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A friend is looking at relocating to the Detroit area and her realtor is pushing Lathrup Village. I spent some years in suburban Detroit, but know nothing about this community(and 20 years later my info isn't very good about the communities I did know). What is this village like? What type of people live there? I know she can get a lot for her money, but what is the area's personality?
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It is decent in my experience. Rather a bedroom community, nested in Southfield. It is like Southfield in many ways, and also in the sense that there is a pretty much even 50/50 split of black people and white people. If your friend would have a problem with that, then Lathrup probably isn't for you. It is a quiet nice place though, not a whole lot to do, no real shopping or anything, just houses. Plan on being in Southfield and other burbs a lot.
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I always thought of it as a Southfield neighborhood, with it's own city limits. I don't think that there is any commercial in the city at all. Overall a good city to live, not to much different from the City of Southfield.
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The big thing in Southfield is the town center. Tallest buildings in Michigan outside of Detroit. My mom worked there about 20 years.
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I didn't really know Southfield either. I just remember it as a sort of sterile city with office buildings in the center.
I guess I should rephrase my question: What is it about Lathrup Village that make someone WANT to live there? Why Lathrup Village over Royal Oak or Birmingham. ANY reason besides cost? Money is not an issue, she's coming from Chicago where house prices are much higher, the realtor just seems to be pushing this city, and I can't figure it out |
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LV is just boring suburbia. Some people like that, but I would defintely choose Royal Oak, Berkley or other cities near that area. They just have more character than Southfield or LV IMO. I personally don't like Birmingham because I see a lot of ostentatiousness, but to each his own I guess.
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