Southfield (detriot) michigan

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I am looking to move to the southfield, oak park area, give or take 10 miles. I have a wife and three kids and have heard some less than fiendly things about the area. My real estate agent of course can not tell me anything I really need to know because of legal constraints. Please if you know anything about the area can you point me toward some safe neighborhoods, or at least away from the bad ones.
Thanks for any help that you can offer
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November 04 2007 - US

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When I find a house I'm interested in, I pull the stats at freedemographics.com, but it only tells 2000 stats. I also look at the elementary school. The school will have up to date demographics of the kids in their school. They will even tell you what percentage is free/reduced lunches, giving you an idea of how many poor you have in the area. For calif, I can get the school stats at the school site, and at the state level. The reason why the schools have that data available is for the fed funding, so you should be able to get it, also.

The other option is to rent. That will give you time to nail down secure jobs, and get to know the areas better.
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November 04 2007
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DH says the Southfield area is safe; his sister lives there. His Mom lived in Rockwood, 10 minutes away. It's very family oriented, pleasant neighbors, and a nice area to raise kids.

You can go to NEA.com and get the scoop on any public schools in the 50 states. Truthfully, with unemployment so high in MI, I don't know if the number of kids on free lunch is indicative of the quality of family life. Many workers depended a lot on the auto industry and ancillary businesses for decent jobs. Now, they have difficult economic hardships due to unemployment.

Stay out of downtown Detroit.
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November 04 2007
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You could not pay me to live in Detroit!
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November 04 2007
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Southfield is further than 10 minutes from Rockwood. Southgate is about 10 minutes away from Rockwood. : )

You might want to check out this website.

www.schoolmatters.com

All the best,
C
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November 04 2007
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I am not really interested in convincing you to life in detriot, I do not particularly want to live their either but it is better than living in New York (in my opinion) and that is really my only other option for my next step in my medical studies. That is why I want proximity to southfield because I will be spending a lot of time at providence hopsital. So 10 miles is not a solid number but a guestimate of convenience.
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November 04 2007
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Sorry about 30 minutes to Rockwood.
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November 04 2007
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southfield is not detroit.
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November 06 2007
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If you need close proximity to Providence, you could go north or west, someplace like Huntington Woods, Royal Oak, Birmingham, the Bloomfields, even Farmington. I would advise staying away from Detroit, and for tax purposes, out of Wayne county...
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November 07 2007
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Birmingham/bloomfield is the very best choice. lowest crime/best schools. Selling mine and will buy another in the same area.
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November 07 2007
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Got a house in Southfield near Providence Hospital.  Easy access to all the major freeways and roadways - M-39 (Southfield Freeway), M-10 (Lodge/Northwestern Hwy), and I-696.  You can be ANYWHERE in Detroit metropolitan area with 15-20 minutes.  Check it out - 17557 Cornell Road, Southfield, MI  48075. 

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January 11 2008
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I grew up in the area.  It is most definitely not safe compared with 20 years ago.  Some of the area is actually quite dangerous.  Bars on the window kind of area.  I dunno, I think I would look towards Farmington, Royal Oak, Huntington Woods, Beverly Hills.  If you have to, rent.  The southern end of Southfield is an on-ramp to the freeway.  The nearest shopping center - Northland - is scary.  I cannot shop there anyway.  I stopped years ago, people get robbed there.  NOT A CHANCE.  Add to this the fact that you can't sell a house in this area?  Definitely rent.  If you buy a house here you are soooo stuck.

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March 02 2008
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Don't buy in Detroit.  Prices are going to crash there.  The economy there is in complete shambles. 

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March 03 2008
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CHECK REALTOR.com....they have homes for less than 2 thousand dollars...
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March 03 2008
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Does the house come with a bullet proof vest and an assault rifle Amerisave? 

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March 03 2008
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no, that's an upgrade ..you can also get bullet proof walls & ceilings...
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March 03 2008
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what do you mean going to crash?  They have crashed! 

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March 04 2008
 
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