| Ann Arbor is a suburb of Detroit, about 45 miles | | | | facilities are on the university's campus. For example |
| west of the city. The city is home to Michigan's | | | | there is a Residential College players group that puts |
| oldest university, the University of Michigan, which | | | | on theatre performances. The Campus Symphony |
| makes it a real college town. The population is about | | | | Orchestra and Univ. of Michigan Music School put on |
| 114,000, and almost half are students or otherwise | | | | regular performances. There are also museums |
| employed at the University. This former industrial | | | | dedicated to archaeology, and natural history and |
| center now has an economy mainly based on | | | | sciences. |
| University and other service economy pursuits. Ann | | | | High-tech companies in the area include Arbor |
| Arbor real estate is mixed together with the | | | | Networks, Arbortext, JSTOR, and MediaSpan Media |
| University throughout the city. Due to the strong | | | | Software. Ann Arbor is also the site of the Michigan |
| component of medical and biological sciences at the | | | | Information Technology Center (MITC), whose |
| University, a large number of biotechnology | | | | offices house Internet2 and the Merit Network, a |
| companies have set up in Ann Arbor. The University | | | | nonprofit research and education computer network. |
| of Michigan employs approximately 30,000 workers, | | | | Google is planning to open a large office for its |
| including about 7,500 in the medical center. | | | | AdWords. |
| Several Museums and cultural attractions are located | | | | Several major companies are headquartered in Ann |
| at the University. The Detroit Observatory, named | | | | Arbor. The original Borders Books was opened in Ann |
| after a group of Detroit donators to the University, | | | | Arbor. Domino's Pizza's headquarters is near Ann |
| houses original astronomical instruments from 1854. It | | | | Arbor on Domino's Farms. Many cooperative |
| is opened twice a month for tours. The University of | | | | enterprises were founded in the city during the 1960s |
| Michigan Art Museum has extensive American painting | | | | and 1970s and include the People's Food Co-op and |
| collections. It includes a portrait of Rembrandt Peale, | | | | the Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of |
| a Winslow Homer seascape and Hudson River School | | | | Michigan, a student-housing cooperative. |
| landscapes. Several performing arts groups and | | | | |