Georgetown Shores No 5

The gravel and asphalt announce themselves before you see the homes—this is a place where you'll need your car for coffee, groceries, and basically everything else, which is fine if you're the type who doesn't mind a short drive to get anywhere. Lot sizes hover around half an acre, giving you enough breathing room without the commitment of actual acreage, and median home values sit comfortably in the $1.4M range. Downtown Grand Rapids is under twenty minutes away, and the airport just past half an hour, so you're close enough to the city without feeling like you're in it. What makes this work is the genuine removal—you can walk to Sunrise Park in eight minutes and pretend you're the kind of person who prioritizes nature, even though the nature walk score here is basically a 0.5.