Question about Taylor (Detroit, Ann Arbor, Dearborn: house, colleges, diversity)

[ki_chan]

Hello, I came here for some feedback.

My name is Katie, I'm a senior in High School, and I am currently living in Virginia.
My mom is a Michigan native, and has decided once I graduate, we are moving to Taylor, Michigan. Now.. I'm technically a Michigan native too, I was born there, but when I was two we moved. So I don't remember Michigan at all, I just remember my grandmas old dusty house, because we used to visit time to time as I was growing up.
I am very attached to where I live, I have lots of friends, the colleges I want to go to are here, and I'm just accustomed to this area, unlike my mom, who despises this place.
I've been looking for a place to live here(in Virginia), but so far, luck isn't on my side.
So I was wondering... if I were to move to Taylor, what would it have to offer me, as a young adult? I don't mean "Its a good place to raise your children.", I'm only a teenager.
To let you know alittle about me.. I'm just a teenager with Peter Pan Syndrome, I dread change and growing up. I was raised in Texas from age 2 to 12, and it took me two years to finally get over Texas, and call Virginia home; I'm now 17, going on 18. I'm not a very social person, I'm very shy, so it takes me awhile to make friends, but I do have a nice group of friends who are like family to me. To me, my friends are my sanity, I have a very hectic and stressful family, so I generally keep to myself when with them, and my friends are usually there for me to vent on, or just as an escape. And since I'll be out of High School, it'll be harder for me to make friends. I like art, I plan on getting a career in art, like an art director, or something in graphics art. I also love anime, and Japanese culture, I've always been seen as a geek for that.

I can guarantee if Taylor has nothing to occupy me with, I will become very emotionally unstable. I will end up sitting in my room, thinking about how I have nothing to do here, and how in Virginia, I'd probably be hanging out with my friends, or hosting the anime club, etc, and then sulk in self pitty, which I don't want to do. I'm used to living in big cities, I lived in Houston, Texas. And those cities tend to have alot to offer you.

[Blue Grass Fever]

Taylor is not an eclectic neighborhood if that's what you're looking for. Ann Arbor is more your style. Taylor is infamously referred as "TaylorTucky" by Metro-Detroiters in general. It is a country-ish and blue collar suburb. (in general)

Your best bet if you were to move back to Taylor is to assimilate yourself into Ann Arbor's culture. It's a neat college town with lots of diversity and very liberal culture in general.

If you have any more specific questions...feel free to ask.

BTW: Ann Arbor is a 20-30 minute freeway ride from Taylor on I-94

[Angel Bear]

You may enjoy Royal Oak too

Also, check out Dearborn. It's an up and coming area, but you may have to look harder to find things than in Ann Arbor. I lived in Ann Arbor for four years and loved it (in college).

[ki_chan]

I was born in Dearborn, and my mom keeps nagging me to go to Ann Arbor for college.
I'm not even sure I could get into a college there, I know nothing about the colleges in Michigan, other than Michigan state is big with football.