Moving to Michigan - 8 Best Places to Live in Michigan

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[@StacieHuntley-nf7fs]

I'm soooo excited 😊😆 soon I'll be calling Michigan my permanent home and work full time so I can buy and own my own house or apartment. I know God's going to bless me and keep me safe

[@johnphelps7519]

Good luck, hope you love it here!

[@LaurenMac919]

As someone who lives in Grand Rapids I will agree everybody in the suburbs and towns know eachother, we are VERY friendly

[@ericrivera8410]

That's not a good thing for me I'm from NY I don't like people in my business

[@linusfreeney8466]

True

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@ericrivera8410 Fellow New Yorker right here... I'm from Brooklyn, and people CAN get pretty nosy 'round here!

[@OtomoTenzi]

That would be OK just as long as the neighbors are nice/honest to you and can get along fine, and genuinely care about each other... Here in Brooklyn, New York (where I live) the people try to get to 'know you' fer all the WRONG reasons tho! 😳

[@Moom.222]

كلام جميل ولكن لديا عائله في نفس المكان ولا استطيع الوصول اليهم كيف يمكنني ان ازورهم في ميشيغان..

[@nomorecoolusernames647]

As someone who has lived in Lansing for 20 years, and has visited family in Saginaw plenty of times, this video doesnt exactly highlight a lot of the negatives that come with a lot of these cities, like with Saginaw, the economy is not great at all and it left a lot of the buildings abandoned, and with Lansing, I love my hometown, but there really isnt much to do besides going to bars. East Lansing is a lot better but it still has similar issues, if you're legitimately considering moving to Michigan, as you'll see with a lot of these commenters, Grand Rapids is a very nice place to live, same with most of the suburbs of Detroit, just be prepared for heavy traffic anywhere in that area

[@MarsoestraDiaries]

I’m confused. Is Oakland county in Royal Oak?

[@OtomoTenzi]

Do you happen to know if Ferndale would be a nice livable place for average single people (without families)? How is public transportation over there? Is getting around town gonna be OK even like for people who don't own a car? I am on a fixed income, and do not plan on commuting to Detroit much. I just wanna live in a nice safe quiet neighborhood all alone by myself, that is within close proximity to basic amenities like grocery shopping, general stores, and public transportation. Absolutely DO NOT plan on raising a family anytime soon. Looking to rent or possibly buy a small home there. What is your advice or opinion on this? 🤔

[@nomorecoolusernames647]

@@OtomoTenzi Ferndale is in Royal Oak, but to my knowledge, and from what I’ve seen, public transportation isn’t the best in counties like Oakland, since they’re an extremely suburban part of Detroit. Downtown Detroit is really the only place in Michigan that has very good public transportation. If you want to live somewhere quiet and near a lot of stuff, I’d suggest Owasso. Very affordable living there, and they have a lot of stores/food places and a decently large downtown area for a small town. Id say it’s about 45 mins to an hour from Detroit and 40 minutes from Lansing, only downside is there’s prob not any good public transportation

[@andrewchoate6089]

@@MarsoestraDiariesRoyal Oak is a small city in Oakland County.

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

I lived in Lansing and constantly heard “there is nothing to do.” Which is hilarious since I grew up in Cadillac. (Nothing to do for real unless you like fishing)… what exactly is there to do in other cities that you can’t do in Lansing? I struggle to understand.

[@robh5687]

My wife and I relocated to the Lake Michigan shoreline one year before the plandemic. After 20 years in the Tampa Bay area, we absolutely love it here as a retirement home. Friendly people, no traffic, no love bugs, four seasons, freshwater lakes everywhere and plenty of recreation. We are outdoors now more than we ever were in Florida.

[@IslamicRadianceforKids]

True

[@stefonthemove]

Currently live in Ohio and I visited Michigan 3 times and I have loved every trip. I am considering it for a retirement location too. May I ask what city you chose?

[@Andrewski1390]

Wondering where you guys ended up as well! We can’t decide where we want, but know we want shoreline.

