Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties have many attractive communities with excellent public and private schools. Although Oakland County has one of the highest per-capita incomes in the country, house staff can easily find affordable housing there. The Grosse Pointes and St. Clair Shores on the east and Dearborn, Livonia and Farmington on the west side are a few of the pleasant communities convenient to Children s Hospital. Royal Oak, a suburb about 15 minutes outside of downtown Detroit, has become a popular area for night time entertainment. Featuring a variety of cafes, restaurants, bars, and dance clubs, downtown Royal Oak has something to do virtually every day of the week.
Freeways enable motorists to move quickly from one end of the metropolitan area to the other.
Children s Hospital of Michigan is close to all major freeways and within half-hour s drive of most suburban residential areas. Michigan, bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, has more than 1,000 inland lakes, many of them within an hour s drive of Detroit. Eleven Metroparks near the city and an extensive network of state recreational areas offer swimming, camping, boating, fishing, biking, and cross-country and downhill skiing. Detroit is a diverse city, with more than 150 ethnic groups represented. International shops and restaurants abound, offering everything from African, Belgian, Chinese and Jewish goods to Japanese, Greek, Middle Eastern, Polish and Thai cuisine.