Talk:Detroit#Decline

I have NEVER heard anyone who lives around Detroit pronounce the name of the city as DEE-troit other than people making fun of people from the rest of the country who don't understand that the name comes from the French words "de troit" (of the river), were the "de" is specifically de-emphasized.

NO native person from Detroit ever uses that pronounciation, in the same way that all lifelong Michigan residents will only pronounce Mackinac ("MACK-in-aw") as "Mack-in-ak" only as a way of making fun of the same level of ignorance as those who prounounce Illinois as rhyming with "noise", or pronouncing either or both occurences of the letter "s" in Des Moines, Iowa.

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96.70.70.49 (talk) 22:41, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Does anyone think it's necessary to have the tag that says "This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably"? I don't see any difference between this article and articles of other cities that don't have the tag. T Yorke (talk) 02:47, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

:This article is nearly 15k words of readable prose, and is in need of being streamlined per the summary style guideline. If there are other city articles of similar length they should also be addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:03, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

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I'd like to propose changing the images in the infobox to those appearing to the right (after receiving pushback from T Yorke). Namely, I'd like to change the skyline image to the proposed because the current image is from 2015; this new image is from 2024. While I can appreciate that this image is not encompassing every building in downtown Detroit at the scope of the old image, it does feature the skyline in substantial part--featuring the new Hudson's development--and is a daylight image.

Because this image more prominently features the RenCen, I removed it from the montage and added the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant as a representation of the city's history. Looking for community input as to updating the images in the montage. Thanks! 636Buster (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

:I'd like to propose keeping the current images in the infobox. The proposed image of the skyline cuts off one of the Renaissance Center buildings, doesn't include Huntington Place Convention Center, and includes the Hudson's building (which isn't complete yet). I recommend updating the image when the Hudson's building is complete and the image also includes the other buildings mentioned. The current image was taken during sunset and everything appears to be visible.

:The Renaissance Center is Detroit's tallest building and is also representative of the city's history. Thanks. T Yorke (talk) 23:58, 1 January 2025 (UTC)