Sunny Acres

It's basically the midpoint between downtown and the airport—15 minutes to Grand Rapids proper, 28 to Gerald R. Ford—which means you're close enough to actually go places without it feeling like a commitment. Homes here run around $414K, and you're looking at 19 acres of subdivision living with Grandville Public Schools handling the education side. Wedgwood Park is a five-minute walk away, and there are three parks within a mile if you're the type who keeps score. A restaurant is a short walk, a coffee shop about 12 minutes on foot, and somehow 102 restaurants fit within a mile—which either says something very good or very confusing about the density. Kenowa Lake sits less than a mile out, the nearest grocery is under a mile, and there's a transit stop two minutes away if you want it. It's the kind of place where you're not pretending to be rural, but you're not drowning in urban noise either.