Confession time. Your Only In Michigan correspondent is not originally from the Mitten State. Brought up on the West Coast, your trusted writer has lived in Michigan for the past four years. Which is why she is even more qualified than the average local to testify to the many reasons why moving here is not just a great idea, but also a smart and calculated life decision. So, read on to find out why living here is a great move.
- Cost of living is VERY reasonable.
Curbed Detroit For about $400K, you can purchase a mansion in Michigan…
… Leaving you enough dough to buy that boat for trips on the lake with the family…
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… To go with the summer cottage…
http://www.northernmichigancabin.com/
Meanwhile in Los Angeles…
Craigslist … $2,250 a month gets you a 2-bedroon apartment…
… And chronic bottleneck.
“LA freeway 2009” by Myriam Thyes - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
- Michigan’s got spirit. From our entertainers, our sports or our universities, we know just how to celebrate all things Michigan.
Facebook Tailgating at a University of Michigan football game easily turns into an all-day event. Luckily, there are plenty of revelers to lean on for support.
Calvin Johnson, AKA Megatron
Facebook Our athletes care about the community. Pictured here, Only In Michigan reporter Serena Maria Daniels and Calvin Johnson, wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, who volunteered his time to meet and greet with the kiddies at a United Way event.
Kid Rock…
Facebook One of the state’s biggest boosters just so happens to be an international music icon.
- Arts and Culture… Michigan is home to some of the best cultural institutions in the country, places that guarantee our place as a relevant home of creativity.
Cliff/Flickr Case in point, the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is one of the top tourist attractions in West Michigan.
Detroit Institute of Arts
By ashleystreet [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons One of the most important works of art in U.S. history, Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry fresco, sits casually inside the Detroit Institute of Arts… Because, why shouldn’t we have beautiful, thought-provoking work at our fingertips?
Detroit Electronic Music Festival
Instagram Detroit is the birthplace of techno music, an electronic music genre beloved all over the world. Living in Michigan, we’re just a short distance away from the annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as Movement.
- Travel… You want to live somewhere you can enjoy, without leaving the state…
Instagram With views like this, overlooking Lake Michigan, at your ready within a few hours time, tops, who can resist?
Stony Creek Metropark…
Facebook …Why settle for walking the dog around the block, when, after a short drive, you can take in open trails and falls colors? Pictured here, Ralph the beagle enjoying an afternoon walk at Stony Creek Metropark.
Warren Dunes State Park
Curbed Detroit
For about $400K, you can purchase a mansion in Michigan…
F Delventhal/Flickr
http://www.northernmichigancabin.com/
Craigslist
… $2,250 a month gets you a 2-bedroon apartment…
“LA freeway 2009” by Myriam Thyes - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Tailgating at a University of Michigan football game easily turns into an all-day event. Luckily, there are plenty of revelers to lean on for support.
Our athletes care about the community. Pictured here, Only In Michigan reporter Serena Maria Daniels and Calvin Johnson, wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, who volunteered his time to meet and greet with the kiddies at a United Way event.
One of the state’s biggest boosters just so happens to be an international music icon.
Cliff/Flickr
Case in point, the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is one of the top tourist attractions in West Michigan.
By ashleystreet [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
One of the most important works of art in U.S. history, Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry fresco, sits casually inside the Detroit Institute of Arts… Because, why shouldn’t we have beautiful, thought-provoking work at our fingertips?
Detroit is the birthplace of techno music, an electronic music genre beloved all over the world. Living in Michigan, we’re just a short distance away from the annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as Movement.
With views like this, overlooking Lake Michigan, at your ready within a few hours time, tops, who can resist?
…Why settle for walking the dog around the block, when, after a short drive, you can take in open trails and falls colors? Pictured here, Ralph the beagle enjoying an afternoon walk at Stony Creek Metropark.
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