“I can’t image [sic] why
“I can’t image [sic] why a student would bring a car, and where they would put it,” says Diane Brown, a U of M facilities and operations spokeswoman in a recent News article.
We at Ann Arbor is Overrated possess a good imagination, and by letting it run free, we can offer a few reasons why students might bring cars to campus:
They want to eat. On a campus where living in dorms is severely stigmatized for undergrads and unheard of for grad students, and the nearest grocery store is two miles away, cars provide a means to get food.
They want to go somewhere after 9 pm. This is the latest that city buses run, although the University provides some late-night transportation.
They don’t want to be the victims of random attacks while walking alone. Although this didn’t work for that cab driver.
Astronomical rents force them to live outside of Ann Arbor. Living as far out as Brighton isn’t unheard of.
Where to put the cars requires more imagination than even we’re capable of. But it’s a little alarming that a University spokesperson could be so out of touch with the student experience.