suburban Detroit, Michigan

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Suburban Detroit, Michigan is a middle-class residential area near the city of Detroit known for its automotive-industry roots and as the nostalgic late-1970s backdrop of the TV series "Freaks and Geeks."

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suburban Detroit, Michigan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan area
adjacentTo Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED
associatedWithIndustry automobile manufacturing
contains automotive supplier facilities
public schools
residential neighborhoods
shopping centers
culturallyAssociatedWith Freaks and Geeks NERFINISHED
developedSignificantlyDuring automobile boom era
post–World War II era
hasCharacteristic middle-class residential area
hasCommuterRelationshipWith Detroit, Michigan GENERATED
hasCulturalRepresentationIn American television
teen dramedy genre
hasCulturalTheme American suburban life
coming-of-age stories
hasDemographicTrend white flight from Detroit (historically)
hasEconomicHistory automotive industry
hasHousingType single-family homes
hasSocioeconomicProfile predominantly middle class
hasTransportationLink Detroit freeways NERFINISHED
hasUrbanForm car-oriented development
influencedBy Detroit auto industry employment patterns
knownFor automotive-industry roots
locatedIn Michigan NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
partOf Detroit metropolitan area NERFINISHED
Southeast Michigan NERFINISHED
portrayedAs nostalgic late-1970s American suburb (in Freaks and Geeks)
timePeriodDepicted late 1970s (in Freaks and Geeks)
usedAsSettingIn Freaks and Geeks NERFINISHED

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Freaks and Geeks settingPlace suburban Detroit, Michigan