Opinions on living in University District

[mwilbert]

Still is a well kept up ghettohood filled with colonials, tudors and fancy prarie and victorian style bungalows.

I guess people differ on what constitutes a bungalow, but in my opinion there is only one bungalow in the University District. Two years ago I walked down every block and looked at every house specifically trying to determine how many bungalows there were. I only found one, and it is somewhat eccentric. It is between Clarita and 7 Mile, either on Muirland or Wildemere. There were two other houses that were somewhat bungalow-like. I can't think of a lot a prairie-style houses either. There is one vaguely prairie-style house on Birchcrest between Curtis and Pickford, but that is the only one that springs immediately to mind. I have never gone looking for those though. Could be another project.

[poobert]

I guess people differ on what constitutes a bungalow, but in my opinion there is only one bungalow in the University District. Two years ago I walked down every block and looked at every house specifically trying to determine how many bungalows there were. I only found one, and it is somewhat eccentric. It is between Clarita and 7 Mile, either on Muirland or Wildemere. There were two other houses that were somewhat bungalow-like. I can't think of a lot a prairie-style houses either. There is one vaguely prairie-style house on Birchcrest between Curtis and Pickford, but that is the only one that springs immediately to mind. I have never gone looking for those though. Could be another project.

I dunno, isn't the definition of a bungalow a house with 1 1/2 floors? I live in one, and even though it has all the historical geejaws it's still a bungalow because of that.

[mwilbert]

Opinions differ. I think of it as a particular style of house, rather than a size. Certainly it is very typical for a bungalow to have 1.5 stories.

The following is reasonably close to my idea, although you can't really tell if there is an open floor plan by looking from outside, and that doesn't constitute an essential element in my mind:

http://www.bungalowhomestyle.com/abo...definition.htm

[mikeinmotown]

My friend lives in the bungalow on Muirland near 3 or 4 houses off of 7 mile. The area is a great place to live. Sure there is some crime but you can't beat the homes in the area. Hell, my friends who live in Ferndale have had their homes broken into.