Date: 10/1/2009 7:43:21 PM
Author: mimzy
Date: 10/1/2009 5:58:03 PM
Author: snowflakeluvr
Hi,
We moved to Michigan(Northville) a year ago from western Ohio. We are Pittsburghers so climate, people are similar. We really like it here! But today, October 1st, I actually had to scrape ice off of my windshield(with a cd case) before I took my kindergartener to school. ssaaayyyy whhhatttttt? I know we have more temperate weather to come before the chill but I thought that was kinda crazy. We''ve been downtown to theatre and sporting events, to Auburn Hills for a Disney ice show, to Frankenmuth to ''Bronner''s'' famous Christmas store, to Lansing to check out MSU for my daughter, to Ann Arbor to checkout U of M for my daughter....It''s a beautiful state and I am headed north with a girlfriend for a fall foliage day(as hubby and kids can''be be bothered) in the next couple of weeks. Where I live, property taxes are much higher than where we came from, but public schooling is very good, and sports are too. We left a very blue collar community so I enjoy the variety of restaurants(not chain) and shopping in our area.![]()
I live in a fairly affluent area and have only seen a couple of honkers....but even our B&M mall stores have some lovely goodies I like to peruse when I am shopping...
Good luck! I think we are here to stay if the auto industry survives. Hubby works downtown and doesn''t even mind that.
That said, Go PENNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I grew up in northville! I moved away for college and haven''t been back (well, for more than a few hours that is) but I''m really glad that Northville was my hometown. We didn''t live in the affluent part of town, and dealing with all the snobs was a bit obnoxious, but I definitely benefited from the awesome schools and safe town. Glad you are liking it there!
OP: I agree with everyone that says to work in Warren you don''t have to live there - I would say that the majority of people who work in white collar eastern Wayne county don''t live there. I''ve lived in Michigan my whole life and I can''t imagine living anywhere else. We are currently west MI transplants (GR) - the whole state is just gorgeous once you get out of metro detroit. If you do end up moving to MI, I urge you to look at the western suburbs like Farmington, Plymouth, Novi, Northville, even Brighton if your husband doesn''t mind a bit of a commute. The schools are just as good as to the north but the cost of living is a bit lower![]()
Date: 9/30/2009 10:54:36 AM
Author: geckodani
Date: 9/30/2009 10:52:42 AM
Author: Ara Ann
Another suggestion is to explore this site a little:
puremichigan.org
It has a lot of good info about our beautiful state! Yes we sometimes get a bad rap, mainly due to bad press about Detroit itself...but Michigan on the whole is a great place to live.
Mini threadjack: Oooh anyone else get so sick of those puremichigan commercials though? The music drives me crazy.
Date: 10/6/2009 4:06:52 PM
Author: Ara Ann
Date: 10/1/2009 7:43:21 PM
Author: mimzy
Date: 10/1/2009 5:58:03 PM
Author: snowflakeluvr
Hi,
We moved to Michigan(Northville) a year ago from western Ohio. We are Pittsburghers so climate, people are similar. We really like it here! But today, October 1st, I actually had to scrape ice off of my windshield(with a cd case) before I took my kindergartener to school. ssaaayyyy whhhatttttt? I know we have more temperate weather to come before the chill but I thought that was kinda crazy. We''ve been downtown to theatre and sporting events, to Auburn Hills for a Disney ice show, to Frankenmuth to ''Bronner''s'' famous Christmas store, to Lansing to check out MSU for my daughter, to Ann Arbor to checkout U of M for my daughter....It''s a beautiful state and I am headed north with a girlfriend for a fall foliage day(as hubby and kids can''be be bothered) in the next couple of weeks. Where I live, property taxes are much higher than where we came from, but public schooling is very good, and sports are too. We left a very blue collar community so I enjoy the variety of restaurants(not chain) and shopping in our area.![]()
I live in a fairly affluent area and have only seen a couple of honkers....but even our B&M mall stores have some lovely goodies I like to peruse when I am shopping...
Good luck! I think we are here to stay if the auto industry survives. Hubby works downtown and doesn''t even mind that.
That said, Go PENNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I grew up in northville! I moved away for college and haven''t been back (well, for more than a few hours that is) but I''m really glad that Northville was my hometown. We didn''t live in the affluent part of town, and dealing with all the snobs was a bit obnoxious, but I definitely benefited from the awesome schools and safe town. Glad you are liking it there!
OP: I agree with everyone that says to work in Warren you don''t have to live there - I would say that the majority of people who work in white collar eastern Wayne county don''t live there. I''ve lived in Michigan my whole life and I can''t imagine living anywhere else. We are currently west MI transplants (GR) - the whole state is just gorgeous once you get out of metro detroit. If you do end up moving to MI, I urge you to look at the western suburbs like Farmington, Plymouth, Novi, Northville, even Brighton if your husband doesn''t mind a bit of a commute. The schools are just as good as to the north but the cost of living is a bit lower![]()
EEEK! I grew up in Northville too...but probably way before you did! Still have family there, but we live out further (west of Oakland County!).
I agree, great place to grow up! And avoided snobs too.
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