i only know of it as hippie bc when my sister lived there she resided in a vegan co-op!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I went to some sites where local complained about commercialism and sprawl. Is it really as bad as around bigger cities? I suppose I should just visit but I don't have the money right now. Am checking out the real estate to get a sense of its development.....
― The Worst Chef in America!! (u s steel), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
there is sprawl, but you can live in the center of ann arbor and not have to go too far out. i think grocery shopping might be the one thing you really need to drive for (but there is a food coop, a farmers market, and one grovery store all within the city). it's pretty easy to get around without a car.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks for the info. This is a big life change for me, so I will definitely be getting a car so I can choose where to live, am checking out the surrounding areas. I am not going back to graduate school without a car, I have finally the money to do what I want, I am going to do it right!
― The Worst Chef in America!! (u s steel), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
afaik Ypsilanti is the cheapo hipster place to live
― torta suggestbana (dan m), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't been there in 15 years but there was a good walkable "downtown" area then, with punk houses and vegetarian diners and feminist bookstores and shit like that, which you won't otherwise find in most MI cities as far as I know. Of course that could all have changed by now.
― Like most people my age, I am 33 (Laurel), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i know a lot of people who lived in ypsilanti to save money on rent. also, it is a nice town, kind of what i imagine ann arbor used to be like.it's def not for everyone, but i lived in an icc coop while i was in school which made living in ann arbor much more affordable. and i enjoyed it.http://www.icc.coop
― mizzell, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Possibly moving there this summer to start in a PhD program - - - any recent ILX reportage? I'm now in my early thirties, kind of a little nervous about the idea of being in a small college-y kind of town. I visited and it seemed super cute but I worry that that'll wear off fast. Are there people to meet? Things to do? Reasonably cool cheap divey shithole not-quite-hipster bars where good trivia nights devolve into merriment and laughter? Will I meet beautiful intellectual women? What am I in for? What's the music scene? Someone told me it was predominantly folky which is not my thing particularly...help! Information! Please!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 15 March 2012 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
Reasonably cool cheap divey shithole not-quite-hipster bars
reminds me of ithaca
wonder if any ilxors are already in ann arbor??
― buzza, Thursday, 15 March 2012 07:14 (twelve years ago) link
Most of us moved away long ago. There's far more corporate chains there now, but also a real sweet game shop.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 15 March 2012 07:22 (twelve years ago) link
honest question: if me and David (Xhengxiang) go to Necto's right now, on college night (Thursday), will it be jammin' at 10:00pm? Never seems like anything picks up until 11:00. time is against us now. does anyone know?
― coffin on the dancefloor (boy_slayer), Friday, 18 January 2013 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
does that place have a coat check? i should call
― coffin on the dancefloor (boy_slayer), Friday, 18 January 2013 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
The Nectarine still exists?!
― "It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Drunk!" (kingfish), Friday, 18 January 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
I thought it was kind of awesome when I went back to visit once and found out that the Nectarine had given up and changed the name to what everyone called the place. Somehow I never actually went there.
― joygoat, Friday, 18 January 2013 04:00 (eleven years ago) link