is the 'Detroit effect' seen in Northern Michigan now, or will it soon be?
I dunno - you mean the peninsula? Dearborn, with its Muslim population, is just to the south.
Whew, though - I just made the mistake of starting into The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit detours - man, what a fantastically emotionally gripping and depressing thing that website is.
I don't know if I've ever been moved by anything I've seen on the web quite the way that website just floors me.
Stunning.
If that thing doesn't serve as an omen to you people, then I don't know what else possibly could.