Berkley michigan #1 among suburbs

[bsu]

I have lived in Berkley for several years now. Me and my wife absolutely love it here. I don't know what some of you are talking about but the downtown area still has plenty of well known destination spots. The Berkley Front, 24 Seconds, Bagger Daves, O'Mara's, Amici's, and The Doll Hospital & Toy Soldier just to name a few. People have complained about the intersection at 12 mile, but it's not the city's fault it was screwed up. The city sued the company that originally put it in and won a considerable sum of of money. I kinda like the way it is. It slows traffic down and has a lot of character. I haven't noticed any less Christmas decorations, the lights were up this year. As for the schools I can't say we don't have kids. I do know Berkley is one the top districts for spending per student and the facilities look very nice. Me and my neighbors are more urban orientated we will shop local over chains, we will visit Eastern Market over home depot for flowers. We are excited about light rail on Woodward and love to walk. WE LOVE DETROIT! Oh, and we don't have a dog!

[cmubryan]

I moved from a rental in Lafayette Park to Huntington Woods last year and love it. I am right on the border of Huntington Woods, Berkley and Oak Park. I can walk to some nice downtown Berkley establishments which is more than a lot of suburbanites or even urbanites can say for their neighborhood.

I grew up in Southfield and West Bloomfield and those areas were a lot more typical suburb than Berkley. Trust me, this is like living in the city versus those areas.

[dove-7]

I have lived in Berkley for several years now. Me and my wife absolutely love it here. I don't know what some of you are talking about but the downtown area still has plenty of well known destination spots. The Berkley Front, 24 Seconds, Bagger Daves, O'Mara's, Amici's, and The Doll Hospital & Toy Soldier just to name a few. People have complained about the intersection at 12 mile, but it's not the city's fault it was screwed up. The city sued the company that originally put it in and won a considerable sum of of money. I kinda like the way it is. It slows traffic down and has a lot of character. I haven't noticed any less Christmas decorations, the lights were up this year. As for the schools I can't say we don't have kids. I do know Berkley is one the top districts for spending per student and the facilities look very nice. Me and my neighbors are more urban orientated we will shop local over chains, we will visit Eastern Market over home depot for flowers. We are excited about light rail on Woodward and love to walk. WE LOVE DETROIT! Oh, and we don't have a dog!

The Amici's Pizza, do you know if it's the same one that's here in California? I know that they have a reputation here for good pizza.

Regarding the Berkley scene, yeah they have that, but they took a lot of the other stuff away that was more geared the younger crowd. I don't know how things are, I haven't lived in Michigan since 2002; things may have changed. I use to attend the local community college there, it was pretty because there were several camera stores and I think a professional lab. Anywho, all that's the past for me. I like the Berkeley scene here. They're somewhat similar.