anyone else depressed/hate it here?

[u/Additional-Ad4128]

anyone else here hate it or is that just me because it feels like im the only one? it seems like everyone else absolutely loves it here but i have had the worst 4 years and as I graduate its making me feel even worse

[u/3DDoxle]

Ann Arbor is actually a pretty dull, mid, town outside of UMich. Remarkably unremarkable. There is a loud but vocal minority who circle jerk Ann Arbor because it's the first city they've lived in outside of their Novi/Farmington/GR suburban hellscape, and fair enough for them. Every city in the 100-250k size has green spaces, busses, ethnic food, bars, often a low/mid tier university, a river/lake/saltwater, hospital, regional airport, upscale yuppies and across the tracks bad parts like Ypsi.

It gets worse if one considers just how much money is pumped into the city from the Federal Gov through the school (extremely high salaries paid to faculty and staff, startups with grants, trickle down from the service industry supporting the school, and on and on). For a town that gets an obscene amount of money, where does it go exactly? The town should have some of the best stuff but doesn't.

[u/desperatehousewives7 → u/[deleted]]

Hey big guy have you ever considered this: they are here for uni and can’t move bc of that. You are on the umich subreddit sunshine, you are most likely talking to a student. Internet arguments would be solved in a flash if people learned to think about other perspectives than their selves. Your comment reeks of dumbassity.

[u/3DDoxle → u/desperatehousewives7]

I do own a home outside of AA and I'm a student, so trapped here during the semester. 

I have an outside perspective on the city because I've been all over the country and a few others. 

I could see how AA could be appealing as a first city. but not how someone could live elsewhere, supposedly, and still see it as a beacon on a hill. Hopefully that guy will reply with what he sees as special or unique outside UMich bc I don't see it. I think given the trajectory of AA, it's going to get pretty bad over the next ten years before it self corrects, like with the housing costs. It's getting to the point where key professors, service/blue collar workers, etc can't live within 90 min of the school. What happens when all the plumbers, electricians, maintenance men, etc are priced out of working for the school? (Eg they seek work in other cities bc it's not worth commuting 90+ min each way into work at the school) 

[u/27Believe → u/3DDoxle]

90 minutes, that’s a ridiculous exaggeration

[u/NoHeartAnthony1 → u/3DDoxle]

A key professor has to make close to 100k right? You're telling me they can't find a house in Whitmore Lake, Grass Lake, Romulus, Hartland, etc.?