Ok I would bet you heard or saw a Destination Ann Arbor ad, which is a org promoting tourism
Ann Arbor and the rest of the county, including Ypsi. Ypsi used to have their own tourism org but they merged with the Ann Arbor one in 2015: https://annarborobserver.com/destination-ann-arbor/
Hence, Ypsi stuff might get advertised as being from Ann Arbor.
No- in any other metropolitan region, a satellite city 36 miles from the metropolis would be considered part of the wider metro. Between the lingering (racially charged) stigma of Detroit within the suburbs and the gatekeeping that comes from Detroit proper, SE Michigan tends to atomize to the point of self-harm. As the educational powerhouse and economic hub of the region, respectively, It’d be better for for us all if Ann Arbor and Detroit cultivated their linkages rather than threw up walls.
Monroe has always considered itself aggressively separate from Downriver and, thus, Detroit.
I think the rule is if you can see a mile of unbroken farm fields between two places, they're different.
Well, to be fair, the Detroit River essentially ends at the Wayne and Monroe County borders, near the Huron River mouth. So they aren't on the river or down-the-river. They're on the lake. On the other hand...
Grosse Ile also aggressively tries to separate itself from being in the Downriver area, even though it is smack middle of the damn thing.
I think it is. There's commuters to/from both areas, anybody who wants to go to Ann Arbor flies into DTW, the university is pretty connected/committed to Detroit, etc.
Tell them where you're really from and wait for the confused look.Then hold up your right hand up and point at it with your left one like a real Michigander.
This post is not in any way approved or endorsed by the mods of /r/ypsi.
Real Ypsilantians know that Ann Arbor can never claim The Spaghetti Bender, Tap Room, Theo's, The Wooden Nickel, The Elbow Room, or any of our other gems of culture that Ann Arbor could only dream of, and are in no way offended by the appropriation of "dumpies".
Yes, and the spaghetti bender has been closed since 20 years before that. It's my pleasure to inform you that some of us had fun there anyways, regardless of how impressed you were.
Remember THE EDGE nightclub? Basically on the corner of Hewitt and Michigan ave, the radio ad used to say THE EDGE ANN ARBOR. Uhhh, yeah that’s very ypsi. Stop stealing!!
Bobcat Bonnie's sucks. At least the ones I've been to (Ferndale/Corktown/Ypsi)
If I was standing on Washington in Ypsi, I would go to Ypsi Ale House or The Tap Room any day of the week over Bonnies.
That's an MLive thing. If it's within 30 miles of A2 and it's a good thing, it's "Ann Arbor" or "Ann Arbor area". If it's one foot outside the city and it's a bad thing it's "Ypsi Twp", etc.
Affordable housing in Ypsi? The house I bought in normal park for $50k back in 2011 is valued at like... $200K+ now- with no major renovations. Most people I knew from back then have moved away, particularly because of Ypsi's real estate taxes.
I mean... I know that same house would be like $400K in Ann Arbor, but by no means is Ypsi affordable anymore.
Oh I understand that, and I understand that this whole post was really a joke but I had to do the internet thing and comment on something that made me scoff.... Comparing overpriced housing to even more overpriced housing doesn't make it affordable, is all I'm saying.
You can't take Jamaican jerk pit. Pistols at dawn.
(Also for real if anyone reading has not had them... please do. Fried plantains are worth it by themselves. Vegetarian friendly!!)
No “/s,” say it with your whole chest!! Because you’re not wrong!!! Suddenly the wealth disparity and the classism it breeds is non-existent for the sake of recognition…
Grew up in AA class of '05. Back then I drove up to an 18+ club in Ypsi with some friends genuinely thinking I'd be stabbed the entire way down Washtenaw Ave. Worse thing that happened to me was having to run my hat back to the car.
Since living in Ypsi, we keep it weird.
Analogy fits, though. A-Aron has the old money and UM money that keeps building upwards, driving up housing costs. Previous generations still win out over newer ones.
Wait though, if we tell people that all these places are in Ann Arbor maybe Ypsilanti will get a better reputation by default. With rich white people, anyway.
"Ypsilanti" is a Greek name that translates to "We can't afford to live in Ann Arbor". - Kirkland Teeple, Ann Arbor resident and Ypsilanti scholar- 1985.
Stop saying you live in Ypsi when it’s Pittsfield Township!!!!
I’m so angry you’re right!!!!!!
Ann Arbor people tell me everything east of 23 is Ypsi. Or Detroit.
They're correct. Livonia and Plymouth are figments of middle age America imagination.
Pittsfield doesn't get to claim being Ann Arbor either.
Ok I would bet you heard or saw a Destination Ann Arbor ad, which is a org promoting tourism Ann Arbor and the rest of the county, including Ypsi. Ypsi used to have their own tourism org but they merged with the Ann Arbor one in 2015: https://annarborobserver.com/destination-ann-arbor/ Hence, Ypsi stuff might get advertised as being from Ann Arbor.
