Having just lived there for a couple years, I would argue that Ann Arbor has all the same issues as Austin: Strong nimbyism; general under-development of public

Having just lived there for a couple years, I would argue that Ann Arbor has all the same issues as Austin: Strong nimbyism; general under-development of public infrastructure; a university that keeps the local government on a leash; absurd housing prices subsidized by student loans and tech workers; trademark 'hippie'/counterculture mentality that's increasingly marginalized; increasing presence of cookie-cutter chain establishments...