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Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County
Overview
Yet, while surrounded by all of this natural beauty, you'll also find that Ann Arbor is less than an hour from the big city advantages of Detroit, with its major symphony and museums, its professional sports teams, and extraordinary shopping. Within a four hour drive of Ann Arbor are Chicago and Toronto, or take a 25-minute trip to Detroit Metropolitan Airport and the world is at your feet. Amtrak makes several stops daily in Ann Arbor, connecting passengers to over 450 locations across the country. There is a very broad range of major employers countywide, many of them located in and near Ann Arbor. The University of Michigan, the UM Health System, Visteon, and the St. Joseph Mercy Health System are among the area's leading employers. These opportunities allow many of the county's residents to work quite close to home; other residents commute less than an hour to greater Detroit or Lansing. Whether it's life in a college town that you prefer, or the appeal of a small town conveniently located to a larger urban area, Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County has it all. Read on to learn more about the area. Come see why our home is well-loved by so many! Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor is also home to Performance Network (an Equity stage), the Michigan Theatre, the Ann Arbor Symphony, the Kerrytown District and Farmers Market, and an abundance of galleries, restaurants, coffee houses and bookstores. Nightlife is lively here throughout the year, and especially during the warm months when a number of downtown restaurants offer sidewalk dining. Area residents are served by three comprehensive first-rate hospitals, all located in Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Health System, St. Joseph Mercy Health System (both of which have been recognized by Solucient as Top 100 Hospitals), and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, affiliated with UM's School of Medicine. Special events are numerous, with many choices every month. Among the most popular are the Ann Arbor Art Fairs, which draw nearly half a million people annually and have a national reputation, and the Summer Festival, a three-week calendar of spectacular indoor and outdoor performances. A variety of home styles and neighborhood types can be found in Ann Arbor, from the turn of the last century homes of the historic Old West Side, to newly built homes and executive residences. In 2006, the average price of a single family home was $346,708; the median was $287,000.
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Ann Arbor and surrounding Washtenaw County, with a combined population of abour 350,000, provide an outstanding place to live and work. Whether you choose to live in Ann Arbor, or in one of the other delightful communities in the greater Ann Arbor area, you'll find a wonderful mix of city advantages and scenic beauty. Water is a major theme here, with every one of our cities and towns sited on or near a river or lake. You'll find lots of parkland, too: 150 parks within the city of Ann Arbor, and thousands of acres of parks throughout the county. If golf is your passion, you'll find plenty of holes to play, with 23 public courses in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area, including courses in Ypsilanti, Saline, Milan, Dexter, Chelsea, and Whitmore Lake. A number of private courses can be found as well.
A city of about 114,000, Ann Arbor is the seat of Washtenaw County and is located 45 miles west of Detroit. Home to top-ranked University of Michigan, Ann Arbor enjoys many advantages not often found in cities of its size. People from around the world have made Ann Arbor their home, adding to the richness of life here. In addition to providing a superb education and hosting important research initiatives, the U of M brings a wealth of other advantages to the Ann Arbor area, including a number of libraries and museums accessible to all, a world-class calendar of musical and dramatic performances at venues across campus, and the excitement of major college sporting events.
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