Different areas of michigan (Detroit, Grand Rapids: luxury, vacation, work)

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Can someone tell me the goods and bads of the different areas of Michigan. We are looking to buy in Michigan - we are self employed and can live anywhere to run our business. We are looking for a place with a few acres, we hate humidity. I know from reading that the UP is very isolated, so I think that's out but the rest of MIchigan...what is it like?

Sorry for the broad question.............

[tym2retyr]

Just about anywhere in the northern lower would be a good place for you. The winters can be cold and snowy, but for the most part it is great here. Traverse City is a VERY nice place to set up a new life. And its not near as crowded here as it is farther south.JMO

[suydam]

I agree...if I had a home-based business that allowed me to live literally anywhere I'd already be calling Traverse City home.

There are, however, a myriad of wonderful areas in Michigan. It depends what you're looking for... urban living with an exciting nightlife? I'd probably point you to Royal Oak. Urban living with a more adult population? Birmingham. Up-and-coming city living? Grand Rapids. Lakeshore boating life? Grand Haven.

If you let us know what you're after as far as a place to live, I'll bet we can point you in several right directions.

[Cliffie]

Livingston County (Howell, Brighton, Fowlerville, Lakeland, and of course lovely Hell, MI) is full of empty storefronts, TONS of fishing and water sports, empty houses priced attractively low, and frankly really nice people. It's a bit churchy for my taste but I find people here to be genuinely friendly and nice. Ethnic diversity was almost nonexistent when I got here, but even that is finally changing.

The humidity is high this year but usually not so bad! There are lots of houses on big stretches of land, new and old.

Hmm, what else? We are an hour from downtown, half an hour from the nightlife on the West Side of Detroit, also within easy reach of Ann Arbor (but cheaper!) and Lansing, the state capital.

We would LOVE to have a new business in our area.

[rutha1105]

If you are looking for a place to ride horses, you can't get much better than the area in and around Manistee county. Plenty of state land, snowmobile trails and the Michigan Shore to shore trail. Great footing and big shoulders on roads (to accomodate snowmobiles, but they work great for horses, too). If you can stand the snow! Gets more sun and wind than lower in the state, but cooler and less humid in the summer.

[rutha1105]

But if you really HATE humidity, you better look somewhere else.

[lillianf]

Brooklyn Mi , lots of Lakes 52 within 5 miles lovely area .
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Thanks everyone. I know my post was vague but you all have given me some good reference points to start with.

[Zmehappy]

Suagatuck/Douglas is a wonderful place. Lake Michigan offers some of the best sunsets we have seen. It's like being on vacation every day, yet close to Grand Rapids and Holland and about 2 1/2 hours to Chicago.