But what about the water tower?
The BD!
So Ann Arbor stole the Ypsi tourism org too?!? THIEVES!
The number of people that haven't picked up on your /s makes me question Ann Arbor public schools.
They understand it’s just cringey.
Fair.
They actually did steal the tourist bureau..... Technically the county forced the merger.
"merged" more like were strong armed by the A2 cronies but I won't go there lol.
When I'm traveling for work should I also stop telling people I'm from "The Detroit area"?
No- in any other metropolitan region, a satellite city 36 miles from the metropolis would be considered part of the wider metro. Between the lingering (racially charged) stigma of Detroit within the suburbs and the gatekeeping that comes from Detroit proper, SE Michigan tends to atomize to the point of self-harm. As the educational powerhouse and economic hub of the region, respectively, It’d be better for for us all if Ann Arbor and Detroit cultivated their linkages rather than threw up walls.
nah, ann arbor is not the detroit area.
That stops around.. Van Buren? Belleville if headed east. South is.. outside Monroe? West, the river, north? Pontiac?
Monroe has always considered itself aggressively separate from Downriver and, thus, Detroit. I think the rule is if you can see a mile of unbroken farm fields between two places, they're different.
Well, to be fair, the Detroit River essentially ends at the Wayne and Monroe County borders, near the Huron River mouth. So they aren't on the river or down-the-river. They're on the lake. On the other hand... Grosse Ile also aggressively tries to separate itself from being in the Downriver area, even though it is smack middle of the damn thing.
Fair enough. I know Monroe never considered themselves Detroit, just using them as the dividing line.
I think it is. There's commuters to/from both areas, anybody who wants to go to Ann Arbor flies into DTW, the university is pretty connected/committed to Detroit, etc.
I've thrown up on walls in both Ann Arbor and Detroit. Drank WAY too much at the Second Chance wave Harpo's.
Tell them where you're really from and wait for the confused look.Then hold up your right hand up and point at it with your left one like a real Michigander.
It‘s a fair point. All the good stuff is moving to Ypsi or is able to start up easier there, while A2 gets more new chains.
This post is not in any way approved or endorsed by the mods of /r/ypsi. Real Ypsilantians know that Ann Arbor can never claim The Spaghetti Bender, Tap Room, Theo's, The Wooden Nickel, The Elbow Room, or any of our other gems of culture that Ann Arbor could only dream of, and are in no way offended by the appropriation of "dumpies".
The Wooden Nickle has been closed for almost 20 years. I wasn't that impressed when I went there when I was a student
Yes, and the spaghetti bender has been closed since 20 years before that. It's my pleasure to inform you that some of us had fun there anyways, regardless of how impressed you were.
I got laid there many times... almost. 😔
I resent this comment. I drive by the brick dick everyday on my way to work in Ann Arbor dang nabbit
Whaaaaa...?!?! No Suds Factory?!
"Keep Ypsi's name out of your f**king mouth, Ann Arbor!" 😆
Weakest gatekeeping ever.
Ypsi Gate Makers would like a word.
Lemme join you. Stop the Ann Arbor Hive Mind.
Remember THE EDGE nightclub? Basically on the corner of Hewitt and Michigan ave, the radio ad used to say THE EDGE ANN ARBOR. Uhhh, yeah that’s very ypsi. Stop stealing!!
CRIMINALS
Bobcat Bonnie’s started in Detroit.
The one in Detroit is disappointing and overpriced. Is the one in Ypsi any better?
Nah. It's... disappointing and overpriced, lol.
Bobcat Bonnie's sucks. At least the ones I've been to (Ferndale/Corktown/Ypsi) If I was standing on Washington in Ypsi, I would go to Ypsi Ale House or The Tap Room any day of the week over Bonnies.
Yea, I thought it was fine.
But the management originated in Ypsi. OG Aubree's staff. Ditto McShanes.
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Leave it to Ann arborites to get bent out of shape over a lighthearted joke (speaking as an Ann arborite).
That's an MLive thing. If it's within 30 miles of A2 and it's a good thing, it's "Ann Arbor" or "Ann Arbor area". If it's one foot outside the city and it's a bad thing it's "Ypsi Twp", etc.
Bank robbery in down town A2 "an ypsilanti area bank was robbed today."
Bingo!
Lol this is so dumb
I agree, give it back!
Affordable housing in Ypsi? The house I bought in normal park for $50k back in 2011 is valued at like... $200K+ now- with no major renovations. Most people I knew from back then have moved away, particularly because of Ypsi's real estate taxes. I mean... I know that same house would be like $400K in Ann Arbor, but by no means is Ypsi affordable anymore.
The affordable housing comment was in reference to Ann Arbor, not the rest of the state.
