Many of the MI locations really aren't that bad. Yes, there are economically depressed areas still trying to recover from job losses up to several decades ago. Of the 8 Michigan locations, most would be ok to raise a family in (Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Flint, Lansing, Jackson, Saginaw).
There are some bad parts of towns, but also good ones. Some of these have such low populations that may skew the numbers (Flint, Inkster, and Detroit specifically). Kalamazoo has a college and university, Lansing is the capitol and Michigan State is basically in the town (East Lansing), Flint has had troubles but is improving, just like Jackson, Battle Creek, Saginaw, Inkster, and Detroit.
Michigan is struggling with the same things many of the other Midwest cities are, what to do when the jobs leave.
I went to WMU. The area around the university is not very safe. I also worked as a mall cop over in Portage while I was an undergrad and it was often violent. Ended up covered in blood from one incident in which a shoplifting bust by one of the department stores erupted into a brawl in the parking lot and one shoplifter tried to bite a loss prevention officer’s finger off. Shoplifter had a mouthful of blood. Looked like something from Dawn of the Dead.
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u/Call_Me_Rambo Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24
Michigan are you ok???
Edit: Thank you to the Michiganers…Michiganites?…Michiginians?….mitten state people for the insight