If you're looking for a terrific city in Michigan, Garden City provides an excellent location, tree-lined streets, and a peaceful beauty you'll love -- but it also features a vibrant shopping and dining district so everything you need is right down the street. For outdoor fun, residents head to Garden City Park, a tree-filled park with a paved walking trail, picnic areas, a playground, and the Garden City Civic Arena, an ice skating rink featuring hockey leagues.

With a large number of businesses, restaurants, and shops located along Ford and Middlebelt Roads, there's plenty within the boundaries of Garden City. But when you want to venture out, Garden City is about 15 miles west of Downtown Detroit. Westland, located on the west side of Garden City, is home to the Westland Shopping Center, an indoor shopping mall, West Ridge Shopping Center, and Westland Crossing.