No, it is not like that. I looked all over and found no geographic region named "New York City" that Yonkers is contained in. In distinct contrast: Pontiac, South Lyon, etc are all in a geographic region called the "DETROIT Metro Area".

When most people say Detroit, or think of it, they mean Metro Detroit. The area. It also has that name for a reason.

I did. All of these communities have to deal with regional development, tax, job, transportation, crime, and other issues. None of them, all part of Detroit (metro area) is an island. The differencse you are trying to claim is artificial. The headline about the Silverdome was missing "metro" or "area" after Detroit,…

I have driven it many times. I also check again with the map. Pontiac (specifically the Silverdome) is 20 minutes from Detroit. To say it is "an hour away" is to exaggerate by 300%.

Yes, of course. Which helps my familiarity with the geography and terms.

It's a hard determination on both Hamtrack and Highland Park. They have a special status of being entirely within the Detroit city limits, but are legally distinct communities from "The City of Detroit".

No, because there is no "Pontiac metro area" that covers a large part of three counties. That distinction goes to Detroit. They are not two distinct places. Other than the strict legal city limits. Aside from that, and most of the time, "Detroit" refers to the region, not just the legal city limits.

Six: To take a phrase from Cornel West and amend it to make more sense, "Race matters.... only to racists".

I am indeed aware that Wikipedia is user generated content, which is why I mentioned that you could correct it (user-generated edits!). Good points.

Pontiac Lions? How is that racial? Does it involve Native Americans or something?

GreatPower: Geographic facts are stubborn things. These people are free to edit Wikipedia to take Ferndale, South Lyon, and Pontiac out of Detroit, but I doubt those edits will stand.

Ferndale, Oily, is a Metro Detroit community.

Also, from Wikipedia: "South Lyon is a city in southwestern Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in Metro Detroit"

Good point, MontegoMan562. But a few here have been making a big deal out of the distance between the Silverdome and the actual city of Detroit. And in this, it is fair to point out the distance between the 'Dome and 8-mile (city limits).

"But if you REALLY think that Detroit and South Lyon..."

Which gets is back to the original article. Was it meant for the tiny proportion of readers inside the metro area called "Detroit" (which does include Pontiac)? Or was it meant for everyone?

I've been to them more times than you would imagine. And I've made it from Pontiac over the actual Detroit city limit in 20 minutes countless times.

The title is even fair: "Footage of The Abandoned Detroit Silverdome". There only so much room in headlines, and if you consider this as a slightly shorter version of "Footage of The Abandoned Detroit-Area Silverdome", it works. The headline is less meaningful if you replace "Detroit" with "Pontiac", because few know…

Karpet: Not a huge difference to those outside of this metro area.

The point about the Detroit metro area would indeed be pedantic, if not for the strong emphasis on the idea of Pontiac not being Detroit at all. Which is repeated in the above comment with the idea that problems can't extend past 30 miles. No, sorry, it does not work that way. The economic problems of Detroit affect…