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Originally Posted by craigs
Metro Detroit has almost the same population that it had in 1970. Claiming that is solely or even primarily because of its geographic location is a cop-out. Minneapolis-St. Paul is also far from the Mexican border, has even colder winters, and yet has grown significantly since 1970.
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Only by 1.6 million people!

Meanwhile Detroit's MSA has declined by 39,000 as the gargantuan CSA area grows and sprawls ever further away from Detroit's core. The Detroit CSA is larger in area than Connecticut