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The Daily Tarheel compares tensions between Chapel Hill and UNC to those between Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. For example, “Ann Arbor residents became enraged when university officials began purchasing off-campus buildings to create more student housing.” Almost as enraged as they were when university officials decided to demolish an on-campus building to create more student housing, and when they didn’t create any more student housing at all and let students live off campus.

13 Responses to “Enraged”


  1. My first question, of course, was, what exactly is a Tar Heel?

    posted by Alan Gutierrez on April 15th, 2005 at 8:11 am

  2. We’re just generally ENRAGED! Grab the pitchforks!

    posted by js on April 15th, 2005 at 10:11 am

  3. I bet we’d get that new jail built really fast if it was proposed that students be lodged there.

    posted by Dave on April 15th, 2005 at 10:26 am

  4. At least your townies aren’t as insane as the townies in East Lansing. I am mildly surprised that AAIO hasn’t weighed in on this.

    I mean, suppose you moved to a college town, and then saw stuents in the streets after a colelge basketball game. You would be shocked, right? Because nobody who ever moved to a college town would ever expect antyhing liek that to happen, right? What choice would you have, except to call the police and have them teargas these people?

    Oddly enough, I now live near Wrigley Field, and there are people who get upset by crowds of people who attend baseball games. What on Earth did they think happened at Wrigley Field? So maybe there are just whiney, stupid people wherever you go.

    posted by Lucky Jackson on April 15th, 2005 at 1:48 pm

  5. Chapel Hill and Ann Arbor are eaarily similar. My neice lives in Chapel Hill and came to AA two weeks ago to check out campus. Walking down State St. she remarked how it seemed just like Franklin St. (She toured several colleges on the way to Michigan) The differences are very little snow in Chapel Hill, way less off campus student housing in Chapel Hill, and more greenspace there that they should hold a milleage to build more shops through the city.

    posted by yd on April 15th, 2005 at 3:02 pm

  6. University Avenue, Palo Alto looks just like Main Street, Ann Arbor except that it’s a lot richer, a lot more manicured, the people are better looking and the weather is amazing. I think except for the latter two, it’s pretty much what AA will be like in about 5 years.

    posted by Anna on April 15th, 2005 at 3:45 pm

  7. One can always hope. Food is sure as hell better there.

    posted by peter on April 15th, 2005 at 5:00 pm

  8. I totally agree with Anna’s depiction of University Avenue in PA, but I would add that University Avenue in PA also is somewhat unique in that it has blocks of ridiculously ornate mansions at the end of it as you drive away from the center of town and toward US 101.

    posted by Frank on April 15th, 2005 at 5:48 pm

  9. Perhaps the University would consider paying some property taxes considering it does hold a considerable amount of “off-campus” property.

    posted by Andrew on April 16th, 2005 at 1:37 am

  10. Ixnay on the property tax.
    I can perhaps see how the deal Yale made with New Haven is justified. (Yale is paying $250 per student) because New Haven is an economically depressed community.
    Ann Arbor is not. Furthermore, the University already does a great deal for the community in terms of providing entertainment, etc.
    Furthermore, if the citizens of Ann Arbor don’t like the fact that they live in a town where there is a University, or if they object to the fact that this Unhiversity doesn’t pay property taxesm they can MOVE!!!

    posted by Lucky Jackson on April 16th, 2005 at 10:23 am

  11. Chapel Hill differs from AA in that it is just a university town and nothing else. State St. here is very much like Franklin St. there — except that Franklin St.’s three blocks of pizza places, bars, and t-shirt shops comprise the entirety of downtown Chapel Hill. If you wanna talk “overrated”….

    posted by Anonymous on April 16th, 2005 at 5:23 pm

  12. My understanding is that the UM does pay a fee for fire service, etc.

    posted by Anna on April 17th, 2005 at 12:45 pm

  13. It’s just that is is pathetically underfunded…

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, hail to the fucking victors (snore)

    posted by OFWinsurgent on April 20th, 2005 at 9:13 pm