Moving to MI...Saginaw Rental info needed!

[MD2B]

How is the area by Saginaw Valley University and Fashion Square Mall? I have been given my schedule by my school, I start in Sept.

[Brent85]

The area around the mall and SVSU is very livable.

[PTA2008]

Hey man did you find a place? I am actually considering taking a travel assignment in the same area for 13 weeks starting end of Aug or first of Sept. I am a Physical Therapist Assistant who just graduated. Hit me up tell me what you have found out about the area, i am a little nervous cuz sounds like its a rough area. Dhoefert@gmail.com email me dude. peace.

[jrmontag]

Originally Posted by MD2B

Thanks for the replies!

Are Weiss and Weineke apartment complexes? Nouvel on google search comes up as a High school. Is the drive from the Township to the hospitals safe?

There IS an apartment complex there but I believe the previous poster was referring to the many duplexes that line Weiss Rd in that area.

Originally Posted by MD2B

How is Fox Glen Apartments? Is that in the Township area or proper saginaw?

Those are in the Township. I have had friends that have lived there, partly due to the price of rent. I don't have an exact figure though, but I would call them. It is in the Township. The area it is in is the neighborhood I grew up in and it is very suburban, middle-class.

Originally Posted by MD2B

Should I seriously reconsider my intentions to come to the area, I am sorry to be ignorant, but I have no idea how the place is?

No, you shouldn't. What hospital were you going to work at again? That may make a difference. All of the apartments and duplexes that were being discussed are in the Township though and other than bored high school kids knocking down mailboxes, you are not likely to run into any trouble there.

I think your biggest problem may be finding a place that does 3-month leases. I had that problem when I moved to Ann Arbor but fortunately it's the summer and there are a lot of sublets.

If you have any other questions, get back to me. I know where to go and where not to go around there. I've had more trouble with crime in freakin Clarkston, Michigan (car broke into and multiple items stolen) than I've ever had in 9+ years in Saginaw.

[jrmontag]

Oh, there's another apartment complex, Waterside, near the mall which I have known several friends who have lived there. It's generally well-regarded though a lot of college kids live there and sometimes there might be noise issues or things like this.