[@-8h-]

My friend wants to move to port Huron from new hampshire, idk anything about it so I can't help or give an opinion

[@TiffASUgrad]

"Plandemic" - haven't heard this one. 👌

[@stevenbateman5573]

wish he'd checked on how the names are pronounced--lol

[@steveciccarelli3609]

Yeah, Tra verse City 😂

[@alexlopez2995]

It's not a real person. That's an AI generated voice.

[@toddday356]

He's got a couple citys all wrong, he should have checked the crime rate

[@jamesnewman4558]

So I guess the southwestern corner of the lower peninsula doesn't count? Or am I the only one who noticed it all the times were east of the old US 31 corridor

[@Irishfan]

​@jamesnewman4558 Like me, you probably grew up. I'm Southwest Michigan. I lived in the southeast corner of the southwest county of the lower peninsula. It was probably the best small town to grow up in, in the United States. Niles in Berrien County!

[@annarborhub]

I love Ann Arbor!!! This is a Great video.

[@turtletruth]

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[@johnhalverson1133]

I never lived in A2 but worked there for many years as a home inspector. It's a great college city with many great restaurants and cultural entities. However home prices reflect the quality of life there.

[@chilldon26]

Lol!! Okay so for anyone watching this who isn’t from Michigan here is some perspective from a lifelong resident. The only nice places to live in this list are Royal Oak, Traverse City (nice but very expensive), Grand Rapids (nice mid sized city that has big city amenities with a smaller town feel), and Ann Arbor (nice town but insanely expensive. The rest of the places in this list are places I would never recommend anyone to live reasons being they either have nothing to do (like Lansing) or are sketchy/ghetto like Kalamazoo, Saginaw, and Muskegon

[@axiomaticidioms3857]

Ann Arbor is NOT that nice. I almost was grabbed by a stranger.

[@chilldon26]

@@axiomaticidioms3857 that could happen anywhere. That doesn’t mean it’s not a nice city

[@axiomaticidioms3857]

@@chilldon26 it happened right in public at a store. No one cared. It makes me question whether they're honest about their crime stats. I live in an area that has more crime per Capita and in public people don't do things like that. Ann Arbor is soft on crime and they're all elitists. No one truly cares about anyone except their selfish, elite selves.

[@catross740]

Agree 100% I can think of 20 cities in Michigan better than any featured ones🤣

[@mtoscano343]

Muskegon , Saginaw? Duh. Agree. AA, Grand Rapids. I live in TC. It’s very very expensive to live here.

[@nmuguy]

Anyone who would put Saginaw, Muskegon, or Lansing on this list obviously doesn’t know Michigan!

[@delilabrown2776]

No kidding

[@abby2674]

There's another video on KZbin listing those as the worst cities to live in because of the crime rates.

[@Afterthought419]

This video was amazing! I've lived two streets away from the the Michigan border in Ohio for 35 years and never knew what I had right next door. Thank you!

[@axiomaticidioms3857]

Some of the Saginaw views were edited because Saginaw is filled with urban decay & also pretty much has as much bad crime per capita as Flint and Detroit.

[@bobowrathsovine.]

With none of the advantages

[@Steven-et9hs]

There are still some very nice areas in the city proper, such as northmoore, Adams Blvd, n w neighborhoods on west side neighborhood directly south of Arthur hill and s Jefferson on east side. Plus many good neighborhoods in Saginaw twp, Thomas twp, and Bridgeport. Saginaw has many nice areas, and old town is really nice. As a city 10:10 Saginaw is much nicer than most people realize.

[@axiomaticidioms3857]

@@Steven-et9hs it does have some nice areas and will be ok if the few businesses that still exist hold up but a lot of them are going downhill... For the past 20-24 years people have been pulling for a Renaissance of sorts... It seems so far the attempts have failed.

