So Im moving to michigan? -

to the ann arbor area, Ive never really been there just through detroit, very simply I just want to know what is the vibe like there? I noticed a lot of unsettled racial tension in detroit is the same for ann arbor? if so how bad is it? Currently i live in santa rosa california while there isn t much of a mix here the tension isn t so strong so i just want to know what i m getting myself into-the town looks and sounds beautiful but is culturally open?

Ann Arbor is a college town and its multi-cultural and diverse, lots of people from India, Europe, all over the United States, quite diverse in deed.Not many Hispanics around in Detroit or Ann Arbor though, but still no worries. Ann Arbor is also very culturally open, even Detroit is culturally open, if you are worried about all the crime, in Detroit, and the neighboring city of Ann Arbor, all you need to do is follow simple steps, such as staying in groups, following your instinct, if you think a place looks a bit shady or bad, go with that instinct. Ann Arbor is really welcoming and it is a party city as well, sort of like Miami, there is a party everyday, everynight due to the college town presence. You will enjoy it, and guaranteed you will meet fabulous people there as well!Your Safe!

Ann Arbor is basically Shangri-La. One of the most politically correct places on the planet outside of San Francisco. It s diverse in that there are people from all over the world, but they are all affluent and well-educated. I find the whole place rather pretentious and phony, but I also love Detroit. I also believe that the racial tension you describe in Detroit is nothing more than black people actually standing up for themselves. It freaks out some people b/c it s so rare. But don t worry about seeing any of that in Ann Arbor; all the blacks there are the non-threatening kind. lol

Ann Arbor is a very nice area, in my opinion a much better area then Detroit. Really compared to Ann Arbor Detroit doesn t have much to offer. Ann Arbor seems more diverse to me. Lots of college students and a friendly vibe. Detroit just plain isn t that great in my opinion.

I agree with the 2nd answer. Ann Arbor is pretty much the best or one of the best cities in Michigan and EXTREMELY diverse..because of course it s a college town lol. But yea I think you ll love it there...too bad i had to move to Ohio :(

Ann Arbor is pretty artsy with lots of cafes and art. There s tons to do and even more to eat. It s definitely culturally open with great people.

I would concur with Prince. Ann Arbor is pretty liberal and fairly diverse.

Your moving to the best urban area in Michigan.Best of luck to you.

Where is the cheapest hotel in Springfield MA or surrounding cities? -

I will be staying in Springfield MA this week fri, sat leaving Sun.

there are quite a few sites that you can search that will likely show you great hotels at the best prices available. check out the website BookMe and you will be able to compare prices on all the reputable travel sites in just a couple minutes. it s very convenient and will save you a bunch of time and money. Also, make sure you buy them online... otherwise they charge much higher fees for phone orders. good luck.

To Name a few you can go for cheap hotels Hotel Bedford Travelodge , Boston Hotel Best Western Lord Wakefield , Boston Hotel Marriott Long Wharf , Boston . If you want to go for more lis of hotels at discount rates you can preferably go for Hotels2stay. i always make my bookings through them . hope it benefits you too ..http://www.hotels2stay.net/world/usa/mas��Have alovely time !!!

Where are some great gymnastics places in Utah? -

I live in Utah and from what I ve heard west pointe studios,llc is really great and also gymcats and arete and Olympics gymnastics and also West academy if you live in utah can you tell me any good gymnastics places that you ve heard about or know about coz by this december or january I ll be starting gymnastics again! thanks

I ve heard arete s pretty good but their equipment is dirty, and I heard gymcats has mean coaches. But my friend took from Elite Tumbling and she liked it alot...I also think it depends on how much you want to pay and where you live... because arete s like past Lehi and then Elite is in Sandy... but you should choose like 2 you like and then go check it out for one class or whatever and then choose which place you like better. Hope that helps and good luck!

Bailie s is a good choice if you live near Draper.

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What are are the best 5 towns/cities in the lower peninsula to live in? Any advice will be appreciated? -

I am 18, I don t like where I live in Michigan. I won t say the town but I live close to Toledo Ohio. The economy here only seems to be getting worse. Another relative getting laid off. Even the resturant I was working while going to school shut down. Where I live every other building is closed. I am not a fan of the cold weather and high auto insurance prices either.I know Ann Arbor is nice. But that really seems the best Michigan has to offer. And it isn t all that great. I have no idea where else is doing ok in the economy and has nice weather. California is way too expensive.

