Stereotypes of Downriver Michigan

Stereotypes are commonly held public beliefs of specific groups or organisations. I like to think that the Downriver is very diverse. There are many different ethnic groups, culture, religion and generally specific ways that people like to live.There are so many different types, it would be near impossible to cover all of them. I see the Downriver as a blend of groups around each other. There are some places they can be segregated; but there are many places that are equally blended. Detroit is a common example of a segregated area in the Downriver. 80% of Detroit has African American residents. The Downriver seems to have a great variety of religions. As read in the article,

"http://www.city-data.com/states/Michigan-Religions.html," Roman Catholic members are one the dominant percent of religion in lower Michigan. There are religions such as Jewish, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, and many more. Certain places in lower Michigan have different cultural populations. For an example, Dearborn has many middle eastern people for their population; while Trenton, Riverview, and Wyandotte, have many Polish, Italian, and Germans living together. People even classify them selfs by their social economic status. Rich people own the big properties while the non-wealthy live in cities with run down schools. A big stereotype being looked at right now in lower Michigan is the homeless. With the economy going down the drain, the homeless rate of lower Michigan is skyrocketing. This is increasing crime rates, and decreasing the amount of healthy people living downriver.http://dsimmer.com/2009/02/1/detroit-homelessness-economic-meltdown. This is truly sad.