Is Detroit, the mitten of Michigan and Toledo really one megaregion?
It’s an interesting thought experiment. For as much as people like to talk about whether you’re an actual Detroiter, or the folks who won’t travel below 8 Mile (or lately, 696 … yes, from experience, that’s a real and crazy thing), or the rise of Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor as economic centers, or Royal Oak’s marketing push as the downtown of Oakland County, at least economically, a new map that shows the borders many perceive between us are more in our heads than real things. Historical geog...