What if Detroit were part of Canada?

[Detroitnerd]

Ok. sure. but again... Pops didn't move to Canada. Henry could have just as easily sought out the big city of Toledo as an escape from their Northern Ohio farm.

True. I think we forget how much of a draw land was back in them days. Now we're all citified.

Well again though... you're talking about a region that wouldn't have been part of the US since the early 1800s. All that surplus American labor would emigrate down to Toledo or over the Grand Rapids or Chicago... I really don't see them moving in mass to another country.

Yes, they would likely have passed it by, or, in our admittedly absurd alternative universe, repatriated if the conditions were right.

These scenarios are good opportunities to argue or use our crystal balls, but I also like the way they offer an excuse to discuss the actual history as well. Glad you're game for it, Bailey.