Where to live for Ford

[Cunningham]

Hi Everyone,

I was fortunate enough to be offered a position at Ford in Dearborn (largely due to my FSAE involvement) and am looking into housing. What are some good areas to check out that have some fun stuff to do at night and are in a decent neighborhood? Thanks!

[brownts]

Hi Everyone,

I was fortunate enough to be offered a position at Ford in Dearborn (largely due to my FSAE involvement) and am looking into housing. What are some good areas to check out that have some fun stuff to do at night and are in a decent neighborhood? Thanks!

Hi Andrew,

First off, congrats on the job. When do you start?

Second, your inquiry depends on what you consider to be fun: how close do you want to live to what you call fun and how close do you want to live to work. There are plenty of decent neighborhoods in SE Michigan...what kind do you want?

[Charles Kaneb]

Any of the neighborhoods around UM Dearborn or the Ford facility you'll be working at ought to be good. I like SE MI's housing setup - it's easy to find cheap housing near where you work if you don't mind roommates.

[Michael Royce]

Andrew,
What Trent and Charles say correct.

For easy travel into Ford at Dearborn, you can look at anywhere between Dearborn and Ann Arbor, along the I-94, Ford Road and M-14 corridor. In that corridor you have U of M Dearborn, Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, and U of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Living in the center of Anna Arbor might be a bit expensive, but there is plenty of accommodation around. Good luck, and please sign on to the Ford program of proving volunteers to the MIS event in May.

[Cunningham]

Hi Andrew,

First off, congrats on the job. When do you start?

Second, your inquiry depends on what you consider to be fun: how close do you want to live to what you call fun and how close do you want to live to work. There are plenty of decent neighborhoods in SE Michigan...what kind do you want?

Trent, thanks! I start in late July. I would prefer to live no more than 20 minutes away from Dearborn, but could do 30 minutes if the neighborhood was really cool. For fun I'd like go to concerts, street fairs, maybe some art exhibits, and possibly guest lecturers/speakers typically appearing at universities. I don't really go out and party but some tasty, laid-back restaurants would be cool.

Any of the neighborhoods around UM Dearborn or the Ford facility you'll be working at ought to be good. I like SE MI's housing setup - it's easy to find cheap housing near where you work if you don't mind roommates.

Thanks Charles!

Andrew,
What Trent and Charles say correct.

For easy travel into Ford at Dearborn, you can look at anywhere between Dearborn and Ann Arbor, along the I-94, Ford Road and M-14 corridor. In that corridor you have U of M Dearborn, Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, and U of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Living in the center of Anna Arbor might be a bit expensive, but there is plenty of accommodation around. Good luck, and please sign on to the Ford program of proving volunteers to the MIS event in May.

Michael, thanks! Do you have a feel for the vibe around the Eastern Michigan University area? Also, do you know what traffic would be like driving in from there of Ann Arbor (to Dearborn)? I'll definitely volunteer at FSAE Michigan in 2016!

[Michael Royce]

Andrew,
Sorry, just catching up.

My daughter's former au pair is a grad student at EMU, so I'll try and track her down for the "vibes" around EMU. A far as travel is concerned, looking at at the map again, I would stay away from M-153 (Ford Road), it is a pain going through Canton. Coming in from Ypsi or Ann Arbor, I-94 and the Southfield Freeway (M-39) to Ford should be OK, as should Michigan Avenue (US-12.

Michael Royce

[John_Burford]

I liked the Franklin Village to Berkley area. You're about 25 to 30 minutes from Ford, and really 35 minutes from most anything in the metro area. Thing about Detroit and especial someone just getting started, is that you can expect to have temporary assignments all over the metro area.

John Burford

[Cunningham]

Thanks John!