Study shows that suburbanites do indeed visit the D

A majority of residents in suburban Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties who were polled in a recent survey say they occasionally dine, attend cultural events or take in professional games in Detroit.

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High earners especially come to Detroit for the restaurants. Oakland residents are the most likely to seek out culture such as music, theater or dance in Motown. But the appeal of the city's three professional sports teams cuts across lines of gender, geography and all but the smallest incomes.

The findings are based on interviews with 640 suburban and 158 Detroit residents for a Detroit Free Press-Local 4 Michigan Poll conducted July 29 to Aug. 1 by Selzer and Co. of Des Moines, Iowa.

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