[@tophermartinthecomic]

Traverse City - (pronounced Trav-erse City) is fantastic - I made the move during the pandemic. Yes, it is expensive to live in the "city", which is only 8 square miles with population of 15,000. The good news is that is less expensive outside the city limits with Grand Traverse (Trav-erse) County having a population over 100,000 people. Year round recreation including swimming, boating, biking, skiing, golfing and more. With great schools, miles of beaches, fantastic restaurants, festivals, wineries, shopping, microbreweries, an abundance of lodging options, distilleries, entertainment, lighthouses, Sleeping Bear Dunes - there's something for everyone. There's even an airport with convenient flights. An amazing place to live, work, play, or just vacation. Come visit, and you may never want to leave!

[@AA-cp8ry]

Love Michigan. Won't ever leave. As climate change worsens Michigan will remain least affected.

[@PaulHAMCO]

I might build a wall when I move back home, floods everywhere...

[@rebekahmills4784]

Im from Michigan and considering moving back . I lived in Royal oak. Happy to know it made the list. I loved it there.

[@delilabrown2776]

Saginaw, Muskegon, lansing!? You stay away from them! The only one you got right was grand rapids & royal oak

[@ila101]

As someone who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, the Michigan State Capitol Building in this video is actually the Wisconsin State Capitol Building 😂😂😂. I question the imagery contained in this video now lol

[@tracyjohnson8057]

The imagery from GR was accurate lol.

[@Joe_Bob1]

I would say Mackinaw Island would b the best to live in cause all the houses and water make it look like a dream

[@gene4094]

Having lived in Michigan for 70 years, I miss Michigan, my family and friends. After residing in St Louis, Missouri, for the last six years, I am ready to move back. The last summer was way too hot to suffer through.

[@vancepeck7888]

Glad you're telling people to move to those cities, save the good ones for the regular folks.

[@williamstrider3197]

I think that shot of the capitol wasn't lansing's

[@axiomaticidioms3857]

The same with Saginaw

[@dvferyance]

No it was the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison.

[@OtomoTenzi]

Does anyone in here who IS from Michigan, happen to know if FERNDALE would be a nice livable place for average single people (without families)? How is public transportation over there? Is getting around town gonna be OK even like for people who don't own a car? I am on a fixed income, and do not plan on commuting to Detroit much. I just wanna live in a nice safe quiet neighborhood all alone by myself, that is within close proximity to basic amenities like grocery shopping, general stores, and public transportation. Absolutely DO NOT plan on raising a family anytime soon. Just looking to rent or possibly buy a small home to live ALONE there. What is your advice or opinion on this? 🤔

[@rickhickman1935]

Based on your criteria, you should consider Ferndale. A very walkable town with public transportation. Over the last decade, it has become very trendy and pride-friendly with resulting economic development. As such, the expected increase in home values has occurred. The average Ferndale home value is $242,000. Neighboring Hazel Park is beginning to follow suit but their cost of living is easier with average home prices of only $160,000. It's easy in both towns to determine best and worst places to live.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@rickhickman1935 OK, but how are the winter seasons like over there? If everything is kinda close by, I could just walk home after grocery shopping. But if it's gonna be quite some distance away (like at least 2 miles) and requires taking the bus, I know it can be DANGEROUS to wait for the bus outside in the dead freezing cold of winter. Especially when I get older, later on after retirement. Will that be a problem tho? Hazel Park sounds pretty nice, BTW. Thanks for the helpful info!

[@rickhickman1935]

Winter is winter and you can plan on at least 5 months of it. Ferndale is less than 2 miles x 2 miles and there are 3 grocery stores. 2 of them are right in the middle of the downtown section so you'll never be that far.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@rickhickman1935 That sounds good... Ferndale sounds like a pretty nice place to start lookin' fer a place to live. Thanks again for all the helpful info, my friend!👍

[@daniellewis2133]

The city of Saginaw would disagree with them being on this list.

[@rosemarybanner]

There are bad areas and very nice areas.

[@pou618]

Saginaw?? Hardly

[@sober_katz]

i've lived in michigan since i was born. i love it here, but there are quite a few sketchy cities. my dad and i always go up to Mackinaw for vacation, i'd recommend living there. it's super nice.

[@jessicah3450]

You spelled Michigan incorrectly in the thumbnail.

