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A rising blue tide lifts the nation
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A rising blue tide lifts the nation
By Morley Winograd, Michael Hais The 2020 presidential election, for all its twists and turns, delivered further evidence that the Democratic blue wave that swept Democrats to power in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 was not a unique phenomenon, but part of an inexorable rise in the level of Democratic support. Although Democratic victories were not as overwhelming as predicted, their increased level of support was sufficient to flip the key battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania and award the electoral votes of Arizona and Georgia to the Democratic presidential ticket for the first time in decades. The shift to the Democratic Party that emerged on the nation’s coasts at the end of the last century, has now risen high enough in the west to flow over the Sierra Madre mountains and into the deserts of the Southwest and the eastern foothills of the Rockies. In the east, this election saw Democratic strength increase down the Atlantic seaboard from the Northeast and New England into the Carolina delta and on into Georgia at the end of the Appalachian Mountains. At the same time, the states bordered by the Great Lakes came back to the Democrats after Republicans eked out presidential pluralities in them four years ago. These changes are driven by three major forces that will ultimately bathe the entire country in a sea of blue—generational change, non-white population growth, and increasing gender equality. The first underlying trend is among young people. Millennials, now in their twenties and thirties, and the generation that follows them, Plurals (often erroneously called Gen Z), are translating their values of inclusion, equity and fairness into their overwhelming political preferences for the ideas, if not always the leadership, of the Democratic Party. In 2020, 18-to-29-year-olds, made up of Millennials as well as Plurals voting for the first time, preferred the Biden/Harris ticket over Trump by a 27-point margin (62% to 35%). Meanwhile, 30-to-44-year-olds, all but the oldest of whom are Millennials, gave the diverse ticket a seven-point margin, 52% to 45%. The rest of the electorate, all over 45 years old, basically split their vote, thanks to President-elect Biden registering marginal gains among his fellow seniors. The continuing diversity of America’s population can be seen in almost every public-school house in the country as the population’s division between whites and minorities approaches 50% each. Even as this change brings greater understanding of the nuances of each demographic’s political preferences, the overall support for this year’s Democratic presidential ticket from each non-white demographic underlines the importance of their increasing presence in the American electorate. In 2020, Blacks continued their historic support for the party of integration, voting 87% to 12% for the ticket that brought the nation its first Black, first Asian-American, and first female vice president-elect, Kamala Harris. That 75-point margin was down slightly from the 81-point margin in 2016, reflecting the lower levels of enthusiasm among young Black male voters for Biden that was also evident in the Democratic primary. Whether that turns out to be a long-term trend for the Democratic Party or just his candidacy remains to be seen. CNN’s exit polls show that two-thirds of Hispanics nationally voted for the Democratic presidential ticket, just as they did in 2016. Whatever gains Republicans were able to achieve among Cuban- and Venezuelan-Americans in Miami-Dade County, Florida or that Democrats failed to achieve among rural Hispanic voters in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley were made up for by the improved levels of support the Democratic ticket received among Hispanics in the Southwest whose families have a more recent immigrant experience. Biden won 2 out of every 3 Hispanic voters in Arizona and enjoyed particularly strong support among Latinas, 7 out of 10 of whom backed Biden. Republicans ended up with 32% of the Hispanic vote nationally, nowhere near their level of support among this group that President Bush received in his 2004 presidential campaign (44%). Almost the same level of support came from the many ethnic sub-groups within the Asian-American population. In the aggregate, 63% of them voted for a ticket that included a vice-presidential candidate who traced half of her lineage to India. Vice President-elect Harris is sure to increase that level of support for the Democratic Party during her service in national executive office. The final force reshaping American politics is even more powerful than the other two. Women more than doubled their margin for the Democratic presidential ticket over what it was in 2016 according to AP’s Vote Cast Survey of 2020 voters, and their increased partisan affiliation even erased Trump’s 2016 edge among white women. The latest CNN exit polling registered a 23-point gender gap in 2020, up slightly from 2016, with women favoring Biden by 15 points, 57% to 42%, and men voting for Trump by an 8-point margin, 53% to 45%. Meanwhile, the Vote Cast Survey said women made up 53% of the electorate, underlining how critical their support of President-elect Biden was in determining the ultimate outcome of this year’s election. Although the transformational power of these forces can be seen in communities across the country, it is in the nation’s suburbs where the change has been most evident. With 20 and 30-year-old Millennials moving to the suburbs to raise families and the increasing diversity of America’s most popular place to live combining with the increasing economic, personal and political independence of women, changes in the suburban vote have become the easiest way to capture the future of American politics. For example, the Biden/Harris ticket won Oakland Country, Detroit’s upscale, suburban county, by 91,000 votes in 2020, a margin nearly twice that of the Democratic ticket in 2016. The more working-class suburbs in Wayne County located just west of Detroit added another 68,000 votes to the Democratic margin this year in comparison to 2016. In blue-collar, suburban Macomb county, home of the Reagan Democrat, the 2020 Democratic ticket cut Trump’s margin by a third. And so it went across the country. Suburban Atlanta gave the Biden/Harris ticket 207,000 more votes than Trump in 2020 compared to 193,000 in 2016. Biden was beating Trump by more than 283,000 votes in the Philadelphia suburbs even before all the votes were counted— a 50% increase over Hillary Clinton’s 188,000-vote edge in 2016 and double President Barack Obama’s margin in 2012. The Biden/Harris ticket even cut Trump’s margin in the three very white and Republican “collar counties” around Milwaukee, especially in Ozaukee, where seven points were sliced off Trump’s advantage from 2016. When President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris are seated with their spouses at the Inauguration, the four of them will span the diversity of America in unprecedented ways. Three of the country’s religions—Catholic, Black Baptist, and Jewish—will be represented by these two unique couples. Whites, Blacks, and Asian-Americans will also find kindred spirits seated on our democracy’s most iconic stage. Even more remarkably, the female partner of one of the two couples will be one of the two people being sworn in that day—the first time in U.S. history. All of this will send a clear signal to the nation that the three most powerful emerging political forces in the country have created a rising sea of blue that will continue to deepen and spread in the decades to come unless the Republican Party can find a way to be more in tune with where America is going.
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Biden campaign begins in-person canvassing in swing states
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Biden campaign begins in-person canvassing in swing states
The Democratic nominee’s decision to go door-to-door in an effort to reach those who had proven difficult to contact by phone or online follows concerns from some party officials and activist groups that Biden was ceding an advantage to President Donald Trump, whose campaign has been canvassing in-person for months.
“We’re now expanding on our strategy in a targeted way that puts the safety of communities first and foremost and helps us mobilize voters who are harder to reach by phone now that we’re in the final stretch and now that Americans are fully dialed-in and ready to make their voices heard,” Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement.
News that Biden would begin in-person canvassing was first reported by The Associated Press.
Biden’s campaign said its door-to-door efforts will follow safety measures, including providing volunteers with masks as well as checking their temperatures and completing a symptom questionnaire before sending them out. Those who live in a neighborhood will receive text messages alerting them that a volunteer is there and could be knocking on their doors.
In-person canvassing will be underway in Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania this weekend, and begin in other states next week, a senior Biden aide said.
The campaign had already piloted some in-person efforts, such as dropping off literature and chatting with those arriving at early voting locations in Pennsylvania and Nevada.
The aide said at least several hundred volunteers will be participating in in-person campaign activities, and that in Pennsylvania alone, more than 6,000 volunteers had expressed interest in doing in-person activities over the last 36 hours.
The campaign has opened 109 “supply centers” for volunteers in 17 battleground states, and plans to expand that to 188 centers.
The shift to in-person canvassing comes after some Democratic officials and party allies complained that Biden’s campaign — in an effort to minimize health risks during the pandemic — was missing a critical method of contacting potential voters.
D. Taylor, the president of Unite Here, the labor union that is the parent organization of the powerful Culinary Union in Las Vegas, said in a recent interview with Appradab he had “encouraged everybody” to knock on doors.
“It’s a multilayer attempt when you have to get to voters: you have mail, you have phones, you have doors. Now, because you’re not going to have traditional rallies, unless you’re a jerk like Trump who endangers people, but you got to do all three. We’ve always viewed that as a three-legged stool, and if you take away one of those legs … it just makes it that much more difficult,” Taylor said.
He said during canvassing efforts in Arizona and Nevada, the union has encountered Latinos who need information on voting by mail and are concerned about the safety of absentee ballots after Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting.
“You have to walk them through that,” Taylor said. “He’s tried to undercut a basic tenet of democracy.”
Trump’s campaign responded to Biden’s reversal on door-knocking by asking what had changed since the summer, when Biden aides downplayed the need to meet voters in person and criticized Trump’s campaign for doing so during a pandemic that has left more than 200,000 Americans dead.
