OT - Best places to live for rich and single. AA#21

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OT - Best places to live for rich and single. AA#21

CNN Money posted a list of the top25 places for rich and single places to live. Ann Arbor ranks in at #21 with a 47.7% single and median income of $92,992.

The University of Michigan Wolverines may be a rowdy bunch, but Ann Arbor has plenty to offer beyond sports nuts. Bookworms might find romance at Borders' flagship location, which namesake brothers Tom and Louis opened in 1971 as a used book shop in the academic community. On one of the town's frigid winter days, check out Ann Arbor's Hands-On Museum, which boasts nine unique galleries of more than 250 interactive exhibits, then stay warm at one of the local microbreweries such as Arbor Brewing Co., which takes an eco-friendly approach to making beer. --H.Y.

Link here: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/moneymag/1007/gallery.best_places_ri...

However, I don't think this is a proper list. Sure the median income is high, but most of the single people are poor students. Perhaps college towns should not be counted. But thought I'd post it anyway to share.

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July 16th, 2010 at 2:32 PM | My god (Score:1)
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Who comes up with these lists??

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July 16th, 2010 at 2:33 PM | Question: (Score:1)
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Is there a bad place to live if you're rich and single?

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July 16th, 2010 at 2:37 PM | Columbus (Score:1)
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Or Ohio in general, it's always a bad place to live.

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July 16th, 2010 at 2:38 PM | or Prison.  Although, I don't (Score:1)
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or Prison.  Although, I don't think it matters if you're single or not...

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July 16th, 2010 at 3:03 PM | Prison (Score:1)
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If you have money, prison isn't that bad.  Even if you don't get sent to Club Fed, you can use your cash to buy smokes, Ramen noodles, and Flamin' Hot Cheetohs.  These can then be traded in exchange for not getting anally raped.  Once that worry is out of the picture, you are pretty much just sitting around a tiny room, doing push-ups, or watching Maury Povich with the fellas.

Sure beats Ohio in my book.

It is spelled HOKEAMANIA.  Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!

July 16th, 2010 at 6:14 PM | And not minimum security (Score:1)
kmd
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And not minimum security white collar resort, but a federal "pound me in the ass" prison.

July 16th, 2010 at 2:39 PM | Antarctica, unless you like (Score:1)
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Antarctica, unless you like penguins.

July 16th, 2010 at 2:39 PM | That'd be great (Score:1)
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If I wasn't poor and married to North Campus...

I've been called a "hockey valkyrie" by those who don't know me.

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July 16th, 2010 at 2:45 PM | Willow Tree Apartments (Score:1)
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When I was young, single, poor and married to North Campus, I rented an apartment in the Willow Tree Apartments on Plymouth Rd. Then, it was like being old, poor, and chained to North Campus. Stay closer to Central Campus. Your social life will thank you.

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July 16th, 2010 at 3:57 PM | Yea I have no intention of (Score:1)
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Yea I have no intention of ever living there. Markley, large house, apartment, hopefully a small house year.

I've been called a "hockey valkyrie" by those who don't know me.

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July 16th, 2010 at 6:09 PM | lived there (Score:1)
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gotta love the smell of curry in every stairwell.  Then, moved to Brookside on Jones Drive. Gotta love mice and roaches.  

 

I miss those days so much. 

 

 

July 16th, 2010 at 3:03 PM | Toledo (Score:1)
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Toledo #15??????????

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July 16th, 2010 at 3:07 PM | Only because of its proximity (Score:1)
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Only because of its proximity to Michigan.

July 16th, 2010 at 3:06 PM | This list is way too NorCal (Score:1)
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This list is way too NorCal heavy.  Also, the SoCal places on the list I really disagree with.  OK, Newport and Santa Monica are OK, but both of those cities also have a lot of families, they just aren't set up to be singles type towns, especially Newport.  Irvine is families and college kids, that's all.  So if you're a single guy, you have the choice between a college chick and a married woman.  And Redondo Beach is for people who can't afford to live in Hermosa or Manhattan Beach, so I'm not sure at all why they picked that one.

July 16th, 2010 at 3:08 PM | So if you're rich and single, (Score:1)
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So if you're rich and single, what exactly is wrong with college chicks?

July 16th, 2010 at 3:57 PM | There's not that much of a (Score:1)
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There's not that much of a difference between Redondo, Hermosa, and Manhattan. I'm not even sure how they distinguish between any of the South Bay communities really. If you're rich and single, you can't lose anywhere there.

