<p>I wouldn’t walk around alone at night in Ann Arbor. Well – I’d be careful. It’s pretty safe - but not competely crime free.</p>
<p>It’s perfectly safe in Ann Arbor at night. As long as you aren’t stupid and like go in back alleys where there is graffiti painted on the walls. Practically no crime here other than theft, and that can be avoided.</p>
<p>Although I agree that Ann Arbor is very safe, it is never wise for a person to walk alone after a certain hour. Michigan has safewalk and northwalk programs, as well as free taxi rides from libraries to dorms after the buses no longer run. I always suggest taking necessary precautions.</p>
<p>To be honest I don’t think Ann Arbor would be much of a problem as far as crime. I’ve visited my sister down at Penn which is in west philly and I wasnt all that nervous walking around. I have also ended up in some bad parts of NYC and Washinton D.C. As long as you get to know the area where you are and can avoid places where you might run into problems you shouldn’t be bothered.</p>
<p>Ann Arbor has had more problems with robberies this year, but generally speaking most crimes are property crimes. With so many students living in group houses where there is lots of coming and going, thieves have a lot of opportunity (even, or especially, during the day). Primetime is during those early weeks of fall when everyone is moving in and out, because if thieves can even risk going in the front door. If they get stopped by residents they can believably feign they thought they were at their friend’s house.</p>
<p>But generally, it’s a safe place with pretty good policing. Bike cops also help–that gets them on the streets and up close (I mean mountain bikes, not harleys, although AAPD has both).</p>
<p>One way to measure Ann Arbor is to gauge the warm feeling most grads have about the town. I have been gone for over 30 years and still look forward to my next visit.</p>
<p>Baseball season is coming up and that is always a nice pretext for a visit. A little shopping, a little lunch, a little baseball…</p>
<p>I have returned to Ann Arbor at least once a year for the last decade…so do many alums I know. Many alums chose to retire in Ann Arbor too. That’s a pretty good gauge for how awesome Ann Arbor is.</p>
<p>Well I live about 20 minutes east of Ann Arbor in a Detroit suburb right now, and I can tell you Ann Arbor is amazing. Lots of kids here go to Ann Arbor to hang out on the weekends. Tons of restaurants, stores, and places to hang out. Sometimes we drive all the way out there just for bubble tea lol :-)</p>
<p>lol, it’s so funny, kids from Dexter and Saline and Chelsea, we ask them “so what do you do for fun on friday nights in your boring towns” and they go “we go to Ann Arbor”, lol, wannabes</p>
<p>Well Livonia is a larger city (over 100,000 people), but it is the most boring, sterile place. A lot of Livonia kids spend weekends in Plymouth or Ann Arbor (myself included) cus of the downtowns and coffee shops and the like.</p>
<p>Kids from my school drive down strictly to go to stairway to heaven.</p>
<p>Ann Arbor is extremely yuppie. Watch out for volkswagens and volvos!</p>
<p>Meh, AA isn’t nearly as bad as, say, Bloomfield Hills. Anyone who’s ever gone for a ride back behind Cranbrook would probably agree…</p>
<p>i was gonna get a volkswagon…lol</p>
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<p>Ahab–Hey…good one…NOT! Many people live in B.H. for the quality of the public schools, among other things. Kids don’t spend their free time cruising the grounds of Cranbrook. They have plenty available to them in the greater Metropolitan area.</p>
<p>I was referring primarily to the people living around Cranbrook, and not necessarily the kids, but whatever does it for you.</p>
<p>WOw, i didn’t know anyone hung out in plymouth except people who lived in the area. huh. the downtown isn’t particularly impressive.</p>
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Oh, you mean all the rich folk? “Yuppies” like Bill Davidson, Roger Penske, Al Taubman, and all those other “people living around Cranbrook.” The OP asked if A2 was ghetto. So, what’s your point?</p>
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I wasn’t responding to the OP. I was responding to the poster prior to my post regarding BH. Are you responding to the OP at this point? Think a little about your own question next time; it’ll keep you from sounding like a fool.</p>
<p>In any case, my apologies if I offended you to any great degree. I didn’t expect to provoke such a vehement response, and am rather puzzled as to why you’re so bent out of shape. Most of us have better things to do with our time than sit in front of the phosphorescent screen and jump all over people we don’t know and probably never will. I think most people can agree that arguing on the Internet (especially over such minor things) is like competing in the Special Olympics: you might win, but you’re still ■■■■■■■■.</p>
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<p>Dude, you’re a hypocrite</p>
<p>Given that I pretty much gave up the argument on that post - if indeed there ever was one - no. But whatever. It makes no difference to me.</p>