I grew up in Rochester. I loved it.

Bloomfield Hills, Bingham Farms & Pleasant Ridge is pretty pricey too. Honorable mention is any waterfront property including St Clair Shores, Harrison Township & Anchor Bay.

I have always loved Grosse Pointe Farms. Beautiful tree lined streets that are super quiet with some incredible architecture. Very expensive, to be sure, but I love to walk the streets and marvel at these lovely homes. I can only imagine what it would cost to replace some of the roofs!

I grew up in Birmingham and Troy. My grandfather was the first fire chief in Birmingham, his portrait hangs in the entrance of the Adams Street station. His father, my great grandfather, was one of the founders of Birmingham. My great grandfather brought our family here from England, which is where the City's name comes from...even though our family came from southern England, Bridgewater, Somerset, there were people who came from all over England to found and settle Birmingham, Michigan. My great grandfather was a carpenter, and at one time, over 1/3 of the existing homes had been built by him (1920s/30s). When many of these old homes started being torn down in the 80s/90s, people started calling my dad. People were finding my great grandfather's signature in the walls of the homes they were tearing down. He always signed every house somewhere with his name and "God save the King." Because we have a unique (to the US, but common in England) last name, these people were finding us in the local phone book. Many of these people were kind enough to cut out the piece of wood with my great grandfather's signature and give it to my dad. 😊 Sadly not many of the magnificent Craftsman, art deco, and Colonial revival homes my great grandfather built remain. 😔

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Yeah I am so so glad I have lived in Macomb County my entire life lol. I grew up in Shelby Twp. It was blue collar then but its expensive now. Most homes in this county have decent sized lots though.

Northville is expensive but also arguably one of the better walkable downtowns and best food options. Thankfully is is a short (and worthwhile) drive from nearby places that vary in affordability. Really nice, but also pragmatic highlights

Low cost of living? I'd hate to see the rest of the country! Our auto insurance on two cars is as much as a house payment. Did you figure that in?

Northville . If it is you're desire to buy into Northville, the town ,be prepared to build. And most new construction is replacement of a currently standing house, or a major remodel. But there is good news. There is a major construction project building new condos where the Northville Downs once was.

Could not take the snow, ice and frigid winter temperatures!

Plymouth, Michigan. Small beautiful town in the 1960s, pretty cool by the 70s. In the 1980s EVERYBODY who was anybody hung out downtown. By the 90s, people had left for the shimmering glitz of larger cities and the city pretty much evaporated. By 2010, people realized what cities had become and started moving back to that 'small town feel' that the downtown had. By 2020, the housing here was MUCH higher than the national average. Plymouth is also part of a three High School campus (Plymouth, Canton and Salem) where the student population rivals that of many smaller villages, and the academic opportunities there are awesome!

not surprised to see northville #1 on the list...........northville resident

This video is highly accurate. I am builder and live in downtown Birmingham on a postage stamp size lot but can walk to everything. I have built many houses in Bloomfield and in Rochester and Rochester Hills and I lived there ten years. I will be building a new bakery in either downtown Northville or Plymouth. People like walkable communities but the trade off is higher taxes and smaller lots. It’s worth it. I grew up in small affordable town called Berkley which is only a couple miles south of Birmingham.

We purchased our first home in Bloomfield in '18, they have a great school district!

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of talking about affordable cost of living and $800,000 houses at the same time. Based on the adage that you should spend no more than 30% of your income on housing, that means you have to make at least $230k per year which puts you in the top 4%

I grew up in Birmingham 1951-63. It was perfect then. We moved to Alpena and it was a total time warp. Moved to Hawaii in 1968. Moved to Santa Barbara CA with my husband. Went back to Hawaii for the birth of our daughter. Eventually we moved to Portland Oregon which was my favorite‼️Later I moved to Boca Raton FL for my job. Years later I moved to Ann Arbor Michigan for my job. I retired in Northeast Michigan and love it. Quiet, easy living on Lake Huron and AuSable River. I lived in the coolest places in America back in the day when everything was Peace and Love. We stopped the Vietnam War and could protest without being assaulted or killed. Freedom was our goal and helping others. Life is a short ride, enjoy what you can and EVOLVE❗ 🙏✌️💗🤙

I am a Detroit native until and have lived in the vicinity for this ear area. All of my life, but I have to agree if you don't live in Detroit city limits, everything is very expensive. And now I live in Dearborn and even that is a special.treatment

White lk is a gorgeous area, prices vary, typically pricier. But you have so much more land and privacy!

Similar in Independence Township / Clarkston! Do you have any videos on those places?

