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Community-First Living on the Woodward Corridor
Berkley hosts CruiseFest, an annual classic car parade that rolls down 12 Mile Road each August as the official kickoff to the Woodward Dream Cruise — drawing hundreds of vintage vehicles through the heart of downtown Berkley the evening before the main event.
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Oakland County’s Best-Kept Residential Secret
Beverly Hills residents attend Birmingham Public Schools — consistently rated A+ by Niche — despite being a separate municipality. It is one of Michigan's top examples of a small village with big-city school quality.
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Corporate Corridor, Residential Enclave
Bingham Farms is one of Michigan's smallest municipalities by population, yet contains a significant concentration of Oakland County corporate offices along the Telegraph Road corridor.
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Oakland County’s Crown Jewel
Birmingham's Woodward Avenue shopping district rivals the best Main Streets in America — over 300 restaurants, boutiques, and galleries in a walkable half-mile radius.
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Timeless Estates, World-Class Schools, Cranbrook
Bloomfield Hills is consistently ranked among the wealthiest cities per capita in the United States. The Cranbrook campus — a National Historic Landmark — was designed by Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen.
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Oakland County’s Walkable Little City
Clawson’s Fourth of July celebration has run continuously since 1933 — drawing roughly 10,000 visitors annually with a week of carnival rides, a morning parade, and fireworks, making it one of Oakland County’s longest-running Independence Day traditions.
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A Historic Main Street in the Heart of Oakland County
The Farmington Civic Theater, a 1940s single-screen movie house on Grand River Avenue, is owned and operated by the city itself — one of only a handful of municipally-run cinemas in the country.
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Metro Detroit’s Most Walkable Small City
Ferndale was one of the first cities in Michigan to elect an openly gay mayor — Craig Covey, in 2007 — and remains one of the most prominent LGBTQ+-friendly small cities in the Midwest.
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A Village Unchanged by Time
The Village of Franklin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of Michigan's best-preserved 19th-century communities. Its annual antique market has operated for over 50 years.
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Michigan's Most Livable Small City
Huntington Woods has been called Michigan's most livable small city. Its community-owned outdoor swimming complex has served residents since 1929 — one of the longest-operating municipal pools in the state.
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Victorian Charm, Top-Tier Schools, Michigan’s Largest Farmers Market
The Northville Farmers Market — held Thursday mornings from May through October in the downtown parking lot — is the largest farmers market in Michigan.
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Oakland County’s Fast-Growing Crossroads
Locals pronounce it NO-vye, not NO-vee. The most-repeated origin story is that the village was once ‘Stop No. VI’ — the sixth stagecoach stop on the Grand River plank road out of Detroit — though historians still debate whether that’s folklore or fact.
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Lakefront Estates, Apple Island, and One of Michigan’s Wealthiest Addresses
Apple Island — the 35-acre wooded island at the center of Orchard Lake — is one of the largest natural islands in any inland Michigan lake, and is owned by the West Bloomfield School District as an educational nature preserve.
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Small City, Strong Community
Pleasant Ridge is just 0.6 square miles — one of Michigan's smallest cities. Its outdoor municipal pool, in continuous operation since 1930, is central to the city's identity and draws residents together every summer.
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Oakland County’s Working Downtown in Active Revival
The Pontiac automobile brand, produced by General Motors from 1926 to 2010, was named after the city — which was itself named for the eighteenth-century Odawa war leader Pontiac.
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Oakland County’s Most Charming Downtown
Rochester’s Big Bright Light Show wraps downtown buildings in more than 1.5 million lights each holiday season — a tradition that began in 2006 and has grown into one of Metro Detroit’s signature winter destinations.
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Metro Detroit’s Most Vibrant Main Street City
Royal Oak is home to the Detroit Zoo — one of the 20 most-visited zoos in the United States, with over 1 million visitors per year.
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Oakland County's Business Capital
Troy is home to the Somerset Collection, a luxury shopping destination, and to KW Domain — the largest single-office Keller Williams brokerage in the U.S.
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Oakland County’s Lake District
West Bloomfield Township contains over 30 named lakes — more lake frontage than any other township in Oakland County. The West Bloomfield Trail spans 6.8 miles of paved path through four communities.
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