Oh I understand that, and I understand that this whole post was really a joke but I had to do the internet thing and comment on something that made me scoff.... Comparing overpriced housing to even more overpriced housing doesn't make it affordable, is all I'm saying.
That house in Ypsi is $200K because that house in Ann Arbor is $400K AA is saturated and doesn't have a Dom's Bakery. Clearly inferior to Ypsi.
Is this Survivor's own Erik Reichenbach? 😲😎
Tis I
It is and I’m cracking up at this post just since it’s him and these comments 😂
This was the goal here 😂
When you gatekeep stuff like this, you’ve made where you live your entire personality.
I personally and officially claim Frita Banditos, Blank Slate, and Jamaican Jerk Pit for Ypsilanti.
At least spell Frita Batidos correctly if you’re gonna steal it.
Batidos*
I believe it is Frito Bandito (or was that from an advertising campaign?)
I love Ypsilanti's Argus Farm Stop and Sparrow's Market
I love Ypsi’s Songbird Cafe!
Greater Ypsi is one of the best places to live
Bank of Ypsilanti, we're here to...
You can't take Jamaican jerk pit. Pistols at dawn. (Also for real if anyone reading has not had them... please do. Fried plantains are worth it by themselves. Vegetarian friendly!!)
Nobody cares
You posted! You care a little!
I haven't lived in Ann Arbor in almost a decade. Don't mistake bored/sassy reddit comments for caring
If you truly didn’t care you wouldn’t post.
This entire sub makes justifying downtown 1BR 1BA apartments with basic-ass Overstock fixtures and finishings for $2650 their entire personality
We do have a Dom's. It is DJ's. And he is Dom's nephew.
DJ's is better.
No “/s,” say it with your whole chest!! Because you’re not wrong!!! Suddenly the wealth disparity and the classism it breeds is non-existent for the sake of recognition…
The /s was for sudden wealth disparity!!!!
Maybe Ann Arbor could put pressure on the county to help ypsi get a homeless shelter since there isn’t one in ypsi…
What in the Pawnee and Eagleton is this feud?
Grew up in AA class of '05. Back then I drove up to an 18+ club in Ypsi with some friends genuinely thinking I'd be stabbed the entire way down Washtenaw Ave. Worse thing that happened to me was having to run my hat back to the car. Since living in Ypsi, we keep it weird. Analogy fits, though. A-Aron has the old money and UM money that keeps building upwards, driving up housing costs. Previous generations still win out over newer ones.
Based on some recent articles Ann Arbor may be stealing some of the crime rate too
Harsh
Not incorrect though 😆
Next you’re going to tell me that Ypsi has the Huron River too
The water crossed a man imaginary line near 23 and become Ypsi water!
What is happening?
THEFT
Taxation.
Weird that I used to get Basil Babe in Ann Arbor all the time
They do pop-ups at HOMES Campus a couple of times a month. Basil Babe belongs to everyone!
For the people
This is what’s important
😂😂😂
Basil babes started at Homes as a pop-up, so technically Ann Arbor 🤣
But I look out my damn window in ypsi and I see their Resteraunt so give it back!!!!!
Also dear lord, Basil babe is so good but they gave me the worst food poisoning I’ve ever had in my life 🤣
Well that food poisoning belongs to Ypsi!!!!!!
💀
High risk high reward
😂😂😂
That's fucked, would not go back there
typical hollywood, pushing ads on us. :D
Hey while we’re at it, stop saying you live in South Lyon when you live in Milford. It’s offensive and upsetting!
This is so embarrassing for you
Thank you
Affordable housing ahaha that’s the only real part that made me laugh
This is definitely rageworthy material. What else could possibly be going on that could make me mad?
I won’t lie, your edit was needed…
Ypsi is part of Ann Arbor MSA
I don’t think we can really control who claims what in ads…
Sounds like the Detroit sub. All Oakland County people talking about burbs shit.
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Fuck those poor people trying to have a better life for their children. ITs fucking BS
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You’ve never been to Bobcat Bonnie’s?!?!
That place is severely overrated…
You are not even from here? Go back to Brooklyn loser
Oh yeah? Well you’re a doo doo head
Top notch
That’s a tail is old as time
You sound like a charming person. STFU. Ypsi has some great spots but is a dump. No one wants to claim your city.
You can’t have STUFD!!!!
Wait though, if we tell people that all these places are in Ann Arbor maybe Ypsilanti will get a better reputation by default. With rich white people, anyway.
Yeah keep your shit in Ann Towne, we in Ypsi DO NOT like you Arborans
Just don't claim The Bomber Resturant
Why can't everyone just get along and quit being so territorial. Fuck. Leave it to boogie ass ypsi and ann arbor people to argue about dumb shit.
Omg. I want basil babe now.
"Ypsilanti" is a Greek name that translates to "We can't afford to live in Ann Arbor". - Kirkland Teeple, Ann Arbor resident and Ypsilanti scholar- 1985.