I dont know about overrated but when people say they're only into the "detroit buzz" or "thats not Detroit enough for me" I think that is thick. Any techno with some melody and deep element can be called detroit. I dont like putting the title detroit on tunes anymore because most of the artists making these tracks arent from Detroit and even though I know about the roots (Boring!) it doesnt make sense that we should still be calling it that.

I wouldn't have said it owes more of its roots to house though. The detroit sound to me is more electronic than house music. If you hear the house sounds of chicago like moods and grooves, dance mania, trax and dust traxx you can hear the difference in where each is coming from.