weather and environment

epsilon9090
Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:35:44 +0000

Okay, let me tell you a little bit about the history of Michigan.

Back in the prosperous era after WWII all the big name auto manufacturers were set up in Detroit and other surrounding cities. The area was extremely prosperous. As the industry began to deteriorate, the areas began to do less well and because of the problems associated with economic slowdown, the rich moved away and the poor were left.

This created a situation known as white flight, where all the whites left to other cities, creating extremely rich areas, and all the po’ folk were left in the city. Now applying this to Michigan, you can see that Flint and Detroit were totally ruined, and now all the whites reside in prosperous suburbs of Michigan. Oakland County is one of the richest places in the nation.

That said, crime should not be on your mind. Even in Detroit crime really isn’t that bad if you know what you are doing. This isn’t Africa where you can get kidnapped at any second; you really have to make some enemies or buy some drugs in Detroit to get into trouble. Otherwise, you are fine.

Ann Arbor is extremely safe. Don’t worry, you probably have a higher risk of being robbed and killed in Pasadena than you do in Ann Arbor :)