The city is the strongest office market in Southeast Michigan,and is hometo many Fortune 500 headquarters. The city hosts theKmart headquarters and Delphi, a tier-one automotive supplier, aswell as many financial companies.

City officials admit the many acres of developed over the last50 years have paved over natural wetland and streams, creatingflooding in the local natural rivers, which act as drains for thecity. The water flows into the Clinton River and into Lake St.Clair, which has had many beach shut-downs over recent yearsbecause of E. coli concerns.

Cities such as Troy are being accused of flooding the sanitarysewers withrainwater run-off, and sending sewage into therivers.

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