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Review of Mount Pleasant, Michigan


boring............
Star Rating - 7/6/2009
Mt. Pleasant is the home to Central Michigan University. Much of its economy is tied to the University or the casino. The rest is just service jobs for college students that pay maybe $7 an hour. Its a great place to live while you are getting your degree, but the scant job market and nothing to do will make you move out after you graduate. The nearest town to even go to the mall or do something is an hour to the south is Lansing, which isnt impressionable either. The nearest major city, Detroit, is over 2 hours away, making Mount Pleasant's location very secluded. I lived in Mt. Pleasant for nearly 3 years while getting my degree and know what I'm talking about. Its a small town stuck in the middle of cornfields in the middle of Michigan. And you can always smell the natural gas from the reserves nearby. If you like at least mid-sized cities with things to see and do and want to be exposed to culture, people and jobs, go elsewhere. Chicago is almost a 4 hour drive and Detroit is about 2.
Darren | Phoenix, AZ
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Mount Pleasant is nothing like this. My family is well employed, and stayed here past graduating from CMU. The nearest mall is 25 miles away, not in Lansing. However, downtown has many small boutiques and locally owned stores, and the typical big box stores are here, so a mall isn't necessary. You don't constantly smell natural gas. Yes, there are oil reserves (not natural gas) and some have flames burning off impurities, but you have to be near them to be able to smell them. These are all located miles outside of town. There is culture, did you bother to attend any performances while on campus? Dance and music recitals through the School of Music at CMU, University Theater, and the Broadway Theater downtown all provided culture, and national touring companies of plays, operas and ballets perform in Plachta Auditorium. Not to mention the pow-wows and Ziibiwing Center on the Saginaw Chippewa reservation. I'm wondering if you ever left your apartment or house while you were here, and even tried to experience Mount Pleasant? Or just sat there, bitter that you were "stuck" in a small town?
Paula | Mount Pleasant, MI | Report Abuse
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