# I just bought a one-way ticket to Detroit. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065 "2008-08-15T04:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/1 "2008-08-15T04:20:32Z")
And I’m nervous. Fortunately, I won’t actually be living in Detroit, or I’d be actively panicking. Eight years after getting my BA, I’m going back to school, to attend graduate school at the University of Michigan. Did I mention I’m nervous? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/2 "2008-08-15T04:43:25Z")
Congratulations! Remember, the older you are, the better you typically do in school. Next week, I’m taking my older daughter to East Lansing to begin her undergraduate education at Michigan State (not as prestigious, I know, but she won the full ADS scholarship there). So I feel for you! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/3 "2008-08-15T04:45:43Z")
You should be nervous. The [University of Michigan](http://www.umich.edu/) is in Ann Arbor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/4 "2008-08-15T04:48:02Z")
[QUOTE=InternetLegend] Congratulations! Remember, the older you are, the better you typically do in school. [/quote] I hope so. Lately I have been unable to concentrate on anything at all, so…well, I hope I figure out how to focus once I’m in freaking calculus class. (Calculus! I got a C in Trig back in 12th grade…in 1996! And now I’m taking calculus!) Congratulations to your daughter on her scholarship! That’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/5 "2008-08-15T04:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] You should be nervous. The [University of Michigan](http://www.umich.edu/) is in Ann Arbor. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah, I noticed, but there isn’t a real airport in Ann Arbor. You have to fly to Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/6 "2008-08-15T05:02:04Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] Yeah, I noticed, but there isn’t a real airport in Ann Arbor. You have to fly to Detroit. [/QUOTE] I grew up on the other side of the river/country near there. The weather is great: all four seasons with very, very acceptable winters. (From a Canadian POV.) ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/7 "2008-08-15T05:09:26Z")
Relax, Detroit Metro is not close to the Detroit of the evening news. Ann Arbor is great, you will love it. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/8 "2008-08-15T05:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=Library Boy] Relax, Detroit Metro is not close to the Detroit of the evening news. Ann Arbor is great, you will love it. [/QUOTE] I actually spent a year in Ann Arbor a few years back, and how much I liked it was a deciding factor in the whole grad school shopping thing. Well, and I can mooch off of **CrankyAsAnOldMan**. That helps. Also, I’m going to be working on my Master in Public Policy, so the proximity to really, really, really bad government in Detroit will be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/9 "2008-08-15T05:33:25Z")
And watching the city government means you don’t need to watch any soap operas. Did you make it to Angelo’s for deep fried french toast? If not, plan to go. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/10 "2008-08-15T05:39:52Z")
Okay, I’ll try to do that on a day where I’m planning to go to the gym. Sounds really good for you. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/11 "2008-08-15T05:45:36Z")
Congrats! See, we loose **Olives** to NJ, and gain **Kyla** … at least we keep our head count. Gotta come to the next Detroit/AA Dopefest. Meet the gang. We’re actually the coolest Dopers of the whole board… you’ve made a wise move. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/12 "2008-08-15T09:09:46Z")
You might have been able to save some money if you had split a round-trip ticket. You use the “TO” and then give the leftover one-way “From” to Kwame ;). ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/13 "2008-08-15T10:43:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] Yeah, I noticed, but there isn’t a real airport in Ann Arbor. You have to fly to Detroit. [/QUOTE] Detroit Metro Airport is actually _between_ Detroit and Ann Arbor, it’s not at all in the city of Detroit (that would be City Airport). ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/14 "2008-08-15T10:50:50Z")
[QUOTE=Broomstick] Detroit Metro Airport is actually _between_ Detroit and Ann Arbor, it’s not at all in the city of Detroit (that would be City Airport). [/QUOTE] Remember you want I-94 WEST (toward Chicago) when you leave the airport. Welcome to the Great Lake State. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/15 "2008-08-15T12:19:55Z")
After your first official winter in Michigan you can qualify for this [tshirt](http://clothing.cafepress.com/item/michigan-shirt-michigan-m-sweatshirt/136438140) . Welcome to America’s High [Five](http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/yellow-tshirt/58804031) . Hope you like potholes. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/16 "2008-08-15T13:29:18Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] And I’m nervous. Fortunately, I won’t actually be living in Detroit, or I’d be actively panicking. Eight years after getting my BA, I’m going back to school, to attend graduate school at the University of Michigan. Did I mention I’m nervous? [/QUOTE] Ann Arbor’s a great town, and not close enough to Detroit to even vaguely be considered a suburb. That said, Detroit and environs are a great town too (\*is \* a great town too? Whatever). You just have to practice some common sense, like you would in any big city. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/17 "2008-08-15T15:39:00Z")
Welcome back! When at Angelos for breakfast, don’t forget to try their hollandaise sauce, very yum. There are plenty of us dopers around to help welcome you, when are you coming in? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/18 "2008-08-15T16:24:11Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] Lately I have been unable to concentrate on anything at all, so…well, I hope I figure out how to focus once I’m in freaking calculus class. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I remember what it was like when I had to take a calc exam at the start of my actuarial exams, 19 years after I had last been tested in anything. It was . . . creepy. I hope that you have a goodtime in Ann Arbor, except for the afternoon of October 4, when the Illini will defeat Michigan and put the whole campus in a foul mood. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/19 "2008-08-15T16:28:14Z")
I like how we swarm. See? We lose an \*\*olives \*\*(and Dom) and we get a **Kyla**. Your next task, **Kyla** , is to get a boyfriend so you can drag him around to messageboard events. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-one-way-ticket-to-detroit/460065/20 "2008-08-15T16:49:53Z")
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