love the grerat lakes - 12/29/2010

love being on the water in michigan

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Grosse Pointe Park - A Mini Resort Town - 6/18/2009

Grosse Pointe Park is an upscale suburb of Detroit just 10 minutes from downtown. The people are very friendly and watch out for each other, yet are not intrusive. We have a top rated Public Safety Department, as well. The city is only about 4 sq miles, but has many amenities. There are two main parks directly on Lake St. Clair that provide for just about any sport. One park is considered a "quiet" park having a play scape, boardwalk, sledding hill, fountain and splash pad. It also has accommodations for kayaks and sail boarding. The second larger park has a full scale marina, tennis courts, large swimming pool, fishing pier, volley ball pit, community center, movie theater, gymnasium and work out facilities. As you can tell, the residents enjoy sports. Sailing and swimming are big in the summer, as is watching the large ships pass by, and lacrosse and hockey other times. The homes are of classic design and were mostly built from 1900 - 1950. Residents take great pride in their homes and keep them in prime shape. (One can even check out tools from the library!) The general culture can be described as preppy. The Grosse Pointe Schools are one of the top in the state and rated in the top 250 in the nation. Parental involvement is high and scholastic achievement is the main focus. All in all, I love living here.

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Grosse Pointe Crime - 6/5/2007

We keep the rif-raf out.

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GROSSE POINTE CITY NOT PARK - 12/5/2006

I live in Grosse Pointe City which often get's lumped in as Grosse Pointe Park. Kind of a difference but not a big one. GP Park has a lot of rentals and borders more on Detroit but it also does have some large nice expensive houses. Anyway Grosse Pointe City, Park, Woods, Farms and Shores are all considered "The Pointes". It's a very asthetic place to live. The neighborhoods are very nice and the schools are great. There are lots of large trees and in the summer it's a great place to walk around. A lot of resident's take care of their houses which are all different tudor style houses. It's a family oriented area. Also GP borders Lake St. Clair and if you're a boater that's really nice in the summer. But there are no beaches for swimming. Now the bad part: Grosse pointe borders Detroit which IMHO is the GHETTO NUCLEUS. They say Detroit's suburbs are the most segregated in America. And seeing how nice Grosse Pointe is knowing how close Detroit is is kind of amazing. There are actually fences blocking off streets that at one time were open. Being so close to Detroit stifles GP from bringing in any good retail and restaurants. I think because their afraid all the Detroit riff raff will come in and frequent it. I don't blame them but all that does is force GP'ers to drive 20 or 30 miles to suburbs like Troy or Rochester to go to places like Trader Joes or a NICE target or P.F. Changs. Also GP has a lot of old residents. Which makes it less likely for change. All in all if you have to live in the Detroit Area GP offers a really asthetic neighborhoody experience you will not get in any other suburb in Detroit. It is kind of expensive though. on a side note I sometimes feel bad always dogging Detroit but hey, I wouldn't if it wasn't such a pit. I'm rooting for Detroit to come back but it's not looking good. Especially with all the Auto companies going belly up. None of the citizens have much education or willpower. Everyone always seems to say they need help. Why can't they help themselves? I mean how much effort does it take to pick up the trash from around your house. or get a gallon of paint or cut your grass or not rob somebody... They need some good role models. Not T.I. or 3-6 mafia.

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transportation - 5/23/2005

Grosse Pointe Park is a walking city. It is only about one mile by one mile big. Everything you need (groceries, movies, flowers, clothes, shoes, doctor, school) are all within walking distance. Police are everywhere and it is very safe, despite being so close to the city of Detroit. The city is the only one of the Grosse Pointes to have two city parks. Both are right on Lake St. Clair and offer swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball, playgrounds, picnic areas and exercise facilities.

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