Välkommen to Detroit and the forum!

At the very least you will feel at home with our Detroit Red Wings hockey team with its present and past core of Swedish superstar players. I take a tiny share of the pride in this as my grandmother came from Skåne.

For bikeable distance living there are three neighborhoods near downtown to consider, the cultural center / midtown area, Corktown and Lafayette Park. The first has great creative assets -- museums, libraries, theaters, the symphony, art galleries and the university. However there are not a lot of houses available if that is what you are looking for. Corktown,adjacent to downtown on the westside, has more of those and a good community structure, but it weaker on the shops and cafe side. Lafayette Park has good townhouses and great location. In addition to the above mentioned Chrysler public school, it is home to the excellent Friends School, private however so there is tuition.

Finally if you get the urge for some things Swedish you can shoot out Grand River to the Swedish Club in Farmington http://www.swedishclub.net/