Sterling Heights, MI.

[Gistok]

Looks like the anti-Macomb County crowd is in full force again... so lets see...

23% of the residents have a 4 year degree or more...
Per capita income about $25,000 [[family of 4, about $100,000)
% born in other countries... 24%
Main ethnic mix... Polish, German, Italian, Irish, English.

The very lush and green Clinton River valley runs thru Sterling Heights, which accounts for many parks and green spaces.

Although I personally would not like to live there [[the Mound, Van Dyke and M-59 heavy traffic corridors run thru there), it does has a rather high quality of life, and as 5th largest city in the state, is relatively one of the safest areas in metro-Detroit.

The Utica School District, which covers much of Sterling Heights [[as well as Utica and Shelby Twp.) is one of the largest and best school districts in the state.

[jt1]

[quote=Gistok;52346]Looks like the anti-Macomb County crowd is in full force again... so lets see...quote]

Yep - Two or three comments is 'in full force'. Exaggerate much?

[crawford]

Per capita income about $25,000 [[family of 4, about $100,000)

While I agree with your overall post, the median household income in Sterling Heights isn't even close to 100k. No community in Macomb County is close to 100k.

Median household income is around $60,000. For a family of four, that would be the same or a little higher, since median household size in most suburbs is somewhere between three and four persons.

One thing about Sterling Heights which seems little-known is its diversity. Sterling Heights is SUPER diverse, with most of its old-timer whites having Polish, Italian and German backgrounds, and with families that usually arrived within the last 60 years or so, so there is still some connection to the old country.

And the newcomers are really transforming the city. Sterling Heights has the largest Chaldean population in the United States. They are concentrated on the far western reaches of the city. There are also tons of Arabs of all types, and a fair number of recent Albanian and former Yugoslavian immigrants.

I have also heard of a growing Filipino population in Sterling Heights, though I don't know the specifics.