Well you won t get nice Cal. type weather nor a strong economy anywhere in MI - period. Best 5 towns? In what respect? I really depends more on you, your preferences mean far more than anything else when chosing the best.Being from SE MI, my choices would be these:MilfordHowellPlymouthNorthvilleClarkston

My top five recommendations from experience is; Commerce, Northville, Milford, Belleville and, Royal Oak (although last time I checked Royal Oak isn t the most affordable area). I would also throw Plymouth in there as well actually it s a better area than some I listed in my first top five.

Ann Arbor/Saline/Chelsea areaOrchard Lake/West Bloomfield/Bloomfield HillsDundee/Ida/BedfordTraverse City/Glen Lake/EmpireI don t know much about the SW side of the state, but I hear that Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo is nice too.

Waterford area, Bloomfield hills, west Bloomfield, Clarkston,

NoviPlymouthKeego Harbor/ Cass Lake/ Waterford areaCommerce TownshipEast Lansing

Easiest way to get from Ft.Lauderdale, FL to San Diego, California? -

I want to go to San Diego,California from Ft.Lauderdale, FL.I want to go from March 26 to around April 1.I m pretty flexible with my dates though.I really don t care what time.I just want the cheapest price possible, and no stops if possible.I am willing to leave from Ft.Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, or Miami airport.I want fewest stops possible.Thanks,

Go to any travel consolidator s, website (Travelosity, Orbitz, etc) and look it up. That s what anyone else would have to do.

What is the best place in LA to move to? -

I am moving to LA and I need to know where I should be looking to buy a house. I am 23 and I need to live in a vibrant place with shopping, eating and clubs close by. It should also be a safe and family oriented place.

Unemployment in California is well above the national average. If you do not have a GUARANTEED job offer you would be well advised NOT to come here. Jobs here are almost non existent.

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It really depends on what fits your budget. cities/districts (beginning with high end living, and dropping to the middle class standard, may not be in exact order of income, these are the cities closest to Los Angeles, although quite friendly): Bev Hills, Calabasas, all beaches (not really for families), Los Feliz (district, usually ideal for young people with the financial means ),Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, San Marino (this is perhaps the most expensive following Bev Hills, and may perhaps be the most family oriented in all of L.A. County), Claremont (although it is not as close to Los Angeles, this city was named one of America s top ten cities to live in) Pasadena (be careful here, Pasadena has some of the most beautiful areas in L.A. county, and some of the ugliest, just stay SOUTH of I-210, I think you should live here. Most of Pasadena North of that begins to look run down ), Sherman Oaks (cool lively city, good for young people, has it s high end sides, and uuummm... low end? I don t know how to say this one. South Pasadena (excellent city, very secluded, adjacent to San Marino, the homes on the East side of the city are a little more upscale, the West side of the city is middle class still quite nice), La Canada and Sierra Madre, (beautiful cities, very private), Alhambra (is among the most affordable cities, it has its nice and ugly sides, San Marino and South Pas around the corner), Glendale (this city, as Pasadena, may be one of the largest metropolises), Hollywood (yeah, I don t know why it s here on the list either, I don t want to move it up though, anyway, fun city, nice and bad sides, perhaps the most fun and diverse). Okay, I think you should state you budget. Type your budget on details and I will be back later, this got a bit too messy.

Ya know, you really should rent first until you learn the area. We all do a lot of changing in our 20 s and what you see as a utopian buy today could be your worst nightmare in two years. If you re thinking that if you don t like an area and will sell your house and move, think again. This housing market is not going to rebound into the buy-and-flip mode anytime soon.Rent for a year. You say you want the area to be safe and family oriented? It will take a little time to complete that sort of reality check. Hang on to that down payment for now.The other good L.A. folks can fill you in on the rest of the details.

Silverlake / Los Feliz / Echo Park area. If too expensive, Atwater, Mt. Washington, Highland Park.Old neighborhoods revitalized within the last 10 years or so (some still in the process). Cool old houses, neighborhood restaurants (no chain crap here), real-deal old bars, tons of live music clubs, vibrant arts scene.Safe is relative in LA, but I d say these neighborhoods are safe. Family-oriented is a little tough since a lot of the places I mentioned are in the hills and people don t have flat yards for kids to play and the streets are small and curvy. But they still live here with kids. But mostly they live here with dogs ;-)

It depends where you get a job. You live within 5-10 miles of your job. You drive where you must for the night life.Every area in LA has great shopping. The area with clubs is NOT anywhere close to a nice area to raise a family.LA is far too big to select a place to live before you know where you will be working. Unless you don t mind taking a chance on having a 2 hour commute.

