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Detroit, the most populous city in Michigan and the 26th-largest in the United States, is located on the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario, with a 2020 population of 639,111 and a metropolitan area of over 4.4 million people. Founded in 1701 by French explorers Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and Alphonse de Tonty as Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the city became the nation's fourth-largest by 1920 and the center of the U.S. automotive industry, with General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis North America headquartered in Metro Detroit. After peaking at 1.85 million residents in 1950, Detroit experienced significant decline due to industrial restructuring and suburbanization, filing for bankruptcy in 2013 before exiting in 2014; however, it achieved population growth for the second consecutive year in 2025. The city is globally recognized as the birthplace of Motown and techno music and was designated a UNESCO "City of Design" in 2015, the only U.S. city with this honor, attracting approximately 16 million visitors annually through its revitalized historic theaters, high-rise renovations, and riverfront projects. As a major port and hub on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence Seaway, Detroit anchors the third-largest regional economy in the Midwest and hosts Detroit Metropolitan Airport, one of the nation's most important aviation hubs. Southfield is an inner-ring suburb of Detroit located approximately 15 miles northwest of downtown Detroit in Oakland County, Michigan, with a population of 76,618 according to the 2020 census. Originally surveyed in 1817 by Michigan territorial governor Lewis Cass and settled beginning in 1823, the area was organized as Ossewa Township in 1830 before being renamed Southfield Township 17 days later, and finally incorporated as a city on April 28, 1958. The city is home to Lawrence Technological University and serves as a major business hub, featuring the Southfield City Centre edge city with the tallest building in Detroit's suburbs, along with the former Northland Center shopping mall district. Southfield is recognized as a historic center of mid-century modern architecture in Michigan, with numerous examples throughout the city, and its Civic Center complex - developed starting in 1964 - includes City Hall, a police headquarters, sports arena, library, and recreation facilities. The autonomous city of Lathrup Village exists as an enclave completely surrounded by Southfield. Dearborn is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, located approximately 7 miles west of downtown Detroit, with a 2020 population of 109,976, making it the seventh-most populous city in Michigan. The settlement originated in the 18th century with French Canadian voyageurs who named it La Belle Fontaine before it became known as Springwells, and was formally incorporated as a city in 1927. Dearborn is world-renowned as the hometown of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company, which established its world headquarters and River Rouge Complex - the largest factory in Ford's empire - in the city. The city is home to major educational and cultural institutions including a University of Michigan campus, Henry Ford College, and The Henry Ford museum complex, the largest indoor-outdoor historic museum in the United States and Metro Detroit's top tourist attraction. In 2023, Dearborn became the first Arab-majority city in the United States, with 55% of residents claiming Middle Eastern or North African ancestry, and it has the largest proportionally Muslim population in the U.S. and North America's largest mosque.