More cool facts about metro Detroit 

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• Reality vs. Perceptions: An Analysis of Crime & Safety in Downtown Detroit.
  Did you know that a visitor and/or resident has a significantly lower probability of becoming a crime victim in downtown Detroit than in the state of Michigan or in the entire United States? Check out the latest independent study regarding safety and security in Detroit, coordinated by the Tourism Economic Development and complied by Wayne State University.
  To learn more about this report, click here
• The first State Fair in the country was held in Detroit in 1849.
• The world's first Convention & Visitor's Bureau was founded in Detroit in 1896.
• Detroit was the first city to invent the ice cream soda.
• The world's largest outdoor museum is Greenfield Village.
• Detroit was the first city in the nation to assign individual telephone numbers in 1879.
• Detroit has 18 professional theaters, making it the second largest theater district in America next to New York.
• Eastern Market, located between Russell and Gratiot in Detroit, is the largest open-air wholesale/retail market of its kind in the United States with more than 150 food-related businesses

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