>> One of my best memories since being in Ann Arbor is honestly
just coming down to the boat house every morning for mornings like this.
>> On days like this in the water is glass, it's just
perfect down here.
>> I think Ann Arbor is a refuge, a haven. It's a really wonderful town.
You can do anything here. In many
ways it's like a big city.
>> One of the moments that most stuck out to me was our slats practices as seniors
on this river.
A beautiful day much like this one today.
Sun was shining. Birds were chirping. And the weather was perfect. A perfect
Ann Arbor spring day.
museums
this
that's right the should shoes that
>> (Singing)
>> Something important about Ann Arbor for me..
the university was really great and helped me get know who I am.
I came into U of M
trying to be a doctor. Actually I'm aspiring to be a teacher now.
Through, like, the frats that I joined and through
the people that I've met and stuff. I don't know, it's definitely,
like, it's like a new frontier almost, for yourself, in my opinion
>> (Singing)
>> You go to Ann Arbor when you know you're ready.
I'm still learning it all and Ann Arbor is helping me unfold
all of that within my heart. I'm realizing my potential as a human being.
I used to have, like, kind of, low self-confidence and
Ann Arbor has always been a main focal point of energy and positive
influences, and when I had
actually gotten to this practice of martial arts tripping, I started
coming to the diag and I started flipping, and
in front of all these people. I wanted to cast away the fear,
if you will.
>> Madonna. Iggy Pop. He grew up here, he didn't go to school
here. >> Bob Seger grew up here. >> Michael Phelps. >> Arthur Miller went to U of M.
>> It feels like home being here, so that's kinda like a nurturing part.
>> There's a sense of community that you don't often get
in the middle in the city. >> Ann Arbor people aren't scary.
>> Unless you're afraid of hippies. >> It's like being in a small town where
everyone knows each other but not everyone is talking about your life.
If you know what I mean.
>> Ann Arbor is a small city that thinks big.
I mean we have Google here. We have inventors. We have engineers. We have
people that are trying to change the world. But most importantly people who are just
happy to be here. And feel good.
>> Ann Arbor is
a community where, I think if you live somewhere else, you wanna move someplace
and be a part of something I think this is that community.
>> We're giving out pie to anybody who would like a slice, trying to spread
the message of kindness and sharing.
I think Ann Arbor's spirit is all about, it's a comfortable place to be yourself.
I was inspired by Elizabeth Warren's
speech about how even somebody that built a factory and became very rich was
dependent on
roads that other people paid for in schools that other people paid for.
So even though I made the pie, millions of other people contributed to it and
that's why
I'm willing to share it with anybody.
>> (Singing)
>> I've been here 4 years and I'm just beginning to scratch the surface of what
the city has to offer.
>> I think Ann Arbor is a lighthouse, or a beacon.
>> Ann Arbor is a couple of miles surrounded by reality.
>> The essence of Ann Arbor, it's almost the quirkiness of it.
>> People always talk about the multiculturalism and I think there is.
There's a lot of
cross-culture and different ideas coming with the university.
>> The spirit of Ann Arbor is getting everyone involved, and picking everyone up
and supporting people. >> You come to Ann Arbor
and there are just people willing to accept you with open arms and just
embrace you. >> My first time moving anywhere is going to be scary.
Especially as a freshman when you've never lived out of the house and you're
just, like, experiencing everything new.
>> My first piece of advice would be not to hide.
Don't never come out of your dorm room. Get out. Do things. Meet people.
Go places.
Just don't be afraid.
>> There's a really good ice cream place called Washtenaw Dairy.
>> Art fair. I love art fair. Art fair is by far the best.
>> The beautiful U of M campus. >> I just like how big the Arboretum is.
>> You are in the heart of the arts of Ann Arbor.
>> The only wait to feel, like to get lost
and not have anything to do is to not try and not look.