ann arbor is overrated.

Looks like Lower Town is the “older residential area” considering some creative zoning approaches. Their “vision”:

We are dedicated to the protection and improvement of the life of our distinctive area of the city.

We believe that the best qualities of our Northside neighborhood can be sustained through effective consultation and planning, in a spirit of tolerance and cooperation.

We hold that the distinctive boundaries of our present neighborhood are the Huron River to the west and south, Barton Drive to the north, and Plymouth Road to the east.

Now those are some strong convictions. Or they’re stealing a page from Stephen Colbert (”I believe in America. I believe it exists. My gut tells me I live there. I feel that it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and I strongly believe it has 50 states.”)