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And yet Ann Arbor is in East Michigan, and it's one of the best towns in the entire country, probably largely thanks to the University.
by bpicolo 11y ago
And yet Ann Arbor is in East Michigan, and it's one of the best towns in the entire country, probably largely thanks to the University.
- maxerickson 11y agoOakland County is also fairly prosperous (a good portion of the migration out of Detroit was a few dozen miles north to Oakland County). I think pensions end up being a big factor. A city of 100,000 people is going to have some trouble keeping up the payments owed by the former city of 200,000. I guess as a society we need to remember to be really careful about promising compensation and then finding funds for it later (pensions were also a big factor in bankrupting GM and Chrysler).
- bluejellybean 11y agoThe University and medical infrastructure make Ann Arbor a bizarre bubble of wealth in an otherwise dying state. I've been able to travel into Detroit a few times sense moving to Ann arbor and the difference is truly shocking. Even more so when you consider the distance between the places (about 45 minute drive). I highly recommend checking out Detroit in person if you get the opportunity, pictures just simply do the place justice.
- heurist 11y agoIt's not that bizarre, the suburbs surrounding Detroit include some of the wealthiest areas in the nation. Also, downtown Detroit is booming. I visited in July and it was night and day compared to when I previously visited three years ago. I went to school in Ann Arbor and if I wasn't tied to my current location I'd move there in a heartbeat.