Lansing neighborhoods to avoid

[paulkramer]

Originally Posted by spartan185

Avoid NW Lansing. You will have to deal with noise from the airport. Also, the living is not so "pretty" in north Lansing. The areas around LCC and the capital are improving. Also, in recent years, there has been a push for revitalizing the homes in the downtown area (along and south of Michigan Ave. between the capital and MSU). SE Lansing underwent a house-building boom in the late 90's so there are some nice affordable starter-homes in that area.

Consider looking in neighboring towns like Holt, Mason, East Lansing, Okemos, Williamston, and Grand Ledge. Nice, traditional mid-west towns with good schools and nice homes. All with a relatively easy commute to Lansing.

This is an old thread, but the living is not "so pretty" in the areas you mention either. Just because the houses are newer and the commute is horrible, with inadequate and essentially unpaved roads doesn't translate to nicer.

And the people - "traditional" apparently translates to small-minded and snobby.

Lansing area living is very hit and miss. But I would surely avoid downtown......that is the pits.

[100%Michigan]

Base on what I've heard, avoid south Lansing. Near the churchhill area... I heard its horrible. Many say living by the Lansing Mall is a nice area, also off the grand river...

[electric_lady]

Visit Lansing and check it out for yourself. It's got pockets of safe and pockets of dangerous and honestly, just drive around and you can tell which is which. Do not, by any means, ever move to Baker Street. It's off Pennsylvania just north of Mt. Hope. It's terrible. Absolutely terrible. I lived there for two months next to a crack house. My house was broken in to and the liquor store a block away had bullet holes in the window. In Lansing, the cheapest rent usually means it's in the worst neighborhoods. Just drive around and see for yourself. There are some nice areas.