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July 16th, 2010 at 4:07 PM | I disagree with this quite a (Score:1)
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I disagree with this quite a bit.  I lived in Hermosa for a few years and there's a pretty big difference between Redondo, Hermosa and Manhattan, especially between Redondo and the other two.  It's much cheaper to live in Redondo, and it's the only one where everything isn't walkable.  The school district in Redondo is worse than Hermosa/Manhattan, the pier in Redondo is much worse than the other 2 and the beach is set up differently as well.  People who live in Redondo go to Hermosa and Manhattan to go out, rarely do people go the other way. 

For this list, if you picked one of the three, I would pick Manhattan first, Hermosa a close second and Redondo a distant third.  Any South Bay folk care to back me up on this?

July 16th, 2010 at 4:12 PM | Agree (Score:1)
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I actually like Hermosa a little more, but there and Manhattan are pretty interchangeable.  Redondo is just a little grimier and doesn't seem to have the same people/energy.  Unless you are chugging Fire Chiefs at Tony's, there isn't much reason to pick Redondo over the other two.

It is spelled HOKEAMANIA.  Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!

July 16th, 2010 at 4:48 PM | Well, I used to live in the (Score:1)
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Well, I used to live in the South Bay. I agree that for the young nightlife, Hermosa and Manhattan have more to offer, so I guess that feeds into the whole 'single and rich' argument against Redondo. When I did live there though I wasn't in my young 20s and instead with my parents so I guess that is skewing my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I love Hermosa and Manhattan (probably Hermosa the most) but Redondo is a pretty nice place to live. But also, I always thought of the South Bay as a bubble away from LA proper, and it's not exacty impossible to get from Redondo to Hermosa to Manhattan for nights out.

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July 16th, 2010 at 3:16 PM | any list (Score:1)
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any list of top places to live rich and single that doesn't include Las Vegas has no credibility.

July 16th, 2010 at 3:44 PM | Risky (Score:1)
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Vegas has too many casinos and drive thru wedding chapels.  You risk becoming not rich or not single.

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July 16th, 2010 at 5:00 PM | why be (Score:1)
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why be rich and single if you can't live in the city that offers everything?

July 16th, 2010 at 6:11 PM | I just spent 5 days there (Score:1)
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Vegas is a fucking shithole. Which isn't a criticism so much as a statement of what is. Its shitholiness is on one hand endearing, on the other tiresome. 

5 days was too much. Make it 36 sleepless hours - much better fit. 

 

 

July 16th, 2010 at 3:21 PM | I can't believe that Santa Barbara isn't on the list (Score:1)
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I just spent a few days there earlier this month, and it's a pretty mind-boggling place, and area. Go figure.


July 16th, 2010 at 5:23 PM | Word, but to qualify as (Score:1)
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Word, but to qualify as "rich" by Santa Barbara standards you would pretty much have to clock many times the income identified as the benchmark for that poll.  It's probably more expensive to live there than, say, L.A., and there are far fewer well-paying jobs. 

Missing Ann Arbor

July 16th, 2010 at 4:31 PM | Oak Park IL (Score:1)
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is a strange one. Moved there from the city when I got married, and my wife and liked it for the family friendliness. But single? Can't see it. Every single person I knew there spent all their time in the city.

I live adjacent to Sandy Springs, GA now. Another puzzler. Though for single men, the Atlanta area has it's perks. Not sure if it's still true, but single women outnumbered single men here by a pretty good margin a few years ago. All those pretty southern belles you see in the stands at Ole Miss, Bama, Clemson, Auburn, UGA games seem to have ended up here. Alas I'm neither single nor rich.

July 16th, 2010 at 4:47 PM | Hands On (Score:1)
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I can't think of many creepier places to meet ladies than Borders and the Hands On Museum. Unless you're into picking up homeless dudes and 7 year olds. 

July 16th, 2010 at 5:05 PM | How is Ypsilanti not on this (Score:1)
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How is Ypsilanti not on this list?

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July 16th, 2010 at 6:33 PM | Rich AND Single, not Rich IN (Score:1)
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Rich AND Single, not Rich IN Singles

July 16th, 2010 at 6:35 PM | Rich in Ann Arbor (Score:1)
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Rich in Ann Arbor… why does that sounds familiar?

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July 17th, 2010 at 3:06 PM | Wow, a bookstore AND a (Score:1)
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Wow, a bookstore AND a brewery! How amazing!

Seriously who compiles this shit? Ann Arbor is an amazing town but not because it has some touristy bookstore and a museum.

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