Talk:Dearborn, Michigan

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The census does list Dearborn as having the largest percent in the US. The problem is the census allows you to pick Arab or something else. It's like Hispanic. In Los Angeles they have a large number of Iranians but they call themselves Persians. Dearborn certainly doesn't have the largest community. Because they have a large percent they do have a little influence, but some of the Persians in LA are quite wealthy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.107.252.172 (talk • contribs) . April 27, 2006 11:40 (UTC)

No, the census states Dearborn has the largest percentage of Arabs for a city its size (that is, one of about 100,000 people. It's important to be accurate.--Parkwells (talk) 00:29, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

What does "Dearborn is also home to the largest Arabic community outside of the Middle East" mean? The article already states there are more Arab Americans in New York. England, France, Algeria, and Indonesia also have huge muslim communities, there are over 600 000 in London alone. -- Corvus 9 July 2005 16:52 (UTC)

There are more Arabs in Montreal alone than in Dearborn. Just the Lebanese in Montreal is 50,000, this does not even include the other arabic nations. It should also be noted that 80% aprox. of the Arab population in the United States is of Christian faith. -- Eternalsleeper

The statement is outdated, so I removed it and moved the link for the mosque up to the 2nd paragraph. BrainyBroad 06:08, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

It should have stated largest concentration per sqaure mile.

That would be an interesting fact to include if you have some documentation to support it. BrainyBroad 15:24, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
Do the math. Look at any other Arab population and see if they're at least 1,000 per square mile for the entire city. I punched the numbers from the page and got 1231.36/mi^2. MMetro 08:25, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


Only 30% of Dearobrn's adult population is Arabic. As for the children, that is another story.


Sorry, I haven't got a source either, but the following has often been confirmed to me as correct: "Arabs" in general apart, Dearborn is the second largest Syrian city in the world after Damascus. The Detroit "leakage" of Muslims when it looked as if the city was going to become all African-American was of Syrians, most of whom didn't go very far - hence the lavish mosque in London, Ontario.

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[edit] Dearborn natives?

Many of these people listed as Dearborn natives are noted as being born elsewhere if you look at their individual wikipedia articles. Cyberdrip (talk) 20:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Four have articles that say Dearborn. Three of the others say Detroit which is often used instead of the actual city in the Metro Detroit area so it may be correct to include them here. Two of the articles don't list a city at all. And one specifics a small city in the Metro Detroit area or possibly another city further away, it doesn't specify which. I think it would be best to leave them until someone locates a primary source to check the cities. CCWorld 00:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Segregation

There is a reference in the article to "de facto segregation". Does this mean to say "de facto exclusion of Blacks"? There was nothing notable at all about segregation (races living in separate parts of town) in a Northern U.S. city up to the 1960s (and it's really not all that uncommon even today), but complete or near-complete exclusion would be notable. I ask because someone has added Dearborn to sundown town saying to see the article, which I did, and it doesn't really say this. Nor, as far as I can see does it provide a citation. - Jmabel | Talk 23:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

    • Yes, under former mayor Hubbard, Dearborn was known as a place blacks, in particular, shouldn't go. In fact, he was one of the most famous segregationists of the North. --Criticalthinker 06:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
There was some 80's bruhaha about the ordinance restricting public parks to Dearborn residents, when the NAACP or someone else organized a boycott of Fairlane Town Center. MMetro 08:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] sources for timeline?

Does anyone known what sources were used for the historical timeline? Just curious because the timeline states that Greenfield Township annexed part of Springwells Township and then vice versa a few years later. This sound very odd because, AFAIK, it is not possible for a township to annex land from another township. Townships are not incorporated muncipalities and do not have the power to annex land -- their boundaries are determined, first by the state and secondarily by the county. It might perhaps be possible that state or county authorities adjusted the boundaries of the townships, but I would be extremely interested in any verifiable sources that indicate the townships "annexed" land from another township. older ≠ wiser 00:29, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Not sure what the editors used, but the Dearborn Historical Society usually has a display at Dearborn Homecoming, a summer festival, and I think the info matches. Originally, Springwells Township was huge, I think it included Redford Township. It was divided, obviously, perhaps by survey township guidelines and incorporation, until the last remnants of Dearborn Township incorporated as Dearborn Heights. MMetro 08:25, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikipedia prefers narrative to lists

The article would be better if more items from the timelines were incorporated into narrative. There are too many details.--Parkwells (talk) 16:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)