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I am considering purchasing a home in Milford, MI. How is the area? Is it becoming more diverse? We want to live in a city with some of everyone. I'd really like our kids to have that opportunity. Something I didn't experience until middle school. I did love the neighborhood we toured and also the proximity to M-59 is important as we work in different areas and need to meet in the middle. But Kensington is very nice. We bike ride, hike, kayak and just enjoy the outdoors so this might be a place for us to call home. Any info is appreciated
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I am considering purchasing a home in Milford, MI. How is the area? Is it becoming more diverse? We want to live in a city with some of everyone. I'd really like our kids to have that opportunity. Something I didn't experience until middle school. I did love the neighborhood we toured and also the proximity to M-59 is important as we work in different areas and need to meet in the middle. But Kensington is very nice. We bike ride, hike, kayak and just enjoy the outdoors so this might be a place for us to call home. Any info is appreciated
I'm in the next town over....or up in Highland. I don't see Milford as being very diverse. My oldest son graduated last year and I think he said there was 3 black kids in the entire school. ( Milford High School) My youngest is 10 and I think there is one black child in his school. I cannot think of any ( some of everyone ) I have seen in this area. Very few Asian, few to no Arabic, no Chaldean that I know of but this has just been my experiences in two schools and I also spend a lot of time in and around downtown. I just don;t view it as being very diversified.
Beyond that though Milford is a really nice little town. Nice shops, good food. They have a ladies night out weekly, Concerts in the park I think just about every Thursday for much of the summer. Kennsington as you know already IS awesome. Overall I think it's a very nice area and your half way between M-59 and 96, and what you don't find in Milford is just a hop skip and a jump away.
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As nice as Milford is, diverse it ain't. But not that it's in a negative way I don't think. There just aren't many folks who aren't white living there. Not sure why? I haven't seen or heard others in MIlford say anything about rejecting diversity..
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Milford is a really neat quaint old fashioned town. Nowhere is Michigan is very diverse. Ann Arbor is probably the closest that you get. Most towns are heavily segregated.
Milford does not have the best schools. Their schools are not bad, but that are never gng to make the list of the best schools in the State or the county. Nearby Northville is very quaint and clean and has top notch schools. South Lyon is not as quaint, but has some quaintness and better schools.
Milford's biggest problem as I see it is accessibility. It has one way in/out and it gets really really busy during rush hours.
Kensington is fabulous. If you could get a house on the back side of Buno road (basically nestled in Kensington, or over in Brighton township on the other side of the park, where you could walk, ride or ski into the park, it might be worth putting up withthe mediochre schools in Milford or Brighton. You really do not need great schools if your kids are bright and motiviated. They can excel just as well at an average school. You just do not want bad schools and neither Milford nor Brighton are bad schools.
If you want your kids to experience other cultures, get them into an exchange program, take them to volunteer at a shelter in Detroit, or send them to a summer camp in California. If they work at Kensington, they will get quite a bit of exposure to diversity.
By the way, diverse schools do not guarantee that your kids will be accepting of other races and cultures, often it does the opposite. Most of the people that i know who are the strongest advocates agaisnt generalizations, stereotyping and bigotry are people who were raised in all white communities. It is up to you to raise your kids to understand what is right. The schools will not do it for you, and a diverse school will often expose them to bigoted concepts in a atmosphere where you have no input.
Milford is not racist or rejecting, but typically for that area they are just starting to get a taste of diversity. Next door is Brighton -- just starting to get some real diversity in place and also very nice -- or Ann Arbor, very diverse but very expensive, too.
My fiancee and I are contemplating moving out to the Milford area. I have grown up in the Metro Detroit area. Currently I live in Birmingham, previously lived in Rochester, Royal Oak, and now Birmingham. We like the proximity to Metro & State parks and the downtown area of Milford. Seems like you can get the best of both worlds with being away from some of the craziness yet having access to Detroit as well.
Concerns are traffic/commuting, schools, etc.
We really like some of the older, more charming homes in the village. What is the real estate market like for those types of homes?
Location: 30% Brighton--60% Grand Rapids 10% on the road
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As mentioned, access to Milford proper is a PITA. My BnL lives just outside of downtown near the fire station and has said the real estate prospects have been good.
Overall it seems to be a good value in the way of homes. My SnL commutes from Milford to Westland using I-96 to I-275 and takes upwards of 90 minutes in the evening. Personally I think there are better routes, but she prefers the "down" time on the freeway to decompress.
That is my only real concern about moving to Milford is the commute.
My current job has me in different parts of the Detroit area - Auburn Hills, Dearborn, I-275 corridor. Additionally a few trips out of town per month, out of DTW. Granted, I'm looking at some other opportunities, but that would still likely be in the Novi/Southfield area.
I've seen the horrendous traffic on I-96 during rush hour, it always seems backed-up. I can tolerate a 30-40 minute commute. An hour+ in traffic is a no-go for me.
Milford is a really neat quaint old fashioned town. Nowhere is Michigan is very diverse. Ann Arbor is probably the closest that you get. Most towns are heavily segregated.
Milford does not have the best schools. Their schools are not bad, but that are never gng to make the list of the best schools in the State or the county. Nearby Northville is very quaint and clean and has top notch schools. South Lyon is not as quaint, but has some quaintness and better schools.
Milford's biggest problem as I see it is accessibility. It has one way in/out and it gets really really busy during rush hours.
Kensington is fabulous. If you could get a house on the back side of Buno road (basically nestled in Kensington, or over in Brighton township on the other side of the park, where you could walk, ride or ski into the park, it might be worth putting up withthe mediochre schools in Milford or Brighton. You really do not need great schools if your kids are bright and motiviated. They can excel just as well at an average school. You just do not want bad schools and neither Milford nor Brighton are bad schools.
If you want your kids to experience other cultures, get them into an exchange program, take them to volunteer at a shelter in Detroit, or send them to a summer camp in California. If they work at Kensington, they will get quite a bit of exposure to diversity.
By the way, diverse schools do not guarantee that your kids will be accepting of other races and cultures, often it does the opposite. Most of the people that i know who are the strongest advocates agaisnt generalizations, stereotyping and bigotry are people who were raised in all white communities. It is up to you to raise your kids to understand what is right. The schools will not do it for you, and a diverse school will often expose them to bigoted concepts in a atmosphere where you have no input.
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That is my only real concern about moving to Milford is the commute.
My current job has me in different parts of the Detroit area - Auburn Hills, Dearborn, I-275 corridor. Additionally a few trips out of town per month, out of DTW. Granted, I'm looking at some other opportunities, but that would still likely be in the Novi/Southfield area.
I've seen the horrendous traffic on I-96 during rush hour, it always seems backed-up. I can tolerate a 30-40 minute commute. An hour+ in traffic is a no-go for me.
Maybe north of Milford around Highland? Along the M-59 corridor. Novi and Northville would be closer to DTW and still get you cross town to Auburn / Western Oakland County.
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