<p>Which cities do you think have the most living Michigan alumni?</p>
<p>NYC, Chicago, DC, Houston in that order</p>
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<p>Detroit would be first</p>
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<li>Detroit - 56,600</li>
<li>Northville - 28,000</li>
<li>Chicago - 23,232</li>
<li>Flint - 20,600</li>
<li>NYC - 13,200</li>
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<p>I very highly doubt that.</p>
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<p>The article mentions “Greater Detroit” which is FAR different from “Detroit.” In addition, since Northville doesn’t even have 28,000 people, I don’t see how there can be 28,000 alums there. Also, is Northville not part of “Greater Detroit?” The numbers seem deeply flawed.</p>
<p>And for Flint, my guess is that includes people from UM-Flint, not just Ann Arbor. 20,600 is approximately 20% of the people in Flint (not just those who are old enough to have graduated college - 20% of all people).</p>
<p>The figures in that article were all provided by the UM Alumni Association as well so I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re only including members of the UM Alumni Association. I highly highly doubt there’s only 13,200 alums living in New York. I’d also venture to guess a vast majority of the Detroit alums are older and it’s attracting very few newer alumni.</p>
<p>@Vladenschlutte Agreed. Those numbers are very odd. Seems pretty nonsensical to me.</p>
<p>My guess is that the donation numbers would be a better indicator of where the alumni live than the alumni association numbers. The top 3 in particular sounds right about in-line with what I expect them to be at the state level.</p>
<p>Where the money is: Top 10 states in alumni giving in fiscal 2012</p>
<p>Michigan: $107.2M
California: $51.4M
New York: $33.8M
Illinois: $13.7M
New Jersey: $11.8M
Ohio: $7.3M
Florida: $6.5M
Pennsylvania: $6.8M
Washington: $5.7M
Texas: $5.2M</p>
<p>I think the alumni numbers are based on the various alumni clubs. There is a separate alumni club for Northville. The Northville and Detroit clubs would all serve metro Detroit which definitely has far more U-M alumni than other metro areas. If Vlad wants to get technical about urban boundaries which are irrelevant for a discussion like this then that is his problem.</p>