Is Ann Arbor part of Detroit?

[NicoleKu]

I'd have to agree with JoulesMSU -- people from outside the Detroit area see them as two separate cities. Sometimes perception is just as important as the facts and figures.

[green_leaf]

Originally Posted by JoulesMSU

Growing up in mid-Michigan (and thus having no connection to either Ann Arbor or Detroit), I would NOT consider them to be in the same "metro" area.

From what I can tell based on my occasional trips out into the Detroit area; Canton and Plymouth are the "outer edges" of Detroit. Ypsilanti is not Detroit.

Also lol at anyone trying to say Brighton or Howell are part of Detroit. If you think that, might as well not even draw a line and just say the whole state is part of Detroit if you are going to reach that far.

well, opinions are like *****holes,,everybody has one...

the news just covered stories from both Ann Arbor AND Ypsilanti and they both were classified by news anchors as "areas of metro detroit", so i guess you'll have to take it up with them. lol

and if you actually look on Livingston County's general info on government websites, they are listed as being a "Detroit Metro Area" county, despite the fact that county is WAY out in the boondox(at least an hour to a two hour radius, where Ypsi is 30 minutes away from the D), so i dont think there is gonna be a right/wrong answer to this one ladies and gentlemen.

Being the product of a Detroit family this is what i know- not what i think(in regards to Ypsilanti anyways)....

[Coldjensens]

South Lyon/Lyon Toownship (New Hudson) and Milford are clearly part of metro Detroit. Both Touch Brighton. Lots or maybe most people in Brighton commute to Detroit or Detroit metro for work. However you have to draw the line somewhere. I met people who commute to Detroit from Port Urine, but few people would call that part of Detroit Metro.

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by Ypsi the Clown

see what im talking about? lol

No. I have been trying to figure out what you are trying to say here without success. Obviously you cannto think South Lyon is not in Oakland County. Are you trying to say Oakland County is not included in the "tri-county area"? When I hear Tri-County area I think Wayne, Oakland and Macomb.

[Sharks With Lasers]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

South Lyon/Lyon Toownship (New Hudson) and Milford are clearly part of metro Detroit. Both Touch Brighton. Lots or maybe most people in Brighton commute to Detroit or Detroit metro for work. However you have to draw the line somewhere. I met people who commute to Detroit from Port Urine, but few people would call that part of Detroit Metro.

I think, by in large, that most of southern Michigan is a jumbled mess of relatively nearby urban areas with patches of rural areas in-between. For example, you'll see a lot of overlap between Brighton and the South Lyon/Milford/Wixom/Novi corridor. But if you start talking the east side of metro Detroit or downtown, you probably won't see much overlap. But the locations in-between will have overlap with both Brighton and the east side of metro Detroit. Because if you went strictly with overlap, you could probably get all of I-96 to be part of metro Detroit.

So yeah - I agree there has to be a line drawn somewhere, even if it's relatively arbitrary.

[green_leaf]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

No. I have been trying to figure out what you are trying to say here without success. Obviously you cannto think South Lyon is not in Oakland County. Are you trying to say Oakland County is not included in the "tri-county area"? When I hear Tri-County area I think Wayne, Oakland and Macomb.

i think the guy who posted that was referring to how south lyon "overlaps", when i use to date a girl out in the pinckney/fowerville area- and we'd have to drive out to brighton/hartland for dumb stuff, i used to get confused thinking that south lyon was in livingston county. i dont think it really matters what side of the county its on- its the same thing.....same thing can be said with ypsi...there's no way that you can have willow run and not be a detroit city.

idk what history coincides with south lyon and brighton, you'd have to ask someone who lives there

[green_leaf]

[quote=Coldjensens;26060357]I met people who commute to Detroit from Port Urine, quote]


there's actually a place in Michigan called Port Urine??? LMAO

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by green_leaf

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idk what history coincides with south lyon and brighton, you'd have to ask someone who lives there

I grew up in South Lyon. No connection between them and Brighton at the time, excpet we used to fight with the kids from Brighton a lot. Even had some organized rumbles. Brighton was where you went for roller skating, skiing (of sorts) and Pizza hut. Otherwise we nevr went there except for a football game or to pick a fight.

[Coldjensens]

[quote=green_leaf;26128101]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

I met people who commute to Detroit from Port Urine, quote]


there's actually a place in Michigan called Port Urine??? LMAO

That is how the people who live there pronounce it. It is spelled Port Huron. Pronounced Port Urine