[@rosalia4770]

😂😂

[@HungNguyen-se8dn]

Saginaw. Royal Oak. Muskegon. Lansing. Kalamazoo. Traverse City. Grand Rapids. Ann Arbor. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@HonestFranklin]

What I'd like to say right now, whenever i also would like to visit to Michigan. As you know that this Metropolitan is located near the great lakes it is sure that The company plays a major role in the local economy. Sometimes i also dream that it would be nice to play a big role in the region. Forexample being a governor or senator is good things.

[@evagot1710]

Nice explore Michigan

[@ericrollings7144]

3 times he pronounced the names incorrectly.

[@marynadononeill]

Very hard as a native to hear these names butchered. How hard is it to look up pronunciation?

[@shariarfahim129]

How can admit a university ? In this city Can anyone help me about this matter ? Please

[@rickhickman1935]

If you didn't even research how to say the names of the cities properly, how can we possibly trust that any of your other research was done well?

[@lesleyseetso3952]

How is South Haven? Anyone living there? I'm considering to come and study there

[@JoanneDanczyk]

You will love it all year long

[@r1133rocco]

You Mispronounced many of the cities

[@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

Lansing. No way.

[@Ai-yq8rb]

Why?

[@Great-Beard-of-Zeus]

I thought this list is "8 best". At least 3-4 areas need clarification. Some of these areas have both good and bad sides. The average home cost is reflected by both the less desirable areas and desirable. There are many areas that are rated higher than these, and are affordable. Anyone looking to move to some of these areas, be sure to do all your research.

[@dennisgrant538]

Not a list I would consider. Small to midsize towns and cities are far more interesting then this list of mostly big cities with plenty of high crime areas

[@scottvannoy9157]

than

[@bobowrathsovine.]

If my hometown Saginaw is even on a list of anything of a good nature that's a shock. But if the population is 43,000 in 2023, while the population was 92,000 in 1981 how can anybody say it's a good place to live? I left the state for good in 2021 and don't care to even go back

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

What state did you move to? I hate it here..

[@bobowrathsovine.]

​@@ultravioletpisces3666I was wasted drunk when I typed that comment out. I actually left the Saginaw Mid Michigan area for good in 2001. Went home only once in October 2012-March 2013. I was in Grand Rapids 2001-2003 then went to Austin TX, left and came to California in 2005 moved around from San Diego to Petaluma in the North Bay area. I've been in the Los Angeles area since 2010. I would not advise anyone coming here to live because the cost of living is terribly high and I've been wanting to leave to a red state in the dirty south perhaps. But it's really hard wanting to leave the best weather I've ever experienced

[@mohameddubow1839]

Now where are you living currently?​@@bobowrathsovine.

[@NewtonWashinton]

You need to do another video with no city's Best rural places to live in Michigan.

[@garyr4211]

Best places to live in Michigan are places people never heard of. I use to live in Hartland Michigan and was a small town back in the 70's and 80'. That all changed now.

[@dubonheur01]

Wonderful 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@genecarpenter5511]

Almost believed the information until the voice said that Michigan had Top Rated schools

[@stevestephens8299]

Why would you use a photo of downtown Chicago River in a piece about Michigan? Your opening shit is Chicago, ILLINOIS not Micjgan 2:09 lazybediting 2:20 2:22

[@SheldonFreeman-no6in]

Hey I am from the upper peninsula. Youhoo 😢 but maybe it is good we are not mentioned. We love our privacy.

[@devinsharp579]

The title of this video should be changed to "8 biggest cities in michigan"

[@ubuntuwebpublisher2463]

this guy is out of his mind Saginaw is one of the most dangerous place to live

[@brianrumbaugh6057]

Only a few listed are good. Saginaw. Come on. Really. How about a Holland, MI ?

[@craigbrennan3721]

Clearly the narrator of this video is not from Michigan. He mis-pronounces Traverse City, Muskegon, and Saginaw.

[@JaylenPotts-zs2qw]

My mom used to live in Detroit Michigan. I wish I could come here.

[@anthony56166]

If you are going to highlight cities in Michigan, at least pronounce them correctly.🙄

[@tracyjohnson8057]

I lived in GR for most of my life up until I was around 40. I never paid $1000+ for rent. Perhaps in the upscale projects but who wants to live so close to people?