“Team Trump and the GOP have already knocked on about 19 million doors, leaving the Biden campaign about 19 million doors behind us,” Trump campaign spokesman Steve Guest said.
The first round of states were selected by the Biden campaign on a variety of metrics, including the competitiveness of the race, the rules for early voting and the rate of coronavirus cases in the state.
Several local Democratic organizations have already been going door-to-door — leaving information, not holding conversations — to advise people of voting deadlines.
In Michigan’s critical Macomb County, just north of Detroit, Democratic volunteers were stuffing bags on Thursday for a weekend canvassing session. They are specifically targeting the households of people who did not vote in the 2016 presidential election.
Ed Bruley, chairman of the Macomb County Democratic Party, said it was critical to reach these voters who were not motivated to vote for Hillary Clinton four years ago. He said volunteers would be instructed to simply leave a bag, including a roster of local, state and federal Democratic candidates, along with addresses and instructions for early voting. The plastic bags were personalized with a name, address and a small pumpkin.
“We drop it off and stay at a safe distance,” Bruley told Appradab as he stuffed the bags this week at party headquarters in Mt. Clemons, Michigan. “We would not for the sake of politics put someone’s life at stake.”
Appradab’s Gregory Krieg and Annie Grayer contributed to this report.
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My Addiction Story — 🥀🌻
Hi I’m Katie & Im a recovering addict. It dates back to 2014. I was a senior at Romeo High school. Most of my childhood was great, I grew up in Almont, MI. i saw my cousins, i had my family, i had a sister, i had fantastic friends, nothing was ever really wrong in life, except when i couldn’t get the color popsicle i wanted.
Fast forward into 2014. Life wasn't all that bad. I had great friends, loving family, i was in love for the first time. It was July 4 to be exact when my life changed. I had been having a rough day, can’t remember why but i do remember it was the day a woman i knew rolled me a joint, told me to smoke it later when i was alone, i said okay. Sure enough, i did, & i loved it. Mind you, i tried Marijuana before but never really got high. Id always been against it as well.
After that day, i started smoking more frequently. Eventually i had my own bowl, grinder & bought my own weed.
November 18, 2014, i went to school & ended up getting my car searched for being accused of having alcohol since my passenger was drunk, on the way to school, which i did not know. They found weed, .5 if you want me to be technical, no alcohol though, (didn't have any anyways).Three officers walked me out of the school & i was taken to Richmond, Michigan police dept. where i was fingerprinted & released. A court date appeared & then several more, i was then put on reporting probation through the city of Romeo, county of Macomb. Year probation, 80 hours community service, live at home, graduate on time, drug test clean, blow clean, etc.
From that day my life changed for the worst.
Throughout the beginning of my probation i did good, almost was off.
August of 2015 Someone introduced me to K2/Spice. A controlled substance also known as Synthetic Marijuana. It’s use was for incense, to burn on a stove. The bags labeled, “not for human consumption”. I never knew that would be the game changer. I became so heavily addicted to it, it was disgusting. It was like a mouse wanting cheese. I had to have it, all the time..
February 2016 i was in a raid because the dealer had sold some kid LSD &
the kid commuted suicide. Luckily, i was not charged with the raid so i didn’t violate probation. As time went on it got worse, i lost a lot of my friends, lost myself, lost my cars, lost trust with people, lost the guy i thought i was going to marry. It took over my life, it ruined my life.
As an addict our next time to pick up was all we cared about. You have to understand that addiction is a disease & that we lied, stole, etc. to get our need. Anything we did was because of our next time to pick up. We didn’t care about the world around us, or the way we were slowly tearing down the people that cared for us along with our addiction.
December 14, 2016 i smoked spice and got behind the wheel, after passing out i crossed over into oncoming traffic and crashed into a bush. I work up to cops smashing out the passenger window. I was taken to a holding cell for 12 hours. After being bonded out, i still didn’t have the lesson learned, the disease of addiction really got to me. For a while i wanted to believe i didn't have a problem, but more & more i was realizing maybe the things i thought were helping me, were ruining me. Oh, i also lost both of my jobs that same night.
February 17, 2017 i went into Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center after being sentenced 21 days. On my 5th day i was discharged because of my insurance. I used on that day. My probation officer told me to keep testing but i pretty much said screw it.
April 2017 i finally got put in jail for violating probation too many times. I was sentenced to 19 days, then sentenced to rehab for 21 days, must be completed or 90 days in county jail. The time. The sights. The smells. The people. To this day i still remember the vivid dreams i had in jail. It haunted me, i tried to make the best of it. I wasn’t dying. I was eating, kinda. I was clean off of k2. I was safe. I wasn’t having my friends & family worry about where i was. The stories i could tell, which i won’t, are a fair share of why addiction changes everyone. 3 years ago, i wouldn’t have been sitting there. I was in this position, because i couldn’t give up the drug.
April 21 — FIRST DAY OUT Not gonna lie, i felt on top of the world for once at the bottom. I smoked k2 the same day i got out of jail.
May 23 I took my last hit of k2 ever, grabbed my bags & headed to the car for Sacred Heart. The next 21 days at Sacred Heart tested everything i had in me. I wanted to leave, 4 days in a row to be exact. I cried a lot, i yelled a lot, i packed my shit, A LOT. At the end of the day i knew my best decision was to stay where i was because i wanted to use still. Finally one day at Sacred Heart i had a light come across my path & i didn’t want to leave anymore, i didn’t want to use anymore, i wanted to connect with the world of people that were going through the same as me, that understood where my shoes have been & how it felt to wear them.
June 13 I woke up at 6:30am & started getting ready for the day reality was here. I remember crying packing the last of my things into my bags, saying goodbye to my roommates, to everyone else at the heart, ready for my journey, ready as ever. I was handed my completion paper, went to my last class of the day, & when my name got called the claps, cheers, hugs, words of encouragement i got, i knew i had my new future in my hands. Oh if i could describe a feeling like i just kicked addictions ass it was then.
October 2017 — 5 months Today, i’m 5 months clean. Today, i woke up free. Today, i drive a car again. Today, i got a job opportunity for better. Today, i can love my family and hug my friends. Today, i can appreciate nature. Today, i can be nice to myself. Today, i can live. Today, i am in recovery 💖
-KD
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Coping during Challenges, Changes, and Uncertainty
When my March 19th blog Certainty in Uncertain Times posted, I was unsure what was going to happen with my work, my community, our state, or our nation. With so many unknowns, I could not allow myself to go down the road of “what if’s”, so I chose to focus on things I knew were steadfast. Even as I wrote that blog, I realized I have many privileges. I have realized even more over the past several weeks just how fortunate I am.
While we have learned a lot about Coronavirus and flattening the curve, there are still many unknowns. When will a vaccine be developed? How long will we have to maintain social distancing? Am I or my family going to contract the virus? How will the economy rebound? All these unknowns and more can cause anxiety and other emotions. It is important to recognize and try to manage these thoughts and feelings if we are to move through these challenges.
My husband and I are fortunate to work for organizations that are supportive of their employees and our overall health and well-being. My supervisor checks in with me regularly. We are encouraged to do things to take care of ourselves and our families. Rearranging our work hours if needed, taking time off, engaging in professional development opportunities (virtually of course), adjusting our workloads, and other reasonable accommodations are all possibilities.
My children are older and can take care of themselves, do their own homework, and even help around the house, so I have been able work from home with little to no interruptions. Some colleagues and many of you have young children who need more time and attention. My kids understand the reasons for all the changes, though they are not happy about them. We have conversations about the different ramifications of our current situation and what the future might look like.
It was no surprise when our governor announced that schools will not resume this year. My high school sophomore daughter is not happy, but she is a high-performing student, so completing school on-line is not really an issue. This is not the case for many. The adjustment for her and my college sophomore son has been the hardest part for me. Neither of them expected to end the year this way, but at least they have two more. For the seniors and their parents, it’s a different story. They have not had the celebrations and the closure that comes from all the “lasts”.
As restrictions are starting to lift in several areas, many people may be anxious about transitioning back to work and back to the usual routines of daily life. I am co-chair of the Work/Life/HR sub-committee of the COVID-19 Transition Team for our college. The concerns of faculty, staff, and students about returning to work or school is critical to our planning. NAMI Ohio gives these tips to help with the transition back to work:
IT’S OKAY TO BE ANXIOUS
GET HELP IF YOU NEED IT
EMBRACE THE RETURN TO STRUCTURE
GET SOME SLEEP, PET YOUR DOG
As our team and thousands of similar groups across the state and the nation begin to plan for a return to work, the health and safety of employees is at the forefront. Many organizations are considering the physical safety of their buildings, as well as the cultural and social aspects of returning to “business as usual.” These are just a few of the things our team will be considering as we provide recommendations to our Dean. While I must consider many unknowns as part of this team, I remain focused on the present and on the things I can do right now to help myself, my family, my colleagues, and my community to continue to be resilient in the face of the challenges we still face.
