I mean, they're talking about lighting an entire city this way (and as a Michiganian, it's my favorite city in my state, by the way) yet we've got numerous people talking about something that takes place in a mere 100+ yards of the city.
What I'm saying is WHAT DOES BIG 10 FOOTBALL HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ARTICLE?!?!
Nothing? Oh, I see. It's just whenever anyone talks about a town like Ann Arbor or Lansing, all they know about it is the damned college sports team.
Ann Arbor is a lot more than a college town. It's the home base for a lot of forward-thinking companies (Google, Borders, etc.) and it's the most progressive city in the midwest. It's a nice place to live-- People do LIVE there, you know.
The way some of you talk, you'd think Ann Arbor is just the University of Michigan's football team surrounded by some street lights.
And please-- Stop with the whole "Wolverines" thing. It's an ancient, antique of a nickname for Michigan natives, and the sports teams don't help a whole lot. There hasn't been an wolverine in Michigan for over a hundred years, if ever (some say we never actually had them here.)
And as much as I find Ohio to be weird and backwards sometimes, they aren't just the fricking Buckeyes. There are lots of interesting things and people in Ohio... Not just sports.
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I'm so glad Ann Arbor is much more than football.
I mean, they're talking about lighting an entire city this way (and as a Michiganian, it's my favorite city in my state, by the way) yet we've got numerous people talking about something that takes place in a mere 100+ yards of the city.
What I'm saying is WHAT DOES BIG 10 FOOTBALL HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ARTICLE?!?!
Nothing? Oh, I see. It's just whenever anyone talks about a town like Ann Arbor or Lansing, all they know about it is the damned college sports team.
Ann Arbor is a lot more than a college town. It's the home base for a lot of forward-thinking companies (Google, Borders, etc.) and it's the most progressive city in the midwest. It's a nice place to live-- People do LIVE there, you know.
The way some of you talk, you'd think Ann Arbor is just the University of Michigan's football team surrounded by some street lights.
And please-- Stop with the whole "Wolverines" thing. It's an ancient, antique of a nickname for Michigan natives, and the sports teams don't help a whole lot. There hasn't been an wolverine in Michigan for over a hundred years, if ever (some say we never actually had them here.)
And as much as I find Ohio to be weird and backwards sometimes, they aren't just the fricking Buckeyes. There are lots of interesting things and people in Ohio... Not just sports.
And the best thing about Michigan and Ohio..?
Neither of us is Indiana.
I currently live in Ann Arbor, but I grew up in Indiana... Your words hurt me.
I guess you didn't pay attention to the news... a wolverine was photographed in 2004 in Ubly... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4374309/