I know that "averages" can be skewed, and data can be cherry picked, but in your experience what is the annual income of someone who buys an $800,000.00 house with a tax bill of $14K +? Just curious.

I completely agree but all those expensive areas are “cool” and beautiful places to live with good schools. Rochester Hills taxes actually seem pretty reasonable. I moved out of the Detroit Metro area around 20 yrs ago but if I were to move back I’d want to be in Northville if I wasn’t on a lake.

Wow Miichigan has very high Property Taxes

Michigan having low cost of living low taxes what a good joke

I live in Northville and yikes, taxes are high. Beautiful walkable little town though.

I'm shocked you didn't bring up Bloomfield Hills. That's where i grew up. The houses are unreal

I don't know anyone who can afford an $800,000 house. How about telling us poor people where we can find a decent priced home?

Not a fan of Birmingham, Too many parking meters.

I like a smaller lot.

I live in downtown Detroit in Lafayette Park, I absolutely love this place, when I bought in 15 years ago in my co-op high-rise ( (19th floor) overlooking the city, it was very reasonable, monthly fees, fairly high, but overall reasonable , our values have doubled but you know what, considering these other prices it’s still a steal , love living here, great people ,it has got to the point where I don’t want to cross into the suburbs anymore , things I used to go into the burbs for ,are here now plus so many other amenities and sports and restaurants and cultural museums and bike paths, and I just can’t stand sitting in enormous traffic all day long in the burbs, I walked to everything. ,there’s so much to do here, great place.Highly recommend, especially if you don’t have kids because otherwise you might want to send them to a private school, that’s the only downfall I see.

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Inkster, is a great neighborhood to live in .

Changed the channel name I see.

spell "average" for me at 0:50.

Northville - "a little further out..." Yeah, as in "next to the landfill." Where the air stinks like a gas station bathroom at low tide. No, thanks. I'll live downtown, lot size and higher cost be d@mned.

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What a screwed selection. All but two of those cities are way out in the far flung reaches of the Detroit metro area. All of those cities are very snobbish Caucasian enclaves. There are lots of cities where the cost of living is a bargain compared to Chicago, California coast, NYC, Atlanta, Dallas, and so many more! When I retired a few years ago, I shopped for a house that was larger with a big yard. I moved to Lathrup Village just 3 miles south of Birmingham. I purchased a 3,600 sq ft home, brick ranch style but with a second floor and basement, a large attached garage that is 35 ft deep and two and a half cars wide. The house is on 0.62 of an acre, very large. My taxes are $8,000 a year. Located five minutes from I696 and Southfield freeway, fifteen minutes from Downtown Detroit. The city of Southfield next to me has hundreds of homes on acre size lots and excellent city facilities. There are lots of cities where cost of living well puts most of the other major cities to shame.

Detroit Michigan LEAVING 1967 riot lost 50% of white people i was there

what dope would ever think of moving to michigan?

Anything on the east side of Michigan is horrible. The roads are terrible and ALWAYS under construction. They shut down the highways every summer to do massive construction projects. And all the towns he mentioned are expensive for a reason, they’re the only nice places around so everyone is competing to get in. Good luck getting reservations, hair cuts or places to park. Don’t move here. The infrastructure is bad too, no cell phone service, power outages and did I mention the roads? Ive been here for three years and regret it.

If I want a beautiful home in a nice suburb that's my business. I wouldn't live in De Toilet if it was free or any where close to 8 mile.

This is the most speculative video I've seen in a while. You keep talking about lots. If you want land why would you move to a city? You don't. You move to north Macomb or even further up to get acreage. You don't mention anything about the vicinity to other cities, parks, highways or other amenities.

Birmingham is very expensive and very white.

Just the cities in Wayne County I avoid.

He's a joke wheel a deal anti Detroiter dude

Why any sane person, would move to Michigan, unless for financial reasons.

Birmingham is great,grew up there.Bigfoot home building is kinda over the top but as investments you can't blame the people who do it.Birmingham is a wealth bubble where the chaotic noise and disruptions of the real world barely register.Only as a 12 year old in 1967 did we worry that Detroits riots would spread north up Woodward ave.

Plymouth is a fun, quaint downtown with friendlier folks and better vibes than the other cities mentioned. Just an opinion from a previous resident. Also, accessibility to Hines Park in Nville and Plymouth should also be mentioned in this vid. Bloomfield is too congested, Rochester is too close OU campus, and Grosse Pointe is, well, Grosse Pointe.😂

Not a fan of Birmingham, Too many parking meters.