Ann Arbor. It is most notable for being the home of the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor sits in the southeast corner of the state of Michigan. The town is about an hour west of Detroit and the Canadian border. It sits as an individual entity of the city of Detroit and not a surrounding suburb.
The town has a rich history that goes back to 1824. Ann Arbor is rooted in its University and hospital where it employs over 30,000 people. The hospital is continually rated as one of the top hospitals in the nation. Borders bookstore was also founded in Ann Arbor in 1969. What is so special about Ann Arbor is its rich diversity of ideas and thoughts that thrive out of its university and community. It makes for a unique college town with an unparalleled downtown with splotches of shops and restaurants. Some notable places are: Zingerman’s Delicatessen (one of the best and well known sandwiches shops in the US), Blimpie Burger (one of the best burgers I have ever had), Washtenaw Dairy (the best ice cream I have ever had), the People’s Co-op, the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, the Ann Arbor Art Fair (which draws people from all over the country), and it’s abundance in the arts (art, theater, ballet, orchestra, and many campus museums).
What draws me to Ann Arbor is its passion to be different and at the forefront of ideas and ways of life. These ideas can be seen in the daily life of the city in its creativity of libraries, its alternative educational opportunities, and its history of being more than an average city.
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Sorry but Ann Arbor is 37 min west of Detroit and is a growing anchor city of the city of Detroit.
Sorry, but Ann Arbor is a bit more west than an exact 37 minutes although surely can be reached under an hour. And Ann Arbor is not a suburb in the true sense of the word.
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