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The People's Republic of Ann Arbor
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A (usually) derisive reference to Ann Arbor, used to equate the liberal politics of the town with the communist government of the People's Republic of China.
Ann Arbor has taken a number of actions over the years that cause people to view it as left of center, including instituting a bottle bill that pre-dated the State of Michigan's, mandating a living wage for employees of the City or the City's contractors, and creation of the Greenbelt. Sometimes this tendency has verged into the surreal, such as a proposed animal rights ordinance in the early 2000s that saw City Council debating what constituted human companionship for goldfish.
[edit] Sister cities in this regard
Several other cities across the USA get this naming. E.g:
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- People's Republic of *, Everything2
- A prefix, referring to a liberal community in a derogatory manner. Generally applied by conservatives (i.e., Rush Limbaugh), but occasionally one of the more fledgling communities will subtly apply the term to itself, in an effort to seem cool and oppressed in liberal circles.
