'm out of town gives me the side eye when I say I'm from "Detroit". They assume Detroit is not anything like the rest of Michigan. So when I say ..well, not the City, but a suburb that borders on it... They say "ah. no one lives in actual Detroit right?"