Detroit, the largest city in Michigan with close to a million residents, is the only major US city that looks south to Canada, in fact lying along the US-Canadian border. As would any southeastern Michigan town near the Great Lakes, Detroit have a continental climate where summers are warm and winters are cold with moderate snowfall occurring from November to early April.

The presence of late nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings and warehouses, in fact one of the nation\'s largest surviving collections of such, are a testament that Detroit is a historical city.Detroit is a French term which means strait.However, Detroit also alludes to American automobile industry a repute for modern Detroit,widely regarded as the countrys, and even the world\'s, traditional automotive hub, hence the nickname The Motor City.

The other cultural impact of Detroit is in the field of music. Detroit has a rich and legendary musical heritage and is popularly recognized as Motown,owing to its zeal for live music, which has been a prominent feature of the city\'s nightlife since the late 1940s.Else, its Detroit if it is being referred to as The D,D-Town,Rock City and Hockeytown.