More Ann Arbor Rankings: #5 Gay Friendly Small Town & #1 Michigan Town to Raise Kids
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 9:53am by Van
concentrate has a short news item reporting that Ann Arbor is the #5 gay friendly small town in the U.S. and is the #1 Michigan town to raise kids.
GayWired.com’s rationale for the #5 rating:
“Why it's on our gaydar… An upbeat college town, the home of Edmund White's alma mater, the University of Michigan, is a haven of tolerance, just 35 miles west of Detroit (population 115,000). Women drink, play pool, and have dinner at the miniscule, two-level, lesbian-adored Aut Bar. Thrilling restaurants abound and once you're ready to up the ante, head to gay-friendly club Necto. Ann Arbor is also home to a slew of LGBT groups, from Ann Arbor Queer Aquatics to the Lesbian Moms Network.”
And from BusinessWeek, this remarkably uninformative, unpersuasive rationale: "Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan, is one of the best college towns in America. It has acres of parks, galleries, museums, restaurants, boutiques, and seven golf courses.”
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This is great for Ann Arbor,
This is great for Ann Arbor, however Michigan's Supreme court [http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2008/05/same-sex-benefi…|voted against] gay couples having the same benefits hetero couples. How do gay families reconcile that? Likewise, for hetero people: How do we accept the privileges that our gay brothers and sisters are denied?
It's interesting to read
It's interesting to read outside perspectives on our city. I went on a tour in another state and there were ooohs and ahhhs when a park (which was tiny when compared to ours) was pointed out.
It's quite interesting.
It's quite interesting.
Great place to raise kids!
Great place to raise kids! Yay!
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