Detroit Bust and Booms

[DetroitDad]

Water is definitely key.

The problem with transportation routes is that Detroit isn't where Toledo is. We're geographically down a dead-end peninsula when someone is traveling one way or the other across the United States. I think that is one reason that Chicago is slightly advantaged... they are well positioned for at least East/West routes with no detours.

On the other hand, we do have a nice proximity to Canada, if we can stop treating that connection like the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.

Maybe, but I wouldn't downplay the importance of one of the busiest boarder crossings in the country. It is for that reason that Michigan is actually a "through state"

[Hermod]

Maybe, but I wouldn't downplay the importance of one of the busiest boarder crossings in the country. It is for that reason that Michigan is actually a "through state"

How much of that is cargo which originates or terminates in the Detroit area? How much is crossing the border to go elsewhere in the west?