Waldenwood

Waldenwood is the kind of place where you'll actually use your land—just under an acre per lot on a 17-acre plat in the Country Brook Estates Area, with enough breathing room that your neighbors aren't checking what you're grilling. It's a short drive to Gerald R. Ford Airport (13.5 minutes) and downtown Grand Rapids (20 minutes), which means you're close enough to the city without living in it. Homes run around $595K, and the schools are covered by Forest Hills Public Schools. Shopping and dining are nearby—a dozen groceries within 2 miles, plus a restaurant about a mile away and coffee about 1.6 miles out—so you're not isolated, just removed enough to feel like you've actually left town. If your dog needs to run, Shaggy Pines Dog Park is less than a mile down the road.