Just curious.... What's is like?
Hilly? Windy? Cold? Hot? Lots of snow? Lots of rain? Trees? Special foods? Conservative? Liberal? Cycling? Camping? Coffee shops? Bookstores? White trash? Rednecks? Snobs?
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anyone from/near Kalamazoo?
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Lynxa
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I don't live there but I've been there before!! 
(one of my friends from undergrad was from Kalamazoo).
It's a pretty liberal little place, ADORABLE as all get-out. There were tons of used book stores, coffee shops, and those hippy shops that sell skirts with little mirrors on them and Nag Champa incense.
The Michganders were pretty friendly people (I DID get tired of Arkansas jokes, but they were friendly). It's also only a couple of hours from Anne Arbour and Chicago's about five hours away.
It is VERY VERY COLD in the winter. On the little shopping street they have set up, they made the sidewalks heated so snow and ice wouldn't build up on them. I visited in August of '01 and was comfortable (even got a little chilly when they took me to lake Michigan, but I was born and raised in the south). I don't think the temperature got above 85 the whole time I was there.
Why? You thinking about moving?
(one of my friends from undergrad was from Kalamazoo).It's a pretty liberal little place, ADORABLE as all get-out. There were tons of used book stores, coffee shops, and those hippy shops that sell skirts with little mirrors on them and Nag Champa incense.
The Michganders were pretty friendly people (I DID get tired of Arkansas jokes, but they were friendly). It's also only a couple of hours from Anne Arbour and Chicago's about five hours away.
It is VERY VERY COLD in the winter. On the little shopping street they have set up, they made the sidewalks heated so snow and ice wouldn't build up on them. I visited in August of '01 and was comfortable (even got a little chilly when they took me to lake Michigan, but I was born and raised in the south). I don't think the temperature got above 85 the whole time I was there.
Why? You thinking about moving?
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I live just across Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, and I have been to Kalamazoo a couple times on business. I can't speak much for what things there are to do for fun, but as for midwestern weather, you get a pretty wide variety. Summers are usually in the 80s, with a few days in the 90s. And in the winter the highs probably average around 20, with lows occasionally dropping below 0 at night. I'm not sure, but I think Michigan gets some extra snow because of the effect of Lake Michigan. And like Lynxa said, I like to think we midwestern types are usually pretty friendly and easy going.
Good luck if you're moving there!
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Although I live across the state, I've been there many times and know people that went to university there. It gets quite a bit of lake-effect snow in the winter, so be prepared for lots and lots. Temperatures in Michigan are pretty flexible - you honestly never know what it'll be like. It can go as low as -22 in the winter and into the 90s in the summer.
The town is moderate sized and is very focused on the university, so you're gonna get the typical university-town things: coffee shops and younger-people oriented activities. Compared to other cities that I've been to, I'd say that it's about 50% redneck, but that's kind of unavoidable in Michigan.
All things considered, it's a very nice place and you'd probably like it if you moved there.
The town is moderate sized and is very focused on the university, so you're gonna get the typical university-town things: coffee shops and younger-people oriented activities. Compared to other cities that I've been to, I'd say that it's about 50% redneck, but that's kind of unavoidable in Michigan.
All things considered, it's a very nice place and you'd probably like it if you moved there.