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Originally Posted by pdxtex
Michigan is full of nice small towns. Dexter, Chelsea, Plymouth, Northville. Clarkston, Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Marquette, Traverse City, South Haven. Tons. Traverse City is arguably the nicest city in Michigan if leisure is your goal.
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Plymouth, Northville and Clarkston are Detroit suburbs. They're basically McMansion sprawl with a cute historic main street. Northville is really affluent, upper class sprawl. Plymouth a bit more modest, Clarkston moreso.
Dexter and Chelsea serve roughly the same role for Ann Arbor.
And I wouldn't call Midland or Mt. Pleasant quaint. Marquette has a really nice, intact core, but not particularly touristy or quaint. Strangely downtown Marquette has (or had) a great New Orleans po-boy shop & accompanying French Quarter-style bar. It also has a nice working harbor.