Why is Ann Arbor so awesome?

dsmo
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:52:55 +0000

I’m not into most of the cultural stuff, but Ann Arbor is a pretty nice town to live in. You have the school and all of its athletics, Detroit and its teams aren’t too far away. Every major chain store (Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, etc.) is in town, so there is no reason to drive very far to pick up something you want. And if you travel just a couple miles west, AA quickly turns to country. My only cons are that the city is more expensive than surrounding areas, and it is full of stupid hippies to boot. Unbelievable that the hippie faction in town can call for a “green belt” and denser development, yet they complain a new apartment tower on South U because “this isn’t Chicago.” More unbelievable that the landlords can complain rent prices will drop and the planning commission listens to all of it.

I am betting most of the people here don’t really ever venture anywhere but campus / Main Street (all the way to Meijer maybe.) Here’s a picture of the “Go Blue” barn on Scio Chuch only a couple miles from campus.

[M Go Blue Barn on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](M Go Blue Barn | A fixture on Scio-Church Road just across f… | Flickr)