May Get a job with TACOM in Warren, MI...what's the area like? (Troy: condos, hotels)

[scolls]

I can't believe all the crap written in this thread about Warren. It was started two years ago so I'm fairly certain the original poster has moved already. There is nothing wrong with northern Warren. It's most brick ranches about 1000-1400 square feet built in the 1960's. Violent crime is pretty low. (Don't forget Warren is Michigan's third largest city) Property crime is highest in the south. I can't believe someone would recommend Ferndale instead. Ferndale is higher crime but I guess since they built some little yuppy downtown section on 9 mile, it's so much better. If you really need a yuppy fix, just drive 5 minutes to Royal Oak.

[us66]

Don't call the police, though. They'll tell you to move. True story, more than once, and I lived pretty far north in Warren.

[rucks]

Question please,Ten Mile&Ryan is South Warren?
Timm,you're my kind of person lol. Loved your post!

[AncientCoins]

Originally Posted by scolls

I can't believe all the crap written in this thread about Warren. It was started two years ago so I'm fairly certain the original poster has moved already. There is nothing wrong with northern Warren. It's most brick ranches about 1000-1400 square feet built in the 1960's. Violent crime is pretty low. (Don't forget Warren is Michigan's third largest city) Property crime is highest in the south. I can't believe someone would recommend Ferndale instead. Ferndale is higher crime but I guess since they built some little yuppy downtown section on 9 mile, it's so much better. If you really need a yuppy fix, just drive 5 minutes to Royal Oak.

Warren isn't a city at all. To have a city you must have a downtown, city center or main street. Warren has none of these. Ferndale does have a subsantive downtown and it is not new, just revitalized. People like Ferndale over Warren because of that very reason it's an actual city.

[newport1885]

Its a LUNCH BUCKET CITY. South Warren has better homes compared to the 1970's sterile tract housing subdivisions to the north and Sterling Heights. PRO's are lower cost of living, little crime, upkeep on a typical home won't break the bank. Con's very high unemployment, looks OLD OLD OLD, half the city is on welfare or social security. Warren needs a big facelift and high paying jobs.

[us66]

Originally Posted by AncientCoins

Warren isn't a city at all. To have a city you must have a downtown, city center or main street. Warren has none of these. Ferndale does have a subsantive downtown and it is not new, just revitalized. People like Ferndale over Warren because of that very reason it's an actual city.

There is a downtown-looking area, at Chicago and Mound. It's a historical district, but it has an eight lane road going through at 50 miles per hour and has nothing to recommend, a historical district in name only. There is also a small high-rise district around 13 and Van Dyke (which even got a State of Michigan "Cool City" designation) but there is little cool about it and strains the credibility of the Cool Cities program. They did a pretty good job at 12 1/2 and Van Dyke with the fountain and the big huge city hall/library building which is a lot nicer than the dumpy city hall they used to have when I lived there. The city wanted to revitalize the 9 and Van Dyke area about 15-20 years ago but they squandered the possibility and the highlight of the redevelopment was a new McDonald's. Typical Macomb County.

[Retroit]

Originally Posted by AncientCoins

To have a city you must have a downtown, city center or main street.

???? Why???? Why can't a city have businesses spread throughout the city? Why can't you have several streets that have businesses?

I'll agree that many cities do have downtowns, but I don't think that it is a "must".

[Remisc]

Originally Posted by us66

There is also a small high-rise district around 13 and Van Dyke

13 Mile and Van Dyke, Warren, MI - Google Maps

This? Don't make me laugh.

[Junebug2011]

Originally Posted by rucks

Question please,Ten Mile&Ryan is South Warren?
Timm,you're my kind of person lol. Loved your post!

For what it's worth, either 11 Mile Rd (I-696) or 12 Mile Rd is the division between "north" and "south" Warren, depending on who you ask. There's a beautiful area south of 14 Mile Rd just West of Hoover.

[rucks]

Originally Posted by Junebug2011

For what it's worth, either 11 Mile Rd (I-696) or 12 Mile Rd is the division between "north" and "south" Warren, depending on who you ask. There's a beautiful area south of 14 Mile Rd just West of Hoover.

Thank you