[blahedo]

The Great Lakes region is a whole other thing. In fifty or a hundred years, it's cities like Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, Ottawa, and even Detroit that will be booming---because they will still have bountiful access to clean freshwater.

[jonknee]

Unless we keep pumping in fertilizer and the water becomes a toxic soup...

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/toxic-algae-bloom...

[huherto]

This is why I think Detroit is in a better position than most people think. Just give the city back to nature and it will flourish again.