[terrym2442]

Actually, there are many nice areas in Farmington Hills and the travel time for your husband would be nill. You should also look into W. Bloomfield. Southfield is past its prime, though.

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[csrorick]

Actually you couldn't be further from the truth..saying "Once the Unions are out of there, the place might have a chance." My dear..they are the reasons why we have weekends, get higher wages, and are not in slave labor. Once you stop buying foreign crap..then we will have a chance

[lynmaz]

Me and my family moved to Warren 4 years ago after living in Troy, Shelby, Utica, Washington and Clinton Twp. for most of our 30 years of marriage. We have 4 grown children. When we moved to Warren our youngest son was able to go to Mott High where me and my husband met. I am delighted to live here. We live in the southend (9 mile & Ryan). These are the nicest, genuine people in the world! Our street is very peaceful. The homes are older, most are brick. We have big beautiful trees throughout our neighborhood, many are pines (my favorite). I just want to tell everyone that Warren is a great place to live, work and raise a family. We have a new Mayor, a new Police Chief and things are really improving since we moved here 4 years ago. My dad is a retired City of Warren employee and he always said, be careful what city you choose to live in because the standards, guidelines, etc., will effect you sooner or later. I feel sorry for some of the seniors who raised their families and worked hard only to have those children move to northern suburbs and too far sometimes for grandma and grandpa to see the grandchildren often. Those children who moved north have indirectly caused some of their parents property values to go down. They are paying high taxes to other cities and spending lots of money on housing where it could be spent in their own parents neighborhoods, which would in turn give them a valuable inheritence. One more note: If you want to live in a very safe neighborhood, families should try to live on the same street. Think about it.
Thanks for listening,
Lynne

[kobraf150]

I avoid any area which looks run-down and is not taken care of. Sadly, 90% of Detroit is like that, so is some of Redford, Livonia, the downriver area, most of Inkster, and (gasp) even some of beautiful Plymouth (which I love the rest of). Just stay away from areas with 2' weeds growing out of the sidewalks, and burnt down houses all around and you should be ok.

[bound4smalltown]

Farmington Hills is quite nice. Bloomfield Hills is not recommended if you like a "down-to-earth" feeling." Also Brighton and Howell are still nice and not too developed if you're looking for somewhere more relaxing and still a lot of land and fresh air. I would avoid the Belleville area. It is deceiving. As mega-growth occurs, the newspaper (which we no longer have a small paper to call our own because it's combined with about 7 other surrounding cities) tells us what is being built, what the growth plans are and that they are trying to balance the growth yet maintain that country atmosphere. This is no longer a country atmosphere because they have changed zoning from agricultural to industrial or residential in too many areas. The roads are busy and people don't treat each other in the same friendly manner anymore. The lake is gray and not always at a sanitary level yet many people eat the huge carp from the lake. We do have a community clean-up effort in keeping the lake clean. There has been talk of putting a new huge grocery store on Main street at the expense of others and then continue to talk about the quaintness of the town. And the old Farmer Jack about 1/2-3/4 mile down the road remains empty. The quaintness has gone. Crime is on the up rise I guess since we've had to increase public safety as evidenced by the number of responding police cars with lights going. I no longer feel safe walking down the street alone at night. You will find the stores and restaurants often loud and definitely no longer a "quaint" experience. Kids love to play among the clothes racks and run around the aisles. I remember wondering why there was a Meijer store going up way down on Belleville Rd on the north side of I94. It was one of the first major stores to go up in that area. Belleville was a place to be proud to live in but there is not much unique about it nowadays. The annual strawberry festival was a "mini" festival this year because of possible road work down Main street. It was just as well because of the gangs and fighting that occurred on the evening of the last day of the festival last year. Most people I talk to would have loved to retire in Belleville but not anymore. I don't blame them, me neither. It is just a matter of time before dozens more flee the city, out with the old and in with the new. In my opinion the "town" has grown too much and can no longer be classified a small country town. I have noticed an increase in clutter around public areas. People do not display the same friendliness to each other, and newcomers have brought the ways of where they used to live to the Belleville area including driving habits. It's a shame. The bottom line was money to the city with little regard for the people who loved Belleville just the way it was before all the growth. So many people I know agree that the town really doesn't have anything unique to offer anymore. By the way, for whoever is interested, I believe there are some areas that have been made into new parks if you want to visit and feel that country atmosphere. If you're looking to live in a small country-like town then you may want to reconsider. Those are days gone past. Sorry.

[detdog]

Warren north of 696 is great, older homes treelined safe neighborhoods, excellent schools, beautiful community center, brand new libraries, new skating rink and activities for families all the time (summerfest, harvestfest, winterfest).

that being said if you're working in farmington, Novi or walled lake find a place there, all nice places to live.

[dpcruiser1]

I have to agree, Woodhaven is great if you can get past the taxes, terrible roads(Vreeland, Van horn), all the traffic delays(do to the trains), and powerlines everywhere.

[KenH]

Hello, I have an offer to work at the University of Toledo and I'm considering living in S. MI. I was curious what is the feeling about the area around Lambertville and Temperance. What are the negatives about living there and working in Toledo? The geography looks much nicer, nice houses on spacious properties seem priced to buy, and I hear the Bedford schools are pretty good. Any thoughts, warnings or words of encouragement?

Thanks in advance,

KH

[zthatzmanz28]

Personally I highly recommend Taylor...taylor-tucky that is..

Taxes and amenities to boot...

They also have a great fireworks display during the Taylor-Hoe down...

[tryin2buy]

I would suggest the Wixom/Walled Lake/Commerce Twp areas. South Lyon is nice and not too far from Farmington Hills.

Good luck!