Neighborhoods, by city.
Start with a city, then drill into its individual neighborhoods, subdivisions, and condo communities — more than 1,400 across the markets I know best.
Ann Arbor — Home to the University of Michigan, an established public school system, and the deepest housing inventory in Washtenaw County — from downtown lofts to historic districts and wooded estate lots.
Saline — A tight-knit city ten minutes south of Ann Arbor, with a classic Michigan Avenue downtown, working farmland at its edges, and subdivisions that hold their value.
Ypsilanti — Depot Town charm, Eastern Michigan University, and a mix of historic districts and township subdivisions that deliver the strongest value in Washtenaw County.
Dexter — A lively village center, Dexter Community Schools, and a countryside of river frontage, lakes, and newer subdivisions fifteen minutes northwest of Ann Arbor.
Whitmore Lake — An unincorporated lake community spanning Northfield Township in Washtenaw County and Green Oak Township in Livingston County, with its own school district, a straight run down US-23 to Ann Arbor, and housing that ranges from summer cottages to newer subdivisions and condominiums.
Dundee — A village of about four thousand in Monroe County, where the River Raisin runs through the middle of town and the housing costs a fraction of Ann Arbor's. Its own school district, and a straight run up US-23.
Monroe — Monroe County's seat and largest city, built where the River Raisin meets Lake Erie — two National Register historic districts downtown, its own school district, and a straight run to Detroit or Toledo on I-75.
Livonia — A planned postwar city of about 95,000 in western Wayne County, laid out on thirty-six square miles between I-96, I-275 and M-14. Livonia Public Schools and the Clarenceville School District both serve parts of it, which is the first thing to check on any address.
Milan — About six thousand people on the Washtenaw–Monroe county line, with a National Register downtown and its own school district. Ann Arbor is fifteen minutes north on US-23; which county an address sits in is the first thing to settle.
Plymouth — The City of Plymouth's early-1900s streets ring Kellogg Park, while Plymouth Township adds five decades of subdivisions around it.
Northville — A downtown of preserved Victorians, Maybury State Park on the west side, and golf-course and estate subdivisions across the township.
Canton — One of Michigan's largest townships — decades of subdivisions, the traditional-neighborhood streets of Cherry Hill Village, and quick access to I-275 and M-14.
Dearborn — Planned neighborhoods built for Ford workers, some of the region's most consistent brick housing stock, and The Henry Ford at the center of it.
Brighton — Brighton Area Schools, a Main Street built around the Mill Pond, two state recreation areas within a short drive — and a city and a charter township that share the name and the ZIPs but not the tax bill.
Milford — Huron Valley Schools, a Main Street downtown where Pettibone Creek runs down to the Huron River, Kensington Metropark in the township around it, and a village that sits inside that township rather than beside it.