Looking to get out of Florida
This is my first summer being retired. As I get older my tolerance for heat, humidity and rain is getting less and less. Being outside is no fun from June to Oct. As a result, I'm either going to get ...
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gemsworld,
No, the west side of Michigan is growing fast but the east side is what has dropped to much. Detroit City alone used to be approx 2 million population but now is approx 670,000. Same dynamics for Flint and Saginaw as they have the smae issues as Detroit. This While the Grand Rapids MSA/metro area grew from approx 440,000 to way over a million and is still growing fast and is a very modern clean progressive city and the growth is not from the east side of the state population moving in either. Most of those east siders left the state but yet the state's population has remained steady as so many have come from other states and regions. 2 very different worlds, the east side and the west side!
The Grand Rapids CSA is now over 1.5 million and growing fast and our lakeshore county west of the county Grand Rapids is in has grown from 98,000 to just under 300,000 presently and is still growing fast. No end in sight for the growth which has been wisely zoned and controlled to eliminate future ghetto like decay. NO postage stamp sized lots or properties can be built on and very strict building codes enforced. Sure does wonders for neighborhood decay prevention and crime rates as does the extremely low unemployment rates.
WTP-GC, just who do you think owns the Orlando Magic BB team and paid for much of the center they used to play in? Want more Florida sports teams actually owned by up north owners?
Florida depends on money brought in as it's lost most of it's
Grand Rapids local area is the home and headquarters for huge corporations like Amway, Alticor, huge Meijer, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth, American Seating, Gordon foods-huge food suppliers for home and commercial and institutions, Spartan-Nash, Spectrum Health, Proirity Health, GE Avionics, Wolverine World Wide shoes with over 57 brands names including the military footwear, and now Kellogg's as they moved their headquarters from Battle Creek, just to name a few of them and are so many more. 14 fine colleges and universities from 26,000 students on down in enrollment. A very clean and mostly new downtown with skyscrapers and more being built and very happy prosperous people and families too!
No, the west side of Michigan is growing fast but the east side is what has dropped to much. Detroit City alone used to be approx 2 million population but now is approx 670,000. Same dynamics for Flint and Saginaw as they have the smae issues as Detroit. This While the Grand Rapids MSA/metro area grew from approx 440,000 to way over a million and is still growing fast and is a very modern clean progressive city and the growth is not from the east side of the state population moving in either. Most of those east siders left the state but yet the state's population has remained steady as so many have come from other states and regions. 2 very different worlds, the east side and the west side!
The Grand Rapids CSA is now over 1.5 million and growing fast and our lakeshore county west of the county Grand Rapids is in has grown from 98,000 to just under 300,000 presently and is still growing fast. No end in sight for the growth which has been wisely zoned and controlled to eliminate future ghetto like decay. NO postage stamp sized lots or properties can be built on and very strict building codes enforced. Sure does wonders for neighborhood decay prevention and crime rates as does the extremely low unemployment rates.
WTP-GC, just who do you think owns the Orlando Magic BB team and paid for much of the center they used to play in? Want more Florida sports teams actually owned by up north owners?
Florida depends on money brought in as it's lost most of it's
Grand Rapids local area is the home and headquarters for huge corporations like Amway, Alticor, huge Meijer, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth, American Seating, Gordon foods-huge food suppliers for home and commercial and institutions, Spartan-Nash, Spectrum Health, Proirity Health, GE Avionics, Wolverine World Wide shoes with over 57 brands names including the military footwear, and now Kellogg's as they moved their headquarters from Battle Creek, just to name a few of them and are so many more. 14 fine colleges and universities from 26,000 students on down in enrollment. A very clean and mostly new downtown with skyscrapers and more being built and very happy prosperous people and families too!