What have you found effective in coping with the COVID-19 changes?
Writer: Misty Harmon, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension Perry County.
Reviewer: Dr. Roseanne Scammahorn, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension Darke County.
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Harmon, M. (2020). Certainty in Uncertain Times. Live Healthy Live Well, Ohio State University Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences. https://livehealthyosu.com/2020/03/19/certainty-in-uncertain-times/
Johnson, A. (2020). Tips to Manage Anxiety When Returning to Work. NAMI Ohio. https://mailchi.mp/namiohio/helpathome-1389521?e=93084d4f8d
O’Neill, S. (2020). Coronavirus Has Upended Our World. It’s OK To Grieve. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/26/820304899/coronavirus-has-upended-our-world-its-ok-to-grieve
Allen, J. & Macomber, J. (2020). What Makes an Office Building “Healthy.” Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/04/what-makes-an-office-building-healthy
Scammahorn, R. (2020). A Time to Build Resilience. Live Healthy Live Well, Ohio State University Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences. https://livehealthyosu.com/2020/04/27/a-time-to-build-resilience/
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Want to Make a Living Out Writing? Consider These Websites to Get Paid to Write!
Want to make a living out of writing? Perhaps you had tried to earn money through freelance writing or blogging before and got stuck with not so efficient strategy. Or maybe you just ran out of in-hours writing job opportunities and looking for something effective and home-based. It can be stressful.
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This site offers its opinion, news and entertainment coverage to users in millions of numbers around the globe each month. It is an online magazine based in the UK. This online magazine covers the famous zeitgeist. A plethora of writers gets paid to write reviews and articles on gaming, music, television, film, sports and much more for their ever-increasing strong audience.
Watch Culture posts hundreds of articles every week written by their freelance contributors. Some of these articles can be seen on Metro Radio, BBC Radio, Dublin FM, Sky News and in some national newspapers from time to time.
Wondering How To Get Started?
Culture follows a unique system that pays all writers to earn money from every article they submit. The system is based on a per views basis. Thus, writers whose content matches the interest of their audience are rewarded the most. Typically, contributors who write unique concepts and execute them pretty well can reap big benefits from the site.
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Got what it takes to write unique articles or create interesting videos? Get in touch with Watch Culture and get paid for pursuing your passion.
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Got a funny bone? Love to write humorous content? Get in touch with Cracked.com. They offer great opportunities for smart and creative minds. So, if you think you can write great humor, write to them and earn some extra cash.
Not an experienced writer? No problem! Cracked.com does not require you to have experience before you start writing for them. You will be paid if your piece is good. The content on their site includes photoshops, articles, videos and infographics. So, choose the one you are interested in.
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What to Expect?
The rates of articles depend on various factors such as the demand for the topic and the quality of the content. Hence, your piece should be unique and something that the readers are looking to read.
The pay rates range between $30 to $50. The payment can be sent through PayPal right after your article is published.
Tutorials are required to be at least 1000 words. Additionally, they should include screenshots or other illustrations to deliver your message more effectively and help the reader understand better.
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This site is dedicated to helping small businesses or start-ups to boost their profits and create an impact. Moreover, it provides premium quality and sharp marketing and business content to a huge variety of audiences.
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The site is normally focused on businesswomen. But, it provides an even-handed write-ups on entrepreneurial resources, profit, case study, and marketing articles as well as relevant business news.
Michelle Pippin has a large audience. It has a good mix of ma related to marketing and business. The articles do not have to be too technical, they should go beyond the basics, though. The word count of your article on average should be around 800 words.
What to Expect?
You are expected to do the research adeptly, and if its print version (newsletter) reaches the members, you are likely to receive a better rate. Payment is reviewed via PayPal on a per article basis.
17. Strong Whispers
This site offers its readers a fantastic range of articles on environment, lifestyle and other social issues.
If you are someone who wants to bring a positive change in the world through your writings and want your writings to reach thousands of people around the globe, get in touch with Strong Whispers.
Wondering How to Get Started?
Send them an idea of an article you are planning to write along with the expected fee. Make sure your topic is unique and impactful. Also, send your existing blog link or a link to your already published work. It will help them understand your writing style. Once you send all the details, they will let you know if they found the topic interesting and if your sample meets their pre-set criteria.
Once your sample or idea has been accepted, go ahead, write a unique piece and submit it for review. Make sure it is well written, unique, grammatically correct and original.
After the submission, your article will be reviewed, and you will receive an email telling you if your piece has been rejected or accepted or if it requires some tweaks.
What to Expect?
Payments are negotiable. However, they normally pay $50 to $150 per article. They are willing to pay more if your article is unique and of interest to their readers.
Once your article is set to publish, you will be paid through PayPal.
Some More Sites to Consider
Here are some additional websites that help you grow as a writer and will pay you for your writing skills:
The Penny Hoarder
A Fine Parent
Smashing Magazine
eCommerce Insiders
A-List Apart
Treehouse
Photoshop Tutorials
Write Naked
Tuts+ Code
Tuts+ Vector
Viator Travel Blog
The Travel Writer’s Life
International Living
Digital Ocean
Tuts+ WP
To Sum Up
There are numerous websites on the web, including writing services, online magazines, and programming tutorial sites that help you make a living out of writing and advance your career as a writer. The above-listed websites are some of the best to consider if you want to take your freelance career to the next level. These websites bring together some of the best opportunities for your writing career and enable you to pitch for relevant jobs effectively. All it requires is creativity and great writing skills. If you have a creative mind and great writing skills, nothing can hinder your way to get paid online and earn a decent living. Being able to earn money online is definitely very rewarding. It gives you the leverage to work with the clients or websites that interest you the most.
Moreover, you also get to enjoy working at your own pace in your own comfort zone. However, for some writers, the idea of writing for others is not so attractive. This thing is not for every writer out there. But, if getting a decent earning is your main purpose right now, these websites are sure to help you with your aim and help you get paid to write reviews or your own articles.
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Comerica Bank National Days of Service Reaches Communities Throughout Michigan
30 Days. 25 engagements. 1,500 volunteer hours.
That’s just a snapshot of Comerica Bank’s community engagement throughout the state of Michigan during the bank’s National Days of Service initiative. What that doesn’t include are the many lives positively impacted by the extensive and compassionate outreach.
Comerica’s commitment to public service extends to all the communities it serves, and that dedication was demonstrated throughout September as the company expanded its 12th annual National Day of Service to National Days of Service to support the significant number of volunteer projects last month from Grand Rapids to Lansing to Detroit.
“Comerica Bank prides itself on being members of the community and the way our volunteers view giving back, because we know for our business to succeed, our communities must as well,” said Patricia McCann, Comerica Bank vice president and senior diversity consultant – social impact practices.
During the National Days of Service, Comerica colleagues donated their time and talents to many organizations the company supports. There was something to do almost every day in September.
“We aim to have our participation in National Days of Service encourage others to do their part and give back to their community as well,” said McCann.
One of the month’s community giving and involvement project resulted in the donation of approximately 9,000 diapers distributed between five community organizations.
Comerica partnered with the United Way of Southeastern Michigan’s Women United to collect, organize and distribute diapers to hundreds of children in the area through Early Learning Communities in Dearborn, Detroit, Fraser, Pontiac and Warren.
Several Comerica corporate offices and operations centers hosted the employee drive, and diapers were sorted at the Comerica Banking Center, the bank’s Michigan headquarters.
Volunteers then dropped off more than 2,000 diapers each to the Early Learning Communities to help families in need.
Comerica has a lengthy and impactful relationship with United Way. Last year, Comerica contributed $1.7 million to the United Way of Southeastern Michigan as part of the bank’s annual giving.
In all, 300 Comerica Bank Michigan employees volunteered approximately 1,500 hours at 25 community events across the state during the past month.
As another snapshot of Comerica’s community giving in Michigan over the past five years, colleagues have donated approximately 200,000 philanthropic hours, valued at nearly $4.7 million.
Comerica National Days of Service also included:
Cattle Barron’s Ball: Volunteered at the annual fundraiser that supports the America Cancer Center of Michigan.
Crossroads Soup Kitchen: 40 volunteers served over 500 meals at the Detroit soup kitchen.
Feeding America West Michigan: In Comstock Park, volunteers repackaged and sorted donated food to support the distribution of food to more than 900 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other hunger-relief agencies from the Indiana border to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Forgotten Harvest: Assisted with packaging and sorting food as part of the distribution process at the local warehouse in Oak Park.
Fresh Food Initiative - Food Bank of South Central Michigan: Colleagues served at the Salvation Army in Jackson to support the distribution of food delivered via a hunger-relief network of more than 285 partner agencies operating in eight counties in south central Michigan.
