Just found this thread. Yep, A2 is a university town with amazing food shopping options, wonderful farmers market, third world roads, football, far left of center politics. Go ten or twenty miles in any direction and the landscape changes. Dexter, Chelsea, Ypsilanti, Brighton, Plymouth, Milan, Saline, Manchester, Bridgewater, are nearby, and nothing like the Birkenstock Republic of Ann Arbor. Tee hee.
Ha!! Exquisitely stated nutshell description of AA. Funny don't remember seeing this thread before either. These smaller ones must just get lost in the mix I guess.. Detroit suburbian here. I recognize and respect many of the members in this thread so far - is it because of or in spite of 'the mitten'??