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It’s Oh So Quiet

Jo Mathis makes the case for A2 as a great place to retire. Says one local retiree, “It has everything a big city could offer, but it’s a lot quieter.” It also has everything a seaport could offer, but it’s a lot more landlocked. And everything a tropical island could offer, but it’s a lot colder.

9 Responses to “It’s Oh So Quiet”


  1. Every late night I’m up studying for finals, I will take a moment, and–with Wally and Barb as my inspiration and guiding light–dream of my retirement villa in South Lyon. I can now go strong for another 15 minutes tonight.

    Everything a big city can offer…oh, right, except for the the, um, what’s that…oh, right: big city. This place wouldn’t be half as bad if people wouldn’t make it out to be something it’s not. It’s a small city/college town. It’s an alright place to live, and meets reasonable expectations of a small city/college town. There - enough, stop there. It’s this “most cosmopolitan small city in [insert “the midwest,” “the world,” “southeast Southeast Michigan” - your choice]” business…

    posted by Jason on April 27th, 2005 at 3:03 am

  2. Really good work. I found a lot of profound information which can help me to go on. Thanks for all this input.

    posted by Sybill june on April 27th, 2005 at 4:34 am

  3. Heh. Sybill’s my new favorite spammer.
    (It has everything sex can offer, except the orgasm.)

    posted by js on April 27th, 2005 at 10:22 am

  4. click on “Leckrone” for pictures of local icons like the flettwood diner

    posted by Leckrone on April 27th, 2005 at 10:37 am

  5. REALLY cute joke, even if it hangs the browser.

    posted by Michael McC. on April 27th, 2005 at 10:48 am

  6. I give my props , though, to the 75 year old woman taking intermediate Chinese. That’s bitchin, if you ask me. I could hardly learn intermediate Japanese and I’m 50 years her junior.

    posted by DrMandrake on April 27th, 2005 at 1:11 pm

  7. “‘This area is ideal,’ he said, noting the culture, access to Metro Airport and lakes.”

    Using access to the airport - a place solely designed to help you get out of said ideal area - as an argument for the ideal-ness of that area - see anything wrong with that? Reminds me of the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce brochure, which features promimently, on page 2, a list of the proximity to other cities.

    posted by DA on April 27th, 2005 at 1:49 pm

  8. I like being close to the airport for that very reason–I don’t see anything wrong with that. A definite bonus.

    posted by OFWinsurgent on April 27th, 2005 at 2:28 pm

  9. And here I thought you would comment on how a salamander could hold up the building of the new high school…:)

    posted by Kozzie on April 27th, 2005 at 10:53 pm