Gleaners Food Bank in Detroit: Part of Comerica’s year-round support of the community operation that operates five distribution centers in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Monroe counties providing food to 528 partner soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and other agencies throughout southeast Michigan.
Hand2Hand: Partnered with Grand Rapids organization, which works with schools and churches to provide food to hungry children over the weekends. Donated 1,400 food items for students.
Million Shoe March: Assistant Banking Center Manager Celeste Wingard participates in the “Shoes for Soles in Need” drive at Milliken Park that gave thousands of shoes, socks and hygiene items to Detroiters in need. Comerica colleagues donated 400 shoes to the Million Shoe March.
The Parade Company: Volunteers helped paint floats for America’s Thanksgiving Parade.
Ronald McDonald House of Detroit: Prepared and served a weekend brunch to special guests at the Ronald McDonald House in Detroit, where families of hospitalized children are provided support and a home away from home.
Tri-County Office on Aging: Compiled 350 lunches for Meals on Wheels in Lansing that serves senior citizens.
United Way of Lakeshore’s Day of Caring: Helped to restore and revitalize Johnny O. Harris Park in Muskegon Heights. The park was named for a police officer who died in the line of duty in 1975.
These activities personify Comerica Bank’s commitment to serving the community. For the fifth consecutive year, the bank was recognized as one of the most community-minded companies in America as an honoree of The Civic 50 by Points of Light, the largest organization dedicated to volunteer service in the world.
For more information on Comerica’s continued commitment to the communities we serve, visit www.comerica.com.
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6 Reasons Why Assisted Care Living Facilities Best Choice for Senior Living
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In the Pipeline: Ascent Living to Open in Denver, CA Senior Living Breaks Ground Near Pittsburgh
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Construction: Planned
Focus Property Group, Ascent Living Planning Denver Community
Property investor and developer Focus Property Group and senior living owner and operator Ascent Living Communities are teaming up to open a senior living community in Denver’s Hilltop neighborhood.
The property, which is yet to be named, will have more than 200 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments on three levels. Planned amenities include a fitness and yoga center, an aquatics center and multiple restaurant options, such as a bistro and al fresco dining.
The architecture of the forthcoming community is inspired by the design of nearby neighborhoods and the urban lifestyles of the residents. The three floors of residences will be organized around three internal courtyards, and many of the apartments will come with fireplaces, balconies, and glass walls overlooking mountain views.
Focus Property Group acquired the site, a former milk processing and distribution center, in 2016. Ascent Living Communities is co-developing, operating and managing the community. Construction is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2019, with initial move-ins planned for summer 2020.
Hord Coplan Macht is designing the project, studioSIX5 has been tapped for the interior design, and Catamount Constructors is the general contractor.
Oxford Senior Living to Expand Communities in Texas, Oklahoma
Oxford Senior Living plans to expand two of its communities located in Grand Prairie, Texas; and in Owasso, Oklahoma.
The senior living provider is set to break ground later this year on a $5 million expansion at its Oxford Glen Memory Care community in Texas. In Oklahoma, work is expected to begin this summer.
Plans for the Tulsa and Grand Prairie expansions are very similar, according to Oxford. Each community will add about 30,000 square feet and up to 40 assisted living apartments, plus a secure courtyard and additional amenities.
LK Architecture is the architect for both projects.
Construction: In progress
CA Senior Living Breaks Ground on Community Near Pittsburgh
CA Senior Living, the senior housing investment and development division of Chicago-based CA Ventures, has started work for a new senior living community in McCandless, Pennsylvania.
The project, Atria McCandless, is a 179-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community slated to be operated by Atria Senior Living. Amenities include a pool and spa, fitness center, salon, multiple dining venues, activity rooms, an outdoor walking path and a patio with plenty of seating and a bar.
Independent and assisted living apartments will have stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and tile backsplashes. Most will also offer in-unit laundry, and floor plans include studio, one- and two-bedroom options ranging in size from 410 to 1,052 square feet.
Pre-leasing for the community is scheduled to begin in October 2018, with an anticipated fall 2019 opening.
Abby Development Starts Work for Arkansas Community
Abby Development, a developer, owner and operator of senior housing communities, has broken ground on Ridgemere, a 92-unit luxury independent living, assisted living and memory care campus in Conway, Arkansas.
The “resort-style” community will have amenities such as a stocked fishing lake with walking trails, multiple landscaped courtyards with water features, a movie theater, pharmacy and general store, beauty salons, libraries and rehabilitation center.
The community’s independent living cottages will have a mix of two- and three-bedroom floorplans, with an average size of 1,485 square feet. On the assisted living side, residents will be able to choose from studio, one- and two-bedroom floorplans. The memory care wing will have private and semi-private studio floorplans in a secure building.
Work Underway for Expanded PACE Center in Michigan
United Methodist Retirement Communities (UMRC) recently held a groundbreaking event for a new addition to double the size and capacity of the existing Huron Valley PACE Day Health Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
PACE, which stands for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, is an alternative to nursing home care designed to meet the social, medical, and supportive needs of low-income adults 55 and older. The project is made possible, in part, by a $1 million capital grant from Maryland-based funder, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.
Construction: Complete
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Buckner Community in Texas Completes $29.8 Million Expansion and Renovation Project
Buckner Villas, a faith-based Buckner Retirement Services community in North Austin, Texas, recently completed a $29.8 million expansion and renovation project.
The expansion added 69 one- and two-bedroom apartment homes to its GreenRidge independent living area, as well as 70 underground parking spaces. Workers also enlarged the dining room, extended the bistro, added a theater, broadened the salon and spa, built a larger meeting space and updated the interior design throughout.
The community can now serve up to 138 additional seniors, Bucker announced. The project included work from Hill and Wilkinson, Barbara J. Vessels Interiors and D2 Architecture.
LifeSpire CCRC Set to Open New Dining Venues in April
The Chesapeake, a LifeSpire of Virginia continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Newport News, Virginia, is slated to open newly updated dining venues with cook-to- order options and new menu offerings on April 9.
The new options will let residents choose from a number of dining venues, including an updated formal dining room, a bistro, a pub and a cafe.
This is the first phase of a $10 million renovation project. THW Design and contractor GC Construction, worked with The Chesapeake on the renovations, which began last September.
Other noteworthy projects:
Planned
— Purchase College is seeking to open a new senior living project with 339 units and 46 villas on its campus in Purchase, New York.
— Oaks Senior Living and Lotus Park Senior Living are teaming up for a new assisted living and memory care development in Aiken, South Carolina.
— A 101-bed assisted living and memory care community is in the works in Macomb Township, Michigan.
— Great Falls, Virginia, could get a new 62-unit assisted living and memory care community.
—Sugar Loaf Senior Living has announced it intends to build a 70-unit property next to one of its communities in Winona County, Minnesota.
— A former “spy house” in Washington, D.C., could be demolished to make way for a new CCRC.
— Fortress Ventures is constructing a $31 million community with 140 assisted living, independent living and memory care units in Fort Myers, Florida.
— An elementary school building in Hager City, Wisconsin, could become a senior living community with 16 units.
— Local officials in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, have given their blessing to plans for a 42-unit senior living project.
In progress
— Tradition Senior Living has broken ground for a new 23-story senior living highrise in Houston.
— A new assisted living and memory care community is set to open in Bossier City, Louisiana, this summer.
— Work is expected to begin in April for a new assisted living and memory care community in Swift County, Minnesota.
Complete
— A new 74-unit senior apartment community has opened in Vineland, New Jersey.
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Top 10 Most—and Least Expensive—College Towns, 2017 Edition
What’s so great about living in a college town, long after the days of nootropics, Kegerators, and miserable dorm food have begun receding in your rearview mirror?
Simple, really: College towns aren’t just for college kids. They’re hot tickets for those looking to buy a house, too.
“In the same way that department stores serve as anchors in shopping malls, colleges and universities operate as anchors within a city,” says Michael Harris, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. TX. “Cities with colleges receive tremendous benefits, from a better-educated workforce to improved arts, culture, and leisure.”
That’s why these towns “tend to attract the young and old alike, and everyone in between,” says Libby Morris, director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, in Athens. “Where can you hear a Pulitzer Prize-winner lecture, view contemporary art, attend a musical performance or a sports event—all, or most, for free—but in a college town?”
And did we mention that colleges and universities are huge job generators, off campus and on?
But not every community with an institution of higher learning offers equal value when it comes to buying a home. That’s why the studious data team at realtor.com® stepped in to rank college towns on our homeowner-centric grading curve. We looked at median home prices to find the 10 blessed with the least expensive homes—and for buyers for whom money is no object, we also tallied up the 10 priciest college towns.
In selecting “college towns,” we chose places where 20% of the population is enrolled in an institute of higher education—at the undergraduate level and beyond. The total number of students in the town needed to be greater than 2,000. We limited the final results to two cities per state, to provide some geographic diversity.
