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Furthermore, the city government is recruiting volunteers to get information on neighbors who might be reluctant to fill out their forms. Citizens of Detroit beware: Big Brother is watching...
During the 1990 census, a million was a meaningful number. Due to a Michigan state law which has since been revoked, Detroit stood to lose state funding if its population dropped below a million. Since then, a million has become meaningless symbol of greatness akin to being the home of the world's tallest thermometer (that proud distinction belongs to Baker...
...Longtime Detroit resident Maggie Jene Resnor told The New York Times that "this is the Motor City, Motown. We've given too much to the world to be known as the city that couldn't keep a million people." This sentiment, that a million people is a benchmark which cities use to compare themselves to others, is completely ridiculous. As if New York would say to Chicago, "Oh, don't talk to Detroit...Didn't you hear? She can't even keep a million...
Archer is determined not to let that happen, however. He'll be damned if his city is the subject of ridicule. He has promised that he will "ensure that Detroit stands up and is counted...
Census-mania has brought a spirit of philanthropy to Detroit, however. Local McDonalds owners gave unlimited, free meals to almost 10,000 homeless citizens for filling out their censuses and receiving a yellow button reading, "I'm important. I've been counted...