Moving From Sunny L.A., CA to Detroit/surrounding areas (Flint: relocating, house)

[luv716]

Everyone Please Carefully Read Rohan Response To The Question At Hand An U Will See Why The State Of Michigan Is Considered One Of The Most Segregated States In The United States Of America.

Its Sad!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mariatherese]

not michigan... SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. we arent like that in northern michigan. you are right, it is true... but please dont lump all of michigan together like that.

[JenM]

Oh gosh you can definately go south of 16 mile! It just depends where. Like St. Clair Shores/Fraser are nice areas. Sterling Heights is a nice area too with lots of new places to live. It isn't that far from detroit by freeway. Heck I live at 27 mile and Gratiot and hubby works in Melivndale and it only takes him 45minutes to an hour for travel time! Good Luck

Oh yeah as far as school go... Wayne State is awesome for anything medical related!!!

[Blue Grass Fever]

Hi,

Some recommendations: Ann Arbor area is a nice area, very liberal town, lots to do, probably the gem/hidden jewel of southeast Michigan.

Closer to Detroit: Dearborn is becoming trendy again up and down Michigan Ave, has considerable population of Arab descent so there is plenty of arab culture and restaraunts. Mainly a white collar town/city. Big advantage living in Dearborn is that you're in good driving distance to everything.

Stay away from Downriver area (Lincoln Park, Melvindale,Ecorse, River Rouge, Taylor,Allen Park-so so)mainly but there are some good areas in this generally depressed metro section south of Detroit. One is Southgate another are some parts of Wyandotte which has alot of older/historic homes.

If you're looking for country, i would suggest going north of Detroit between Shebly Township and Romeo. There are some progressive neighborhoods there. Lake Orion is another.

Hope this can help some.

[Poetic]

I live in Madison Heights... it's awful. Crime isn't bad, but the schools suck & many Detroiters travel up here all the time to work & go to school. As others said Royal Oak is pretty good, but nothing in Michigan beats Ann Arbor. I go to the University of Michigan - Dearborn campus... it's an alright school for those who live far from Ann Arbor. If I could do it over again i'd go to Wayne State University. Nice large school, great architecture, lots of degrees & great location (that part of Detroit is nice IMO). Although, due to their open policy, i've heard Wayne can be like a highschool type setting.

Like someone else said... moving to Michigan isn't the best idea. Especially moving here to participate in the auto industry.

[mkfarnam]

I was born and raised on a dairy farm in "Cadillac, Mi. I`ve lived in So California for 30 years.
It`s time to get the hell out.

moving to Michigan isn't the best idea.

It beats Mexifornia, the Califonria dream has been boycotted.

[sreed418]

Depending on how far your boyfriend wants to drive I would suggest the Ann Arbor area! The University of Michigan is there as well as Eastern Michigan University in the next town over (which has a pretty large nursing program). Good schools, a nice town...check it out!

[mike jones]

Originally Posted by an6el177

Hi all, I joined to get some information on Detroit, MI. My boyfriend and I live in sunny Orange County/L.A. and are planning on relocating to MI for his new job as an editor (obviously he's in the automotive industry). I've read that the suburbs are a nice to live in and we're ideally looking for a loft/condo/townhouse/home with an enclosed garage. Does anyone have any recommendations for what city?

Also, I was in the middle of applying to undergrad second degree programs and grad schools in nursing/physician's assistant studies here in SoCal. Now I have to look into MI's university/colleges. Does anyone have any advice for attending school in MI? What the reputation of some of the local campuses are? Financial aid for out of state/re-located students? I was interested in these schools but don't know how far they are from Detroit: Davenport Univ, Michigan State Univ, Univ of MI, Wayne State Univ, Central MI Univ, Grand Valley State Univ, Univ of Detroit Mercy, Western MI Univ.

I'm basically following my boyfriend to MI otherwise he won't take the promotion. The editor of Detroit has moved here to OC, and now my boyfriend is switching places with him. I haven't told my parents, family, and friends yet...so any advice would be appreciated! Thanx!

Try Canton Township.
We are doing pretty good here,plently of homes to choose from and very family friendly. Crime is minimal.
Great stores like Ikea and Borders Books and Music.
15- 20 minute drive to Ann Arbor (U of M hospital, St Joes)
Avoid older communities like Wayne, Westland,Romulus and especially Taylor.
They are depressing.

Stay out of Detroit if the residents do not kill you or rob you blind, the taxes will.

[an6el177]

After weeks of research, and a lot of your responses (thank you!), my boyfriend and I have decided on cities surrounding Troy (i.e, Clawson, Shelby Township, Royal Oak, Bloomfield Hills, Walled Lake, etc.). Craigslist has been awesome in terms of finding places for rent. We'll be in the neck of the woods mid-December to finalize which place we're going to rent for the next 6months and on.
One thing I'm disappointed is, MI doesn't offer any direct entry programs in nursing for non-B.S. in Nursing and non RN's. In CA, we call them MEPN or MSN-E (Master's entry program in nursing for non-nurses). They are 3 year programs in CA whereas in MI, I have to get a double bachelor's in nursing through an accelerated program (U of Mi, Oakland U, MI State U, Wayne SU, etc) which is 1 year and then apply to a Master's program which is 2 years. Yes, that still comes out to 3 years, but its twice the application. Not only that, I don't qualify for financial aid (on top of my out of state tuition fee because my boyfriend & I aren't married) since I already have a Bachelor's degree. I guess its a sacrifice I'll have to make for education with the hopes of a career in healthcare.
Does anyone know how difficult it is to get into the public universities I mentioned above? After watching the UofM's football, it seems like a pretty hardcore school to get into!

[Poetic]

Originally Posted by an6el177

(U of Mi, Oakland U, MI State U, Wayne SU, etc)
Does anyone know how difficult it is to get into the public universities I mentioned above?

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Campus is tough to get into. It is a very popular campus and attracts many out-of-state as well as foreign nationals from around the world. It has the motto as being the Harvard of the west - I don't know about that, but it sums up the fact that the college is pretty tough to get accepted to. With the right grades, however, there's no reason not to at least apply as it is a great school.

I can't speak for Michigan State University - I never really considered it due to the long commute from where I live. Seems like a very nice school though. Wayne State University and Oakland University are both extremely easy to get into - practically open enrollment (2.7 or above GPA and you're in). They also cost less. But you get what you pay for - friends of mine that go to the two schools have complained that the work there is really easy and it seems to have a jr. college type of atmosphere to it.

One friend of mine transferred from Wayne to U of M... he said U of M is much better and that Wayne couldn't compete. Either way, if you stay in Michigan, Wayne State is well known and, despite these things, has a decent reputation with most Michigan employers (as far as I know).

In summary, U of M or Michigan State, i'd say, are the ones to go for based merely on reputation. U of M definitely for academics, education, research, atmosphere, etc... Wayne State if you have to - definitely not Oakland.