But in all seriousness, I've lived downtown Ann Arbor, downtown Detroit, and downtown Ypsilanti. I also used to live in Chicago. The Detroit area has a bit of a sprawl, but otherwise you can get anything that you want within a 45 minute drive, which, incidentally, is how long a trip on a bus or subway can take. Also, from my friends who've lived here and in LA, they say that LA is just the Detroit metro in the desert.