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David M.
National Account Executive
CareerBuilder.com
I live in Grand Haven on the lakeshore, but grew up on the east side of Detroit. I first lived in West Michigan while attending Grand Valley State University and after graduation, and then I moved back to Detroit for 12 years. But I always had a kind of yearning to get back to West Michigan.
My wife, Susan, and I moved to Grand Haven, on the lakeshore, two years ago. Our daughter and son, who are now eight and six, are both in the public schools and we're impressed with the school system and what it has to offer.
Living on the lakeshore has exceeded my expectations. The number of activities going on here is amazing, with festivals in the summer and outdoor sports all year. I have taken up kayaking, and we have mountain bike trails I can literally ride my bike to -- in Detroit I had to drive for miles to find something -- plus there's golf, boating and beaches. It keeps us busy on the weekends.
We get more snow than I expected, but that's okay. It's just a 30-minute drive to good downhill skiing at Cannonsburg and we're a lot closer to Michigan's bigger ski hills in Traverse City and Boyne Mountain than when we lived in Detroit.
In the summer, we take our kids to the Lake Michigan beach two or three days a week. The Grand Haven Fourth of July fireworks are great, and we go to the Coast Guard Festival, which draws thousands of people. There are art festivals and something going on every weekend. And it's just 30 minutes to Grand Rapids to take advantage to everything they have to offer with concerts, theater, museums and other things going on there.
I work from home, but I travel a lot. The nice thing about living here is that I can hop in my car, and in just two hours and 45 minutes I can be at our headquarters in downtown Chicago or in our Detroit office.
When we first came here, we privately called it "Pleasantville" because the people and the community are so welcoming. I think anyone moving here will be pleasantly surprised by the people and the kinds of activities we have. West Michigan is a great place.
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I live in Grand Haven on the lakeshore, but grew up on the east side of Detroit. I first lived in West Michigan while attending Grand Valley State University and after graduation, and then I moved back to Detroit for 12 years. But I always had a kind of yearning to get back to West Michigan.&nbs...
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