Editing Bay City, Michigan (section)

==In popular culture==
The [[Bay City Rollers]], a [[Scotland|Scottish]] band, were named after this city after the band randomly threw a dart at a map.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/2018/07/bay_city_rollers_founding_bass.html|title=Why the Bay City Rollers were named after a Michigan city|date=July 3, 2018|website=mlive}}</ref>

The singer [[Madonna]], who was born in Bay City, referred to her birthplace as "a little, smelly town in [[Northern Michigan]]" for which she has had great affection on national television.<ref>Madonna: The Jane Pauley Interview, July 30, 1987, NBC Television</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/living/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/02/debate_brews_over_madonna_coff.html |title=Debate brews over Madonna coffee name |publisher=[[The Bay City Times]] / [[mlive.com]] |author=Payne, Amy L. |date=February 9, 2009 |access-date=April 9, 2010}}</ref> Mike Buda, former Mayor in the 1990s, commented: "Madonna was absolutely right", explaining that air pollution from the gas refinery and a neighboring beet sugar plant was in fact so bad that the [[EPA]] forced the industries involved to pay a cash settlement to families, like those of Madonna's grandmother Elsie Fortin, with homes in the Banks neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lithub.com/why-does-madonnas-hometown-hate-her/|title=Why Does Madonna's Hometown Hate Her?|publisher=[[Literary Hub]] |first=Alina|last=Simone|author-link=Alina Simone|date=March 1, 2016 |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref>

The story of Bay City's refusal to have a commemoration sign about the singer was described in a book ''[[Madonnaland]]'' (2016) by [[Alina Simone]].<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|last=Diamond |first=Jason |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-best-music-books-of-2016-w456438/madonnaland-and-other-detours-into-fame-and-fandom-by-alina-simone-w456498 |title='Madonnaland and Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom,' by Alina Simone: 10 Best Music Books of 2016 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 21, 2016 |access-date=January 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104000214/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-best-music-books-of-2016-w456438/madonnaland-and-other-detours-into-fame-and-fandom-by-alina-simone-w456498 |archive-date=January 4, 2017 }}</ref> The sign was subsequently posted in 2022 near her birthplace, the former Mercy Hospital, now known as Bradley House.