ann arbor is overrated.

Elliott Mallen takes a searing look at couch porches in today’s Daily. “Any sense of camaraderie between students and homeowners that comes from shared liberal values is overridden as soon as property values come into play,” he writes, noting that said homeowners make up only 45 percent of Ann Arbor’s population. Geoff Larcom’s decidedly un-searing look in today’s News doesn’t really take a side, but he seems to be under the impression that Boulder’s reputation as “a liberal soul mate of Ann Arbor” somehow made its couch ban more unlikely.