ann arbor is overrated.

Urban Oasis offers his acerbic account of “Is Ann Arbor Overrated?” day in Mayor Hieftje’s class in the department of Public Policy. Among the highlights:

First he offered a plaque with the outline of Michigan’s peninsulae, adorned with a white wine glass (which he “dinged” with his finger for effect), an award Ann Arbor won for the region’s best tasting water. He followed that with one won for bikability, one for his own good work, and, in his estimation, the most complete, objective, scientific evaluation of cities ever done, a Froemmer’s guide that rated Ann Arbor as one of the top ten places in America to live.

The conclusion? No matter “‘what a couple people on a web site might say,’ Ann Arbor was not overrated.”