The feud between struggling post-industrial towns is heating up. And the biggest blows aren’t being thrown on the hardwood or in the shared waters of Lake Erie. No, for evidence that the long-festering rivalry between Detroit and Cleveland has boiled over, one need not look further than the staid halls of their respective symphony orchestras, where a robotic arms-race threatens the fragile peace cobbled together ever since Lebron torched the Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals. …
This article appears in Apr 30 – May 6, 2008.