Alden Ridge Condominium

Alden Ridge sits on 31 acres where you can actually move around without feeling like you're stacked on top of someone else—lots run close to an acre each, which means there's real space between houses. A unnamed park is a four-minute walk away, and there are three parks within a mile if you need to burn off some energy, plus Stoney Lake sits less than a mile down the road. The grocery stores cluster around 1.7 miles out, and there's a restaurant about a mile away along with a coffee shop at 1.1 miles, so you're not completely isolated but you're also not living above a strip mall. The condo community feeds into Lowell Area Schools, and the median home price hovers around $158K—you can actually afford to live here without taking out a second mortgage on your kidney. Getting out to Gerald R. Ford Airport takes about 22 minutes, and downtown Grand Rapids is roughly 28 minutes away if you need urban amenities or a night out.