Most work somewhere in the area relatively few commute to Detroit. Main roads, laid out on a grid, make getting around fairly easy while the area is spread out, traffic isn’t much of an issue.
Detroit itself, naturally, provides many city amenities and services not available locally. Finally, Farmington Hills is a mostly upscale residential suburb and shopping area with attractive housing developments spreading northward into West Bloomfield.įor the most part these northern suburbs feature a strong community framework, modern amenities, and a comfortable if not showy suburban lifestyle. A number of Detroit suburbs are known for their lack of diversity Warren is one of them. Warren is similar, and goes to market with the slogan “Small Town Lifestyle, Big City Commerce.” Warren is home to the General Motors Technical Center and a series of US Army technical and research facilities among other installations. The area is known for its community feel and strength of community sports programs. Troy and the other suburbs are mostly modern, with large commercial concrete and glass structures and attractive if plain housing. Like most of Detroit, and Michigan at large, the area is vulnerable to economic cycles. The area suffered a bit of a blow with the bankruptcy of locally-headquartered Kmart, and much of that operation has been moved, through merger, to Chicago. Temporary employer Kelly Services and a couple of banks also call Troy home. Many of the firms making a home there are well known in the automotive industry – Altain Engineering, Budd Company, Delphi, SAE International. Troy has become a major business and commercial center, with a number of plants and headquarters operations.
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