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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
the only people commuting into AA from OC sprawl via pontiac trail are those living in and around South Lyon itself, everyone else is gonna use expressways like M-14 or US-23.
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But that's who is coming into AA. Again, South Lyon is the fastest growing area in Michigan. It isn't coincidental that it's 20-25 min. from U-M Medical Center, and McMansions are (more or less) banned in AA's immediate vicinity. So the docs and nurses get their sprawl bliss elsewhere.
And Northville and Salem, right next store, are the same deal. Sprawly Metro Detroit, then forest/farmland, then AA. Both communities have lots of AA commuters. No freeways, just little rural roads. My sister in law makes this commute every weekday, as do many of her neighbors. Six Mile Road westwards, and it turns from McMansions into almost nothing as soon as you enter Washtenaw.
The epicenter of recent McMansion sprawl in Metro Detroit is the far western edge of Oakland County, and bleeding somewhat into Wayne County.
Of course, there are many commuters from Livingston County too, and they would take a freeway (M23). And obviously supercommuters, from elsewhere in Oakland, or wherever, would take freeways.