Going with the theory that it’s best to break the good news first, here are the 10 least expensive college towns.
10 least expensive U.S. college towns 1. California, PA
Median home price: $73,500
Student population: 39.9%
Who knew there was a college town called California in Pennsylvania? Or that it would hit our vaunted No. 1 spot? Minds: blown. But of course, the people who live and work in this picturesque place about an hour outside Pittsburgh, or who attend the 165-year-old California University of Pennsylvania, are well-versed in its charms.
“California is your typical all-American small town,” says local Realtor William Brahler of Century 21 Belle Vernon. He notes that most of the jobs in the area are associated with the school, but there are a variety of other employers nearby, including a steel mill. “The prices here are very reasonable for first-time home buyers.”
For those seeking a bit of R&R, there’s the Monongahela River, with plenty of boating and jet skiing. Yearning for a less wholesome rush? Check out the three—count ’em, three—casinos in the vicinity.
2. Muncie, IN
Median home price: $74,9002
Student population: 25.6%
The Bracken Library at Ball State University
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Muncie is not only the home of Ball State University, it’s also a regional health center, thanks to Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital. It’s a definite plus for young families and seniors—even for those students who get a little carried away on Saturday nights.
The university has had a substantial green influence on the community. Starting in the mid-2000s, all building projects here were required to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified. The university is setting an example by working to reduce its carbon footprint, with the construction of one of the largest geothermal energy conversion projects in U.S. history.
To enjoy all that extra-fresh air, residents can explore the Cardinal Greenway, a 62-mile trail on an abandoned railway corridor. There’s also the Minnetrista, a nature, history, and arts museum, and the Muncie Children’s Museum.
Buyers can nab single-family houses for less than $10,000. But be warned: These houses need some serious TLC. Maybe home buyers can take a continuing education class in carpentry?
3. Charleston, IL
Median home price: $82,500
Student population: 38.5%
Far from the hustle and bustle of a major city, Charleston is located about an hour outside of fellow university town Champaign, IL, and two hours from Indianapolis. This small town, home of Eastern Illinois University, has long worn its college pride on its sleeve. They’re long sleeves: The school was originally established as a teachers’ college back in 1895.
Sports are a big deal here. The university’s NCAA Division I football program has fostered a number of NFL stars, such as Tony Romo, former starting QB of the Dallas Cowboys, and head coaches Sean Payton (New Orleans Saints), Mike Shanahan (Washington Redskins), and Brad Childress (Minnesota Vikings). Phew! That’s a lot of high-flying gridiron firepower.
The real estate market is a bit lower-key, and reflects the town’s small population of just more than 21,000. That means there are usually only about 150 homes on the market at any given time. However, there’s good variety among the mostly single-family homes available, ranging from to a $7,900-four-bedroom house that needs some updating to a $749,000 four-bedroom abode on the Charleston Country Club golf course.
4. Pittsburg, KS
Median home price: $84,500
Student population: 26.5%
If your family traces its roots to Southeastern Europe, you’re likely to feel right at home in Pittsburg. The town is known for the Little Balkans Days festival, which includes entertainment, a parade, competitions, and arts and crafts. Grab some tasty Sremska Kobasica and chill!
Pittsburg State University is the major institution of higher learning here, with about 7,500 students. The school is home to the $30 million Kansas Technology Center, touted as one of the most prestigious tech schools in the nation, and partners with local businesses to create a pipeline of skilled future employees. Nearby, the $80 million Kansas Crossing Casino + Hotel opened this spring, bringing about 400 jobs to the community.
The abundance of penniless students (the median age of Pittsburg’s residents is only 26.5 years old) may be one reason that housing prices are so low. It may also explain why the majority of locals are renters (about 57%), rather than homeowners, who account for nearly 43%, according to NeighborhoodScout.
There are plenty of homes under $30,000 on the market, but buyers need to act fast. Anything under $60,000 in relatively good shape is likely to fly off the market quickly, says local realtor Barbara Koch of Pro X Realty. The main buyers for these homes are investors, who rent out the properties to students and first-time homeowners.
“By the time you’re going to show cheaper houses, they’ve already sold,” she says.
5. Alfred, NY
Median home price: $89,000
Student population: 90.3%
You won’t find a more committed college town than Alfred, NY, in Allegany County. It is in the far western part of the state, and students here make up more than 90% of the population. Three institutions of higher learning are located in this town: Alfred State College, Alfred University, and the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Yes, ceramics.
Residents interested in continuing their education might want to look at Alfred State (officially known as SUNY College of Technology at Alfred), where tuition is only $6,470 per year for in-state residents. That’s a whopping 69% cheaper than the average New York tuition of $20,710 at the state’s four-year colleges. It’s a good place for getting a second (or third, or fourth!) degree.
If you’d rather channel that degree money into a home, you can score a four-bedroom fixer-upper for under $40,000 in town, less than a single year’s tuition at lots of private schools across the United States.
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Rounding out the 10 least expensive are college towns are Fort Valley, GA, where the median home price is $103,500; Macomb, IL, at $104,500; Geneva, NY, at $109,900; Orangeburg, SC, at $114,500; and Kirksville, MO, at $118,500.
OK, ready to tap into the trust fund? Let’s take a walk on the luxury side.
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10 most expensive U.S. college towns 1. Berkeley, CA
Median home price: $1,000,000
Student population: 30.5%
The Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
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The University of California, Berkeley, is known as one of the nation’s most liberal institutions of higher learning—the Bay Area school has made plenty of headlines recently, thanks to its politically driven student protests. And that open-minded, progressive mind-set can be felt throughout the community.
More than 38,000 students call the crunchy college town home, although they’re certainly not the ones paying the mind-bogglingly high real estate prices. The tech boom is sending real estate prices soaring all over the San Francisco Bay Area.
“It’s a college town, but it’s not,” says Berkeley graduate Juliana Jones, who shares a rental house with three roommates. She works in the clean-tech industry. “There’s a great, thriving scene here for non-students as well as students, with concerts, bars, specialty restaurants, farmer’s markets, art walks, yoga, volunteer opportunities, and all sorts of creative outlets.”
She admits, though, that few of her pals can afford to buy a home in the area.
2. Santa Cruz, CA
Median home price: $985,000
Student population: 31.7%
Santa Cruz is a quintessential Northern California beach town, with sweet Pacific waves, a scenic boardwalk, and even an old-timey amusement park. It’s got college students, too, lots of ’em: 17,000 enrolled in the University of California, Santa Cruz.
All of this certainly makes the city appealing. But zoning laws and various restrictions have resulted in protected farmland to the north and south, says Janet Romanowski, a realtor with David Lyng Real Estate. And with the ocean to the west and the mountains to the east, there isn’t much land left over to build new housing on. Hence the nosebleed-inducing prices.
Romanowski came from San Diego over 30 years ago to attend the university, and never left. “We have world-class surfing, art, music, bakeries, wineries, yet it’s still like a small town in many ways,” she says. “People come here and stay.”
Too bad most recent grads and young families can’t afford to buy in the area these days. Those who want to purchase starter homes are better off moving to cheaper inland cities like Stockton and Modesto.
3. Cambridge, MA
Median home price: $924,500
Student population: 28.6%
MIT’s Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge
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Cambridge has been a college town since 1636, long before the U.S. of A. was a spark in the eye of our founding fathers. That was the year that Harvard University opened its doors. More than two centuries later, it was followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1861.
The bustling city of future world leaders and tech stars offers a mix of popular amenities, such as top-notch restaurants and bars, world-class entertainment, and no shortage of cultural activities. That, plus its proximity to Boston, ensures that housing prices remain high.
Although tech companies such as Biogen and Genzyme are located in Cambridge, the city’s economy revolves around the universities. They employ more than 20,000 people, and service close to 33,400 students.
Those who can’t afford a nearly $1 million house can consider purchasing a condo instead. One-bedroom, one-baths start at about $425,000.
4. Boulder, CO
Median home price: $839,000
Student population: 30.1%
While it’s not surprising to find the home of an Ivy League university, a California beach town, and a San Francisco-area community on our priciest college towns list, Boulder’s ranking here is a bit more unexpected.
There’s no mystery, however, about what makes the place so attractive for both for students and non-students alike: Boulder’s location at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains means the opportunities for outdoor recreation are almost unlimited.
And with the University of Colorado in town, there are a number of entrepreneurial startups that employ grads, health care facilities to treat those injuries that result from enjoying extreme sports, and lots of microbreweries to salve the pain.
All this, plus limited inventory, gives Boulder an extremely hot housing market. Median home list prices are up a whopping 14% year over year as of June 1 in this college town. And they show no signs of slowing down.
5. Princeton, NJ
Median home price: $744,300
Student population: 27%
Here’s a fascinating statistic: 98% of Princeton University students live on campus in dorms. But if you think that leaves plenty more housing in this Ivy League town for everyone else, well, it’s good enough if you can afford it.
