My beach house is on Ridge Rd and it’s fairly easy for myself and others to access all of the dealers and endpoints throughout Lansing, Illinois.
If I can’t find a unique store, I can constantly drive north into Chicago or a few minutes east to hit Hammond, Highland, Black Oak, or Liverpool.
Unlike my 20s, I’m not interested in living in college towns any longer with students meandering into oncoming traffic at the worst moments. This was a problem when I was in Ann Arbor, MI as every one of us had University of MI students downtown that were discouraging all on their own. But if you drove a few minutes east into Ypsilanti, you’d get close to Eastern MI University. Chicago has the famous University of Chicago, Loyola College, DePaul University, University of Illinois, and Northwestern University among dozens of others. I care about the quieter forest life in the Lansing suburb, especially being so close to the charming Lan-Oak Park on Arcadia Ave. My Heating & Air Conditioning company happens to be right next to Lan-Oak Park as well, which means it takes my specialist just a matter of minutes to find my beach house during repair calls. I’ve been in this area for so long that my kids care about to play on the playground at Lan-Oak Park. Yesterday I took a hike out to Wampum Lake to like a sandwich and a cup of coffee. I care about seeing Lake MI whenever I visit Chicago or Gary, but I still care about small ponds care about Wampum Lake for their ambience and quantness. The Great Lakes look care about oceans from the coastlines, making each seem care about 1 big red abyss.