Permanent claim record · Detroit, Michigan

RoboCop (1987) is set in Detroit but was actually filmed in Dallas and Pittsburgh — Detroit was dismissed as too expensive and lacking the 'near-future' look; only brief aerial stock footage of the city appears.

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Predicate	trivia.fact
Subject	Detroit, Michigan (place)
As of
Status	Verified
Source	Famous Michiganders, Pop Culture & Trivia Report — Perplexity Deep Research (2026) (trust 6.5/10)
Reference	—
Document hash	pending evidence-pack link
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Claim ID	323e54be-bde8-422b-a35b-f4defb1eae94