I really hope you don t think that you can purchase a nice huge and spacious 2500 sq. ft. 4bd 3.5ba for $295,000 in LA.Go to Century 21 and type in Los Angeles so you ll see what I m talking about.

i would suggest hollywood hills or century city. if you can afford these areas that is. they are fairly close proximaty to every thing you are looking for and are pretty good areas.

Planning a trip to Indy within the next month, what is something I should do/see why Im there? -

Definitely try one of the nicer restaurants downtown while you re here; the price is worth the great food and classy dining. Here s a link worth your time with several of Indy s bests:http://indianapolis.citysearch.com/besto��A personal favorite of mine which is not included on this list is the Eagle s Nest Restaurant, a nice little romantic place that sits on top of the Hyatt. The view is spectacular (the entire restaurant spins a complete 360 while you eat) and overlooks Monument Circle, another great spot to visit. Really anywhere downtown is a good choice to go, and depending on what you re interested in (theater, nightlife, sports), there s something for everyone.Hope I could be of some help and have a great time on your visit!

What do you like to do? There is lots of stuff here - sports, shopping, museums, monuments, architecture, dining, etc. but I d hesitate to waste my time typing up something about our sports teams if you re not even into sports, for instance.

Myself and Friends thinking about going to america for a month during the summer? -

So we wanna get as much done as possible, we were thinking of travelling by train because it would be a little too much money to fly to all the desinations, is it possibele to take a route from san francisco, to miami then maybe up to new york?? thanks

Actually, you can get very good deals on the flights. If you fly to the US with one of the US-based airlines, many of them offer a Visit USA or Visit North America airpass where you can get very cheap flights around the US. Or try Southwest, Jet Blue, and Air Tran - they are the US versions of Ryanair or Easyjet.Amtrak would probably cost more than flying. I would only do it if you really want the experience of the train ride.Renting a car is another option, and would give you more flexibility as to where you go and when.

Doing both the west coast and all of the east coast might be a bit much. I would suggest choosing one or the other OR do the east coast and fly to the west coast. The middle of the country doesn t have much to offer, and what there is to see/do is very spread out. You can get decent flights if you book in advance...You would only need a one way ticket anyways. Just fly home from the opposite coast you started at. Once you are on the east coast you can take amtrak (train) to all the major cities. I m not as familiar with amtrak on the west coast, so it might be a better idea for you and your friends to rent a car, although driving in California is awful. Just remember that all the tourist spots are going to be crowded in the summer and hotel/flight tickets are at their highest. (except christmas) You re money would go further if you and your friends could come off season- like april or september.

I don t think it will be worth your time taking a train across the country. And I m not sure that there will be direct trains from the 3 locations you have mentioned. I think the train, amtrak.com, works best around the northeast and upper midwest states (i.e., Chicago to NYC, and surrounding areas). Definitely, plan ahead and look up deals on flights - sometimes you can get real good deals. Some search engine sites for flights that I like are:kayak.comtravelocity.comLook at Wikipedia s low cost carrier airlines for USA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_low-cost_airlinesThe other option is keep the east and south coast separately, so if you are on the east coast travel north and south by train or car, and when you are done with the east cost, fly across country and explore the west coast north and south by car or train.Also, if you need to find hotels I highly recommend using priceline.com and bidding your own rates, however, this requires permanent traveling dates, not a lot of flexibility because of the prepayment. i use this site http://biddingfortravel.yuku.com/ to figure out what other people have been bidding in the areas I am planing to stay in and then use their bids as a guideline to keep my rates low.

Yeah... that will probably take you a whole month too, though. It is possible... check it out here: amtrak.com You might have more success with a car rental... not sure of the cost, but honestly you will have more options and more freedoms in terms of where and when you can visit places. You would probably be best served by comparing the cost of both train and car rental. A few airlines also offer decent prices on some routes... try southwest.com or jetblue.com. Good Luck!

You may as well take a plane for each destination. might be cheaper too.US is pretty big.