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Originally Posted by EssAndDee
-housing: we do get placement but I'd like to have some idea/input on where we end up. We have a dog which may or may not be a problem, but what neighborhoods generally are considered safe/desirable? No kids, if that matters. We don't need to live right in town.
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My husband lived grew up in Midland and his parents are still there, so we are in town a lot. As far as I've seen there aren't any bad areas. The downtown is really to small and not much to worry about. Most of the shops and restaurants are just on one street!
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-food/drinks: is it all chain restaurants out there, or are there some notable local places?
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Pi's Chinese is popular with my husband's family and it is usually busy. For lunch and breakfast I like Omlette's & More which is downtown. Also downtown is Molly's Bistro (which I still need to try). D'Alessandro's has pretty good Italian.
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-grocery: any farmer's markets or roadside stands?
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There's a nice farmer's market downtown on Wednesdays and Saturday's but it closes at noon. I think there is an apple orchard if you drive out past the mall and fairgrounds, they might have some things.
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-must-sees, must-dos: I've already heard about the baseball park, so we're excited to check that out. And then the gardens, right? But is there anything else?
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Yep, Dow Gardens. There is also a Midland Center for the Arts that gets quite a variety of performances. There is also an art museum in the same building.
If you have a dog there is a nice dog park with both a big dog and small dog side. It's past the skate park.
The fairgrounds have antique festivals occasionally. Also there is an event called "River Days" that happens in the middle of summer (July?).