ann arbor is overrated.

The Onion features an uncomfortably-close-to-home look at a man who has a “derogatory nickname for every neighboring town” of Vandalia, IL:

“St. Elmo? More like St. Smellmo,” said Sadecki, 25, a printing-press operator and part-time delivery driver. “They’ve got a Hormel plant over in St. Elmo, and the whole town reeks of processed meat. You could also call it St. Hellmo, since there’s pretty much nothing to do there besides hang out at the A&W.”

Of course, this weblog is far more sophisticated. Rather than come up with sophomoric puns on “Ann Arbor,” we prefer to employ sarcastically the nicknames foisted on our fair city by its more well-meaning inhabitants. Which include not only “A-squared” but a sobriquet so insipid that it’s rarely or never been mentioned here before: Tree Town.

You down with Tree Town?