Homeowners here seem particularly ambitious when attempting to sell their homes. The median listing price is about $744,000. However, the median closing price is just around $583,000, according to realtor.com. So savvy negotiation skills may really pay off for the buyer!
Residents have historically endured the town’s cold, snowy winters, hot, humid summers, and high housing prices, however, in order to live close to intellectually prominent graduates and such professors as Presidents Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson, Albert Einstein, T.S. Eliot, Saul Bellow, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, John Lithgow, and Ethan Hawke. Unless they’re affiliated with the university, students often move to larger cities in major metropolitan areas once they finish school.
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Rounding out the most expensive college towns are Golden, CO, where the median home price is $704,900; Hanover, NH, at $699,000; Bozeman, MT, at $629,000; Chapel Hill, NC, at $520,000; and Bellingham, WA, at $499,500.
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Top 10 Most—and Least Expensive—College Towns, 2017 Edition
What’s so great about living in a college town, long after the days of nootropics, Kegerators, and miserable dorm food have begun receding in your rearview mirror?
Simple, really: College towns aren’t just for college kids. They’re hot tickets for those looking to buy a house, too.
“In the same way that department stores serve as anchors in shopping malls, colleges and universities operate as anchors within a city,” says Michael Harris, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. TX. “Cities with colleges receive tremendous benefits, from a better-educated workforce to improved arts, culture, and leisure.”
That’s why these towns “tend to attract the young and old alike, and everyone in between,” says Libby Morris, director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, in Athens. “Where can you hear a Pulitzer Prize-winner lecture, view contemporary art, attend a musical performance or a sports event—all, or most, for free—but in a college town?”
And did we mention that colleges and universities are huge job generators, off campus and on?
But not every community with an institution of higher learning offers equal value when it comes to buying a home. That’s why the studious data team at realtor.com® stepped in to rank college towns on our homeowner-centric grading curve. We looked at median home prices to find the 10 blessed with the least expensive homes—and for buyers for whom money is no object, we also tallied up the 10 priciest college towns.
In selecting “college towns,” we chose places where 20% of the population is enrolled in an institute of higher education—at the undergraduate level and beyond. The total number of students in the town needed to be greater than 2,000. We limited the final results to two cities per state, to provide some geographic diversity.
Going with the theory that it’s best to break the good news first, here are the 10 least expensive college towns.
10 least expensive U.S. college towns 1. California, PA
Median home price: $73,500
Student population: 39.9%
Who knew there was a college town called California in Pennsylvania? Or that it would hit our vaunted No. 1 spot? Minds: blown. But of course, the people who live and work in this picturesque place about an hour outside Pittsburgh, or who attend the 165-year-old California University of Pennsylvania, are well-versed in its charms.
“California is your typical all-American small town,” says local Realtor William Brahler of Century 21 Belle Vernon. He notes that most of the jobs in the area are associated with the school, but there are a variety of other employers nearby, including a steel mill. “The prices here are very reasonable for first-time home buyers.”
For those seeking a bit of R&R, there’s the Monongahela River, with plenty of boating and jet skiing. Yearning for a less wholesome rush? Check out the three—count ’em, three—casinos in the vicinity.
2. Muncie, IN
Median home price: $74,9002
Student population: 25.6%
The Bracken Library at Ball State University
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Muncie is not only the home of Ball State University, it’s also a regional health center, thanks to Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital. It’s a definite plus for young families and seniors—even for those students who get a little carried away on Saturday nights.
The university has had a substantial green influence on the community. Starting in the mid-2000s, all building projects here were required to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified. The university is setting an example by working to reduce its carbon footprint, with the construction of one of the largest geothermal energy conversion projects in U.S. history.
To enjoy all that extra-fresh air, residents can explore the Cardinal Greenway, a 62-mile trail on an abandoned railway corridor. There’s also the Minnetrista, a nature, history, and arts museum, and the Muncie Children’s Museum.
Buyers can nab single-family houses for less than $10,000. But be warned: These houses need some serious TLC. Maybe home buyers can take a continuing education class in carpentry?
3. Charleston, IL
Median home price: $82,500
Student population: 38.5%
Far from the hustle and bustle of a major city, Charleston is located about an hour outside of fellow university town Champaign, IL, and two hours from Indianapolis. This small town, home of Eastern Illinois University, has long worn its college pride on its sleeve. They’re long sleeves: The school was originally established as a teachers’ college back in 1895.
Sports are a big deal here. The university’s NCAA Division I football program has fostered a number of NFL stars, such as Tony Romo, former starting QB of the Dallas Cowboys, and head coaches Sean Payton (New Orleans Saints), Mike Shanahan (Washington Redskins), and Brad Childress (Minnesota Vikings). Phew! That’s a lot of high-flying gridiron firepower.
The real estate market is a bit lower-key, and reflects the town’s small population of just more than 21,000. That means there are usually only about 150 homes on the market at any given time. However, there’s good variety among the mostly single-family homes available, ranging from to a $7,900-four-bedroom house that needs some updating to a $749,000 four-bedroom abode on the Charleston Country Club golf course.
4. Pittsburg, KS
Median home price: $84,500
Student population: 26.5%
If your family traces its roots to Southeastern Europe, you’re likely to feel right at home in Pittsburg. The town is known for the Little Balkans Days festival, which includes entertainment, a parade, competitions, and arts and crafts. Grab some tasty Sremska Kobasica and chill!
Pittsburg State University is the major institution of higher learning here, with about 7,500 students. The school is home to the $30 million Kansas Technology Center, touted as one of the most prestigious tech schools in the nation, and partners with local businesses to create a pipeline of skilled future employees. Nearby, the $80 million Kansas Crossing Casino + Hotel opened this spring, bringing about 400 jobs to the community.
The abundance of penniless students (the median age of Pittsburg’s residents is only 26.5 years old) may be one reason that housing prices are so low. It may also explain why the majority of locals are renters (about 57%), rather than homeowners, who account for nearly 43%, according to NeighborhoodScout.
There are plenty of homes under $30,000 on the market, but buyers need to act fast. Anything under $60,000 in relatively good shape is likely to fly off the market quickly, says local realtor Barbara Koch of Pro X Realty. The main buyers for these homes are investors, who rent out the properties to students and first-time homeowners.
“By the time you’re going to show cheaper houses, they’ve already sold,” she says.
5. Alfred, NY
Median home price: $89,000
Student population: 90.3%
You won’t find a more committed college town than Alfred, NY, in Allegany County. It is in the far western part of the state, and students here make up more than 90% of the population. Three institutions of higher learning are located in this town: Alfred State College, Alfred University, and the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Yes, ceramics.
Residents interested in continuing their education might want to look at Alfred State (officially known as SUNY College of Technology at Alfred), where tuition is only $6,470 per year for in-state residents. That’s a whopping 69% cheaper than the average New York tuition of $20,710 at the state’s four-year colleges. It’s a good place for getting a second (or third, or fourth!) degree.
If you’d rather channel that degree money into a home, you can score a four-bedroom fixer-upper for under $40,000 in town, less than a single year’s tuition at lots of private schools across the United States.
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Rounding out the 10 least expensive are college towns are Fort Valley, GA, where the median home price is $103,500; Macomb, IL, at $104,500; Geneva, NY, at $109,900; Orangeburg, SC, at $114,500; and Kirksville, MO, at $118,500.
OK, ready to tap into the trust fund? Let’s take a walk on the luxury side.
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10 most expensive U.S. college towns 1. Berkeley, CA
Median home price: $1,000,000
Student population: 30.5%
The Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
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The University of California, Berkeley, is known as one of the nation’s most liberal institutions of higher learning—the Bay Area school has made plenty of headlines recently, thanks to its politically driven student protests. And that open-minded, progressive mind-set can be felt throughout the community.
More than 38,000 students call the crunchy college town home, although they’re certainly not the ones paying the mind-bogglingly high real estate prices. The tech boom is sending real estate prices soaring all over the San Francisco Bay Area.
“It’s a college town, but it’s not,” says Berkeley graduate Juliana Jones, who shares a rental house with three roommates. She works in the clean-tech industry. “There’s a great, thriving scene here for non-students as well as students, with concerts, bars, specialty restaurants, farmer’s markets, art walks, yoga, volunteer opportunities, and all sorts of creative outlets.”
She admits, though, that few of her pals can afford to buy a home in the area.
2. Santa Cruz, CA
Median home price: $985,000
Student population: 31.7%
Santa Cruz is a quintessential Northern California beach town, with sweet Pacific waves, a scenic boardwalk, and even an old-timey amusement park. It’s got college students, too, lots of ’em: 17,000 enrolled in the University of California, Santa Cruz.
