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The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in Detroit in 1831 to the quote: “utmost limits of European civilization” and wrote ‘Democracy in America’ which helped Americans for the first time to see America from an outsider’s view.
Foreigners are still attracted to Detroit, Jake Warga (WAR-guh) visited recently to see who’s coming from over-seas.
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Aired 06-08-2010
Transcript
[Nora] Bonjour, French,French...Hi, my name is Nora, I’m from France and I direct documentaries.
Nora is spending a year in Detroit working on a documentary about it. In no time she fell in love with the city, as evident by the name of her blog
[Nora] The name of my blog is Detroit j’tem, or as Americans like to say, Detroit, I love you.
The French might have a particular fondness for Detroit, it was founded by a French explorer and it IS a French name after all,
[Nora] In French we say Detroit, and it actually comes from where you have two rivers meet, in French, we call it detois...Detroit. It was founded by a French guy you know, Cadillac, which we say in French, Cadillac.
I asked Nora what Detroit might be a metaphor for,
[Nora] Detroit is a metaphor for a lot of things. I like to say it’s a metaphor for hope though because the people more than anything, they believe in their city...
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INTRO:The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in Detroit in 1831 to the quote: “utmost limits of European civilization” and wrote ‘Democracy in America’ which helped Americans for the first time to see America from an outsider’s view.
Foreigners are still attracted to Detroit, Jake Warga (WAR-guh) visited recently to see who’s coming from over-seas.
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