Originally Posted by NYMafia
Originally Posted by RushStreet
I think its fair to say that Detroit back then controlled the smuggling routes into Canada?


That's correct. First with liquor during Prohibition. And later, with narcotics smuggling.

Others did as well, like the Buffalo, Cleveland, etc. But for that neck of the woods Detroit was active that way.


In your opinion was there a time that Detroit was as powerful as Chicago?