[@kirby134andy]

Made me laugh when the narrator tried to pronounce Traverse City, Saginaw and Muskegon 😂 , he is not from Michigan. I’ve lived in both Grand Rapids and Royal Oak. Meijer is a everything store with great groceries, but he really pronounced it wrong.

[@markvogt8713]

My goodness. Do your research into how the names are pronounced.

[@aaliyahsunny]

Michigan is beutifaul!but i was born in texas

[@edwardmiller9611]

I think it should be anywhere in the upper peninsula.

[@dvferyance]

Uh wait a minute that is the Wisconsin state capitol not Michigan's. Perhaps that was done intentionally because the Wisconsin capitol is far better looking.

[@jimvandemoter6961]

I grew up in Saginaw. At one time it was a great town. Then GM closed the four major factories and the town died. Gang warfare broke out, mostly on the east side and southeast part of town but it also spread over to the west side. I got out of that town and I'll never go back. I know people who still live there and they tell me nothing's improved. I stopped watching this video at that point because I figured the rest would just as much BS.

[@maryjackson1194]

Please check pronunciation -- and not by listening to other KZbin videos. It's Musk-EE-gun, not MUSK-e-gon. And TRA-verse rhymes with "flat purse" -- for both the city and the bay. Also, Meijer sounds like Meyer -- and the garden is named for the family that owns the grocery store chain...the family of Peter Meijer, member of Congress from 2020 to 2022.

[@ytgytgy]

I've lived in both traverse city and kalamazoo. Traverse city is pretty expensive/exclusive. Literally no rental market beyond vrbo's. You will be homeless if you don't have family with a home in TC, or can't afford a luxury condo. Literally, NO rentals. Kalamazoo is affordable, but it's Kalamazoo. It has a trader joes and decent colleges for the trade off, and it's closely located to many other cities.

[@djjd566]

Why all the hate for Lansing, they still have GM. Better city than it used to be. Also don’t be hating on the pronunciation, we should all start saying Traversity, Meiger and Sajinaw

[@sajjadaneesahomoeoclinic2009]

Nice video, I am waiting my f4 category visa, if I got my visa, my next city for my family is mecgan city,

[@yyk_y]

Trust me I’m in Liviona, and Lansing and definitely not one of my picks. Plus Muskegon.

[@mflewis1]

No problem with Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. The rest of the list is a joke.

[@rayoso154]

I have to disagree with most od the cities you mentioned! I lived across Michigan ans the best towns i lived in were Arcadia, benzonia, Onekama, and Kalkaska. Traverse city is beautiful but not as good. Manestee Nd bear lake are ok too. Kalamazoo,Saginaw and Grand Rapids are not si good. Kalamazoo is supposed to be one of the poorest cities and high crime rate. Detroit being the worst. CRYSTAL LAKE IS ONE OF THE MOST GORGEOUS SMALL TOWNS IN Michigan. Frankfort is beautiful as well despite being small.

[@surapholvallasiri3493]

When it overcrowded with Mulims ❤it will be similar to Gaza Strip ❤❤

[@teds5396]

I had to laugh at the statement that Michigan has a 'robust job market ' I was born and raised there and lived there 50 years but I had to move to make a living. In 10 years in Nashville I've made more money than the previous 30 in Michigan!

[@Steven-et9hs]

Our Michigan capitol is older than the wisconsin capitol building, and the Mich building is more beautiful, too bad you showed the wrong building!😮

[@ScheisseMinnelli]

“Musky Gun”

[@sophiak1354]

Honestly surprised Munith and Stockbridge aren't on this list. They are very nice towns, and everyone is friendly. No crime ever happens. I should know because I live in Munith. Nothing crime-related ever happens. Just peaceful here. But, of course, these towns don't have much popularity, so why would they be here?

[@jasonharris9990]

I suggest you learn how to pronounce the names of the places that you are highlighting. good luck finding any place to rent in Traverse city for under 1200 a month.

