[SWV]

In 2 months I will be moving to Big Rapids as a college student at Ferris State, I'm from a pretty mid sized city (Kalamazoo) and we have lots to do.

But when I started to surf the magnificent internet for Big Rapids I came to realize it is a boring small town far away from any major city (Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Chicago, Lansing and etc.)


I know I will be studying and paying more attention to my studies for school, but what do young people like me do there?

And at the rate gas going, I will NOT be traveling a lot.

[mackinac81]

Actually Big Rapids has more stuff than you might think. Suffice it to say it has all of the basic stuff that Portage has (Walmart, Meijer, Bennigans, etc...) but not much more. It's definitely more than a crossroads with a blinking light. But outside of BR, you won't find much. It's an hour north of GR and an hour south of Cadillac. Reed city is a nice town, but nothing for a college student to do there.

I know this simply from driving through the town on my way up north. As for night life, I'll leave that to someone from Big Rapids.

[burgler09]

I have some buddies that go there, and they love it. it really depends on your interests. Obviously there isn't a lot to do out there.. its Big Rapids.. lol I think the main thing to really do is go to bars and go to parties. There aren't really any activites that go on in Big Rapids, lol. All of my friends that go there like it a lot, but they are all serious beer drinkers who really like drinking, lol. I wish you the best of luck in Big Rapids.

[Rapunzll]

Big Rapids isn't all that far from GR, maybe an hour. I have worked there on a Fed Govt. survey from time to time, and although I have worked all over the state, the people in BR always seemed the nicest.

[Jacks1961]

What is the closest airport to Big rapids, where I can travel to cities like sfo? Thanks