All of this certainly makes the city appealing. But zoning laws and various restrictions have resulted in protected farmland to the north and south, says Janet Romanowski, a realtor with David Lyng Real Estate. And with the ocean to the west and the mountains to the east, there isn’t much land left over to build new housing on. Hence the nosebleed-inducing prices.
Romanowski came from San Diego over 30 years ago to attend the university, and never left. “We have world-class surfing, art, music, bakeries, wineries, yet it’s still like a small town in many ways,” she says. “People come here and stay.”
Too bad most recent grads and young families can’t afford to buy in the area these days. Those who want to purchase starter homes are better off moving to cheaper inland cities like Stockton and Modesto.
3. Cambridge, MA
Median home price: $924,500
Student population: 28.6%
MIT’s Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge
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Cambridge has been a college town since 1636, long before the U.S. of A. was a spark in the eye of our founding fathers. That was the year that Harvard University opened its doors. More than two centuries later, it was followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1861.
The bustling city of future world leaders and tech stars offers a mix of popular amenities, such as top-notch restaurants and bars, world-class entertainment, and no shortage of cultural activities. That, plus its proximity to Boston, ensures that housing prices remain high.
Although tech companies such as Biogen and Genzyme are located in Cambridge, the city’s economy revolves around the universities. They employ more than 20,000 people, and service close to 33,400 students.
Those who can’t afford a nearly $1 million house can consider purchasing a condo instead. One-bedroom, one-baths start at about $425,000.
4. Boulder, CO
Median home price: $839,000
Student population: 30.1%
While it’s not surprising to find the home of an Ivy League university, a California beach town, and a San Francisco-area community on our priciest college towns list, Boulder’s ranking here is a bit more unexpected.
There’s no mystery, however, about what makes the place so attractive for both for students and non-students alike: Boulder’s location at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains means the opportunities for outdoor recreation are almost unlimited.
And with the University of Colorado in town, there are a number of entrepreneurial startups that employ grads, health care facilities to treat those injuries that result from enjoying extreme sports, and lots of microbreweries to salve the pain.
All this, plus limited inventory, gives Boulder an extremely hot housing market. Median home list prices are up a whopping 14% year over year as of June 1 in this college town. And they show no signs of slowing down.
5. Princeton, NJ
Median home price: $744,300
Student population: 27%
Here’s a fascinating statistic: 98% of Princeton University students live on campus in dorms. But if you think that leaves plenty more housing in this Ivy League town for everyone else, well, it’s good enough if you can afford it.
Homeowners here seem particularly ambitious when attempting to sell their homes. The median listing price is about $744,000. However, the median closing price is just around $583,000, according to realtor.com. So savvy negotiation skills may really pay off for the buyer!
Residents have historically endured the town’s cold, snowy winters, hot, humid summers, and high housing prices, however, in order to live close to intellectually prominent graduates and such professors as Presidents Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson, Albert Einstein, T.S. Eliot, Saul Bellow, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, John Lithgow, and Ethan Hawke. Unless they’re affiliated with the university, students often move to larger cities in major metropolitan areas once they finish school.
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Rounding out the most expensive college towns are Golden, CO, where the median home price is $704,900; Hanover, NH, at $699,000; Bozeman, MT, at $629,000; Chapel Hill, NC, at $520,000; and Bellingham, WA, at $499,500.
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Top 10 Most—and Least Expensive—College Towns, 2017 Edition
What’s so great about living in a college town, long after the days of nootropics, Kegerators, and miserable dorm food have begun receding in your rearview mirror?
Simple, really: College towns aren’t just for college kids. They’re hot tickets for those looking to buy a house, too.
“In the same way that department stores serve as anchors in shopping malls, colleges and universities operate as anchors within a city,” says Michael Harris, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. TX. “Cities with colleges receive tremendous benefits, from a better-educated workforce to improved arts, culture, and leisure.”
That’s why these towns “tend to attract the young and old alike, and everyone in between,” says Libby Morris, director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, in Athens. “Where can you hear a Pulitzer Prize-winner lecture, view contemporary art, attend a musical performance or a sports event—all, or most, for free—but in a college town?”
And did we mention that colleges and universities are huge job generators, off campus and on?
But not every community with an institution of higher learning offers equal value when it comes to buying a home. That’s why the studious data team at realtor.com® stepped in to rank college towns on our homeowner-centric grading curve. We looked at median home prices to find the 10 blessed with the least expensive homes—and for buyers for whom money is no object, we also tallied up the 10 priciest college towns.
In selecting “college towns,” we chose places where 20% of the population is enrolled in an institute of higher education—at the undergraduate level and beyond. The total number of students in the town needed to be greater than 2,000. We limited the final results to two cities per state, to provide some geographic diversity.
Going with the theory that it’s best to break the good news first, here are the 10 least expensive college towns.
10 least expensive U.S. college towns 1. California, PA
Median home price: $73,500
Student population: 39.9%
Who knew there was a college town called California in Pennsylvania? Or that it would hit our vaunted No. 1 spot? Minds: blown. But of course, the people who live and work in this picturesque place about an hour outside Pittsburgh, or who attend the 165-year-old California University of Pennsylvania, are well-versed in its charms.
“California is your typical all-American small town,” says local Realtor William Brahler of Century 21 Belle Vernon. He notes that most of the jobs in the area are associated with the school, but there are a variety of other employers nearby, including a steel mill. “The prices here are very reasonable for first-time home buyers.”
For those seeking a bit of R&R, there’s the Monongahela River, with plenty of boating and jet skiing. Yearning for a less wholesome rush? Check out the three—count ’em, three—casinos in the vicinity.
2. Muncie, IN
Median home price: $74,9002
Student population: 25.6%
The Bracken Library at Ball State University
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Muncie is not only the home of Ball State University, it’s also a regional health center, thanks to Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital. It’s a definite plus for young families and seniors—even for those students who get a little carried away on Saturday nights.
The university has had a substantial green influence on the community. Starting in the mid-2000s, all building projects here were required to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified. The university is setting an example by working to reduce its carbon footprint, with the construction of one of the largest geothermal energy conversion projects in U.S. history.
To enjoy all that extra-fresh air, residents can explore the Cardinal Greenway, a 62-mile trail on an abandoned railway corridor. There’s also the Minnetrista, a nature, history, and arts museum, and the Muncie Children’s Museum.
Buyers can nab single-family houses for less than $10,000. But be warned: These houses need some serious TLC. Maybe home buyers can take a continuing education class in carpentry?
3. Charleston, IL
Median home price: $82,500
Student population: 38.5%
Far from the hustle and bustle of a major city, Charleston is located about an hour outside of fellow university town Champaign, IL, and two hours from Indianapolis. This small town, home of Eastern Illinois University, has long worn its college pride on its sleeve. They’re long sleeves: The school was originally established as a teachers’ college back in 1895.
Sports are a big deal here. The university’s NCAA Division I football program has fostered a number of NFL stars, such as Tony Romo, former starting QB of the Dallas Cowboys, and head coaches Sean Payton (New Orleans Saints), Mike Shanahan (Washington Redskins), and Brad Childress (Minnesota Vikings). Phew! That’s a lot of high-flying gridiron firepower.
The real estate market is a bit lower-key, and reflects the town’s small population of just more than 21,000. That means there are usually only about 150 homes on the market at any given time. However, there’s good variety among the mostly single-family homes available, ranging from to a $7,900-four-bedroom house that needs some updating to a $749,000 four-bedroom abode on the Charleston Country Club golf course.
4. Pittsburg, KS
Median home price: $84,500
Student population: 26.5%
If your family traces its roots to Southeastern Europe, you’re likely to feel right at home in Pittsburg. The town is known for the Little Balkans Days festival, which includes entertainment, a parade, competitions, and arts and crafts. Grab some tasty Sremska Kobasica and chill!
Pittsburg State University is the major institution of higher learning here, with about 7,500 students. The school is home to the $30 million Kansas Technology Center, touted as one of the most prestigious tech schools in the nation, and partners with local businesses to create a pipeline of skilled future employees. Nearby, the $80 million Kansas Crossing Casino + Hotel opened this spring, bringing about 400 jobs to the community.
The abundance of penniless students (the median age of Pittsburg’s residents is only 26.5 years old) may be one reason that housing prices are so low. It may also explain why the majority of locals are renters (about 57%), rather than homeowners, who account for nearly 43%, according to NeighborhoodScout.
There are plenty of homes under $30,000 on the market, but buyers need to act fast. Anything under $60,000 in relatively good shape is likely to fly off the market quickly, says local realtor Barbara Koch of Pro X Realty. The main buyers for these homes are investors, who rent out the properties to students and first-time homeowners.
“By the time you’re going to show cheaper houses, they’ve already sold,” she says.
