Ann arbor- michigan??

Akimohan · Post by **Akimohan** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:49 am

folks,
Anyone staying in and Around Ann Arbor in Michigan? My friend is coming for a job to Ann Arbor.. and his wife is into her 6th month of pregnancy.
For both of them, its the first time in US.So, i am trying my ways to help them out - like apartment finding, car buying etc..
If anyone, live in that area, please share your experiences..
If he gets IDP(international driving permit), will it help him to drive in michigan??

Desi_by_Nature · Post by **Desi_by_Nature** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:58 am

Most of the Indian communtiy in Ann Arbor is located around U. Mich. so that might be a better area to stay from a social point of view.

The ISA page on the umich website has a lot of good advice on housing in Ann Arbor:
http://www.umich.edu/~isa/incoming/housing.html

Akimohan;37293If he gets IDP(international driving permit), will it help him to drive in michigan??[/quote]

NO. Michigan drivers are the worst of all. No kind of driving permit helps. :emsmile:

seriously though, yeah it should be okay. I drove on my IDP for six months before I got a license - however i never ran into any moving violation type trouble, so I don't know what happens if you do.

HydChamp · Post by **HydChamp** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:49 am

Akimohan;37293folks,
Anyone staying in and Around Ann Arbor in Michigan? My friend is coming for a job to Ann Arbor.. and his wife is into her 6th month of pregnancy.
For both of them, its the first time in US.So, i am trying my ways to help them out - like apartment finding, car buying etc..
If anyone, live in that area, please share your experiences..
If he gets IDP(international driving permit), will it help him to drive in michigan??[/quote]

Lived in that area and it's a nice place to live and bring up a family. BTW, University of Michigan Hospital is amongst the best in the US. Ask him to find a good OB-GYN (Preferably someone who is a Prof as well) as soon as he gets there. http://med.umich.edu

He should be able to rent with a IDP. Ask him to keep away from the roads on friday and saturdays and he would be fine. (too many drunk students on the road during football season).

Check out www.rent.com for apartments. Ann Arbor has good public transport so, stick in the bus-route as he is new. www.theride.org

TEXMEX · Post by **TEXMEX** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:15 pm

i would recommend the North campus area and areas on or just north of Plymouth drive in AArbor. that way you have access to the UM bus if that is important. There are also some grocery stores on plymouth road. