Wenhams Add.

Tell someone on the drive over that you're about a two-and-a-half minutes from downtown Grand Rapids, which means you're close enough to actually go there without it feeling like a thing. Wenhams Add. is a 14-acre subdivision where the lots run small—about 0.11 acres each—so you're buying proximity and walkability to restaurants and coffee shops that are literally steps away, along with transit access that's equally close. Homes here run around $190K, and you're enrolled in Grand Rapids Public Schools by default. The surrounding Seeds of Promise area has more than 390 restaurants within a mile and 30 grocery stores within two, which sounds like overkill until you realize how useful it is. Mooney Park is a five-minute walk, and there are 25 parks within a mile if you need green space without the drive. It's the kind of place where you're not pretending the car doesn't matter—you're just close enough to downtown and the airport (23.5 minutes) that most days you don't need to think about distance at all.