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What are some of the leading reasons why young couples with no kids (early 30s) are choosing to live in AA compared to the surrounding communities like Ypsilanti, Chelsea etc?

Which localities in AA would you suggest for leading a simple, safe and (socially and physically) active lifestyle? Wouldn't want to have a crazy cost of living.

About OP:

30M; research, teaching & consulting

Enjoy: outdoors (hikes, MTB), going to cafes, meeting new people, dense walkable neighborhoods, thrifting, and exercising

Pretty familiar with the cold weather, although summers are more enjoyable and preferred

No car

Thank you,

Are there any massage studios, places or masseuses that take/bill insurance, specifically BCBS? Has anyone had a luck or experience with this? TIA

Traffic lights were out at washtenaw & golfside along with washtenaw & packard as of 11:30~ be careful driving

Hi guys, I just submitted GSRP application and will probably not hear from them until August (not low income) and some GSRP start in mid September. We are moving to Ann Arbor from another state in late July/earl August. We will be living in the hotel for a few days/week until we will find the apartment. I wonder if I can enroll my 3.5 y.o. to daycare for 1 month without substantial fees (at least 3 days/week 9-3 pm) or are there other options? Thanks!

I'm obsessed. A catering company had them and they were soooo good. I need somewhere I can consistently get them (besides making it myself). Anyone know of any good places?

Update: my power is out in some rooms (including my AC) but not others. Anyone else?

I just got home from up north and my thermostat isn’t moving under 80 degrees despite it being set to 72 for the 4 days I was gone. Is it from the heat wave or did a power outage fry my central air? Anyone else having this issue?

Yousef Rabhi has replied to Taylor's negative campaign mailer and in part to the dark money mailers supporting Taylor. In addition to his own mailer being full of spin and falsehoods, Taylor has failed to denounce the distortions, dark money, or the man behind the dark money, Joe DiSano, who has been disgraced in multiple races in the past decades. Make of this what you will. Fact Check

Is the Ann Arbor Honda Dealership any good? I normally use local repair shops for maintenance, but I recently purchased a rare Honda, and I would prefer to use Honda service for it.

For reference, I have been ripped off, gaslighted, and lied to by Toyota of Ann Arbor, so if Ann Arbor Honda is anything like that, I'll pass. As it is, I will be driving to Dundee to get the software updated on my RAV4 because I don't want to deal with the crooks at Toyota of A2.

Most forget-me-nots are not native and most seed packets of forget-me-nots, especially the ones that aren't specific about which variety they are, are of the invasive variety. A little edit: according to the person who handed them out, they are from this website, https://www.earthlygoods.com/forget-me-not-ready-to-ship-seed-packets.html?fbclid=IwT01FWAS2OH5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6Q6k8CZN9uZha2Mf862CSZ0IDbQU0BziTJWHJTGaYHkkBrV0pIBzdLTYIhxw_aem_jXlhVbpJW3nsE6dtjcXjww. The pictured flowers on the website are myosotis sylvatica. He claims they are not invasive but my research says otherwise and they are not native.

I’m hoping the longtime Ann Arbor/Ypsi folks can help settle a debate (or maybe just my faulty memory 😄).

I’m trying to remember the name of the Chinese restaurant that used to be in the large white building on the corner of Packard and Carpenter Rd., right by the White Castle. I believe it closed several years ago - 2013 or 2020? 🤔

Was it Great Lake Chinese Seafood Restaurant, or am I thinking of a different place?

Also, am I remembering this correctly, or am I mixing up two different restaurants:

I remember that if you dined in and ordered a dinner entrée (something like Szechuan Beef), it came with what felt like an entire extra meal included. I remember getting things like:
● Egg roll
● Fried wonton or crab rangoon
● Fried rice
● Soup
● A small serving of sweet-and-sour chicken
● Sometimes fruit or dessert

It seemed like an unbelievable value because the price wasn’t much different from other Chinese restaurants, but you’d leave absolutely stuffed.

Was that the restaurant at Packard & Carpenter, or was that another Chinese restaurant somewhere else in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area and I’m combining memories?

Lastly, do we know the actual reason it closed? Aside from high food cost! 🤣

Thanks in advance! I’d love to finally solve this little mystery.

Their Instagram post asks to arrive at your slotted time and says they're expecting 100 cars an hour...

100 cars an hour...

Yet they provided a grand total of FOUR porta-potties?

Spoke to an employee in the parking area and he said this was a problem last year when they only had 3 and has no idea why they didn't order even more for this year.

What a joke.

Not because I hate running or the events themselves, but because they aren’t publicized well and they’re happening in the middle of massive construction. I’m 6 months pregnant and have to work every day on campus (including the 4th). I’m relying on street parking near the building I work because I overheat easily, have hip pain and have to carry my backpack to work… typical pregnancy stuff. With significant portions of State, E Liberty, South University, Packard, First, Main, South Division, Thompson etc. all closed for construction and then these additional fun runs + events, how do I get to work in the morning? The street I park on is closed as well.

Also, this is not the first time this has been an issue. My fiance and I wanted to drive down to the Fuller Park pool June, and there was another surprise fun run + construction combo blocking off every street on our side of town. We had to ask two different cops to re-route us… now imagine if someone was trying to get to the hospital across the street.

I looked on the Firecracker 5k website, they don’t clearly indicate the route or what streets will be closed. Also, I didn’t know there was a 5k until this morning when a police officer told me to just turn around in the middle of Huron. And none of these road closures show up on Google Maps. I found the list on the Ann Arbor website, but that doesn’t solve the problem of almost every necessary street being closed and AGAIN, the fact that nobody except the people participating in the event were really made aware of it. On my walk to work I heard a bike rider and a pedestrian both ask an event staff member what was going on and they seemed peeved as well.

This is not a dig at the runs themselves. I also have no issue with the 4th of July parade because that was shared well in advance and it’s something people anticipate happening on the 4th, obviously. I’m just frustrated at the lack of clear routing and publicizing of the events. I also feel for people with mobility limitations who have to navigate around these closures. I have lived here for 7 years and I still find it confusing to route when so many streets are closed.

First time playing the library's summer game and I have a very weird question. The badge set 'Chicken Goes Seoul Searching Badge Series'. Is there a story behind Chicken and the library?

The photos of Chicken in the Gangdong Central Library (which looks beautiful) are adorable - kind of disappointed there are no Chicken items in the points shop.