The Atlantic Cities: Ann Arbor: A resident extols the joys of small-city life

By Cindy Heflin Associate news director

Posted on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 : 10:02 a.m.

Ann Arbor, the darling of list-makers far and wide, gets a heaping helping of love—from a local resident who has lived in several big cities—in The Atlantic Cities.

A visit to Zingerman's Deli is among the delights of small-city life in Ann Arbor

Freelance writer Micheline Maynard writes about the joys of living in a town where restaurant and theater proprietors treat her like a celebrity and where a major traffic jam is generally confined to a football Saturday or a construction zone.

“Although we grumble about construction and football season traffic, the ease of getting around Ann Arbor is one of the things that we big city refugees find so attractive.”