[@suemiller3405]

I wish the creator had learned how to pronounce places! He messed up Traverse City, Muskegon, and Meijer Gardens. Makes it not very credible. Not planning to like this one as a result. I'm a small town Michigander -- and no small towns are mentioned!

[@brendaniebel1355]

Highest car insurance. Fix the damn roads, was a joke! Electric car on welfare? Ok!!!!!!

[@eileenmcloughlin4778]

Not everyone wants to live in a city. Our rural towns are the BEST around!

[@ericrivera8410]

I live in NY I've met Madonna Cher Cyndi lauper chakah Khan Leonard nimoy ru Paul Snoop dog etc ..lots of famous people rural towns for me anyway are boring

[@rickhickman1935]

​@@ericrivera8410 I'm sure that was exciting but how was your daily life affected by those brief interactions? Suburban or rural towns enjoy the fact that we don't have to put our lives at risk every day and don't panic that everything we own may be taken from us. We'll take peace, safety and nice people over your cheap thrills.

[@AnjenetteHardin-b2p]

I wish ever move here 😢

[@GrasslerTassler02westeast]

The east side of where i live is the best

[@chad3533]

U pronounced about the viries names incorrectly lol

[@chad3533]

Cities oops

[@Mr2cookingd-dn2ew]

I notice they didn't say a damn thing about my city called Flint its all good though Flint is going To come up on it's feet and get better

[@jaygrushkin8346]

Most of the cities you mentioned have extremely high crime rates.

[@alome3949]

Where in hell did you get your information? Certainly not by visiting these cities, 5 of which correctly appear on a list of cities to avoid.

[@AmishHitman73.Archive]

saginaw? LAWL you can tell this is some foreigner to the usa that made a channel for views!

[@jonkrueger4441]

Michigan is 6th in the country for people fleeing the state and no true Michigan native wants more trunk slammers here

[@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Traverse city and Ann Arbor are the best but many great smaller ones to consider too

[@Sazikbubblefluff]

A few of these cities are absolute dumps.

[@cynthiarosas8214]

Adrian Michigan is not a good place to live I live there all my life it was horrible when I was younger I went to school there I always got into fights the people there won't even let nobody alone yhere always picking on each other now I'm gone and doing alot better if you live in Adrian always go to church and try to make friends with church people because it's hard place to live its better if you got a church and church family

[@cynthiarosas8214]

Adrian is horrible place I didn't have a choice I was born there I had to quit school because people were mean and I had to fight

[@daheikkinen]

Is the narrator a bot?

[@gene4094]

They are slathering the pronunciations of places in Michigan.😅

[@warmicecubes2161]

"MichiGEN"??? What?

[@timphares3061]

Hillsdale

[@dubonheur01]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidletasi3322]

I was raised in Monroe but liked Ann Arbor better. By far, I loved the UP, especially in Copper Harbor. Escaped Michigan in 1983 for Florida and never regretted that decision! No snow and no cannabis shops, and roads with no pot holes!

[@cookintesticles8881]

I like snow and cannabis

[@markbuckingham3631]

Please pay a few dollars and pay a human to narrate. I was born in Saginaw and did high school in a suburb of Muskegon and you butchered both names.

[@MaryJoHays-c5v]

Your right on his pronounting

[@arico3806]

Might want to learn how to pronounce the names of the cities before doing something like this.

[@marytinker5661]

He doesn't know what he is talking about. Just yesterday I saw many of these cities on Michigan's worse cities to live.

[@marysmith861]

I saw on another video these are some of the worst places to live. Go e gure.

[@bookmagicroe9553]

It is pronounced Musk -EE- gun. Accent is on the second syllable. Traverse city is pronounced TRAV-erse city, accent on the first syllable. Meijer is pronounced My-er. The J is not pronounced. I like your facts but you need to research pronunciation of the cities and towns you are talking about.

[@brendakempf186]

Too many Muslims in Michigan.

[@MikeBrown-ht4kh]

There isn’t none

[@vivaldi1948]

Please learn the correct pronunciations of the cities.

[@Publicamguy]

Enjoyed video other than mispronouncing and spelling errors