ann arbor is overrated.

The text summing up the Current’s reader-selected “Best of Washtenaw County” is even more explicit in its mockery of the whole thing than last year. “Barry’s Bagel broke the bagel rut by coming in first place for Best Bagel,” the passage observes dryly. But along with shattering years of bagel hegemony, the readers also used their ballots for pointed commentary on the A2 singles scene and absolutely hilarious spoof votes, like Stadium Hardware for “Best Nail Salon.” “[H]ow could any of our voters have trouble finding a date, with such a droll and peculiar sense of humor?” How indeed?

Jessica Jernigan’s profile of “Best Women’s Clothing” store Vintage to Vogue — sorry, V2V — is either less dry or extremely dry. “V2V is well on its way to becoming not just a great place to buy a snazzy skirt or a very cool pair of shoes, but a total lifestyle emporium for Washtenaw County’s aesthetic cognoscenti.” The only Washtenaw County event we’ve attended is Larry Kestenbaum’s swearing-in as county clerk, and we can’t say that we detected the presence of an aesthetic cognoscenti there.

As exciting as it must be to compile a list like this year after year (is Raja Rani going to be the “Best Indian Restaurant” and Shalimar runner-up this year — or the other way around? Is Eve going to take “Best New Restaurant” for the second year in a row?) what we need is something more like this: the 50 Most Loathsome Ann Arborites. Only we can’t even muster up enough hate to do it; we’re pretty sure the exercise would quickly devolve. (”What kind of name is ‘Leigh’ anyway?” “Bill Knapp may not actually be an Ann Arborite, but…”)