5. Alfred, NY
Median home price: $89,000
Student population: 90.3%
You won’t find a more committed college town than Alfred, NY, in Allegany County. It is in the far western part of the state, and students here make up more than 90% of the population. Three institutions of higher learning are located in this town: Alfred State College, Alfred University, and the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Yes, ceramics.
Residents interested in continuing their education might want to look at Alfred State (officially known as SUNY College of Technology at Alfred), where tuition is only $6,470 per year for in-state residents. That’s a whopping 69% cheaper than the average New York tuition of $20,710 at the state’s four-year colleges. It’s a good place for getting a second (or third, or fourth!) degree.
If you’d rather channel that degree money into a home, you can score a four-bedroom fixer-upper for under $40,000 in town, less than a single year’s tuition at lots of private schools across the United States.
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Rounding out the 10 least expensive are college towns are Fort Valley, GA, where the median home price is $103,500; Macomb, IL, at $104,500; Geneva, NY, at $109,900; Orangeburg, SC, at $114,500; and Kirksville, MO, at $118,500.
OK, ready to tap into the trust fund? Let’s take a walk on the luxury side.
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10 most expensive U.S. college towns 1. Berkeley, CA
Median home price: $1,000,000
Student population: 30.5%
The Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
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The University of California, Berkeley, is known as one of the nation’s most liberal institutions of higher learning—the Bay Area school has made plenty of headlines recently, thanks to its politically driven student protests. And that open-minded, progressive mind-set can be felt throughout the community.
More than 38,000 students call the crunchy college town home, although they’re certainly not the ones paying the mind-bogglingly high real estate prices. The tech boom is sending real estate prices soaring all over the San Francisco Bay Area.
“It’s a college town, but it’s not,” says Berkeley graduate Juliana Jones, who shares a rental house with three roommates. She works in the clean-tech industry. “There’s a great, thriving scene here for non-students as well as students, with concerts, bars, specialty restaurants, farmer’s markets, art walks, yoga, volunteer opportunities, and all sorts of creative outlets.”
She admits, though, that few of her pals can afford to buy a home in the area.
2. Santa Cruz, CA
Median home price: $985,000
Student population: 31.7%
Santa Cruz is a quintessential Northern California beach town, with sweet Pacific waves, a scenic boardwalk, and even an old-timey amusement park. It’s got college students, too, lots of ’em: 17,000 enrolled in the University of California, Santa Cruz.
All of this certainly makes the city appealing. But zoning laws and various restrictions have resulted in protected farmland to the north and south, says Janet Romanowski, a realtor with David Lyng Real Estate. And with the ocean to the west and the mountains to the east, there isn’t much land left over to build new housing on. Hence the nosebleed-inducing prices.
Romanowski came from San Diego over 30 years ago to attend the university, and never left. “We have world-class surfing, art, music, bakeries, wineries, yet it’s still like a small town in many ways,” she says. “People come here and stay.”
Too bad most recent grads and young families can’t afford to buy in the area these days. Those who want to purchase starter homes are better off moving to cheaper inland cities like Stockton and Modesto.
3. Cambridge, MA
Median home price: $924,500
Student population: 28.6%
MIT’s Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge
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Cambridge has been a college town since 1636, long before the U.S. of A. was a spark in the eye of our founding fathers. That was the year that Harvard University opened its doors. More than two centuries later, it was followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1861.
The bustling city of future world leaders and tech stars offers a mix of popular amenities, such as top-notch restaurants and bars, world-class entertainment, and no shortage of cultural activities. That, plus its proximity to Boston, ensures that housing prices remain high.
Although tech companies such as Biogen and Genzyme are located in Cambridge, the city’s economy revolves around the universities. They employ more than 20,000 people, and service close to 33,400 students.
Those who can’t afford a nearly $1 million house can consider purchasing a condo instead. One-bedroom, one-baths start at about $425,000.
4. Boulder, CO
Median home price: $839,000
Student population: 30.1%
While it’s not surprising to find the home of an Ivy League university, a California beach town, and a San Francisco-area community on our priciest college towns list, Boulder’s ranking here is a bit more unexpected.
There’s no mystery, however, about what makes the place so attractive for both for students and non-students alike: Boulder’s location at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains means the opportunities for outdoor recreation are almost unlimited.
And with the University of Colorado in town, there are a number of entrepreneurial startups that employ grads, health care facilities to treat those injuries that result from enjoying extreme sports, and lots of microbreweries to salve the pain.
All this, plus limited inventory, gives Boulder an extremely hot housing market. Median home list prices are up a whopping 14% year over year as of June 1 in this college town. And they show no signs of slowing down.
5. Princeton, NJ
Median home price: $744,300
Student population: 27%
Here’s a fascinating statistic: 98% of Princeton University students live on campus in dorms. But if you think that leaves plenty more housing in this Ivy League town for everyone else, well, it’s good enough if you can afford it.
Homeowners here seem particularly ambitious when attempting to sell their homes. The median listing price is about $744,000. However, the median closing price is just around $583,000, according to realtor.com. So savvy negotiation skills may really pay off for the buyer!
Residents have historically endured the town’s cold, snowy winters, hot, humid summers, and high housing prices, however, in order to live close to intellectually prominent graduates and such professors as Presidents Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson, Albert Einstein, T.S. Eliot, Saul Bellow, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, John Lithgow, and Ethan Hawke. Unless they’re affiliated with the university, students often move to larger cities in major metropolitan areas once they finish school.
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Rounding out the most expensive college towns are Golden, CO, where the median home price is $704,900; Hanover, NH, at $699,000; Bozeman, MT, at $629,000; Chapel Hill, NC, at $520,000; and Bellingham, WA, at $499,500.
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Hi I'm Katie & Im a recovering addict. It dates back to 2014. I was a senior at Romeo High school. Most of my childhood was great, i saw my cousins, i had my family, i had a sister, i had fantastic friends, nothing was ever really wrong in life, except when i couldn't get the color popsicle i wanted. Fast forward into 2014, It was July 4 to be exact. I had been having a rough day, can't remember why but i do remember it was the day a woman i knew rolled me a joint, told me to smoke it later when i was alone, i said okay. Sure enough, i did, & i loved it. Mind you, i tried Marijuana before but never really got high. Id always been against it as well. After that day, i started smoking more frequently. Eventually i had my own bowl, grinder & bought my own weed. Finally, on November 18, 2014, i went to school & ended up getting my car searched for reasons i have grown past. They were originally searching for alcohol, again for other reason. But i had weed, .5 if you want me to be technical. Three officers walked me out of the school & i was taken to Richmond, Michigan police dept. where i was fingerprinted & released. A court date appeared & then several more, i was then put on reporting probation through the city of Romeo, county of Macomb. Year probation, 80 hours community service, live at home, graduate on time, drug test clean, blow clean, etc. From that day my life changed for the worst. Throughout the beginning of my probation i did good, almost was off. In August of 2015 someone introduced me to K2/Spice. I never knew that would be the game changer. I became so heavily addicted to it, it was disgusting. February of 2015 i was in a raid because the dealer had sold some kid LSD & the kid commuted suicide. Luckily, i was not charged with the raid so i didn't violate probation. As time went on it got worse, i lost a lot of my friends, lost myself, lost my cars, lost trust with people, lost the guy i thought i was going to marry. It took over my life, it ruined my life. As an addict our next time to pick up was all we cared about. You have to understand that addiction is a disease & that we lied, stole, etc. to get our need. Anything we did was because of our next time to pick up. We didn't care about the world around us, or the way we were slowly tearing down the people that cared for us along with our addiction. December 14, 2016 i smoked spice and got behind the wheel, after passing out i crossed over into oncoming traffic and crashed into a bush. I work up to cops smashing out the passenger window. I was taken to a holding cell for 12 hours. After being bonded out, i still didn't have the lesson learned, the addiction of disease really got to me. February 17, 2017 i went into Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center after being sentenced 30 days. On my 5th day i was discharged because of my insurance. I used on that day. My probation officer told me to keep testing but i pretty much said screw it. On April 3, 2017 i was sentenced to 45 days in Macomb County Jail. I spent 19 days in jail after being released to Sacred Heart again on April 21, 2017. I missed my appointment, finally i went to Sacred Heart on May 23, 2017. My experience at Sacred Heart tested everything i had in me. I wanted to leave, 4 days in a row to be exact. Today i'm thankful for the people i was with those days, the staff, the other addicts & myself kept me from leaving. I was away for 21 days. It wasn't easy being away for a while but i pushed through it. June 13 I completed Sacred Heart, it felt great getting back out being a different me. Today i'm happy, i'm healthy, i'm clean, i'm improving, im changing, i'm alive, i'm me, & today i don't let anything bring me down, no matter what anyone says to me i got myself & that's the best i can have. I have an amazing family, i have awesome friends, i have a job, i'm in recovery & i couldn't be any more excited for the future than i am today. Thank you ❤️
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