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Botany

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7. Just the trade between Metro Detroit and

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:31 PM

Feb 9

... Metro Windsor is worth more than 10
billion per year and there is billions in paychecks on both sides of the river that
is dependent on the economic linkage
between both sides. Industries on both
sides including the auto industries are
based on working as one.

I just saw the unfinished bridge in April of
2025 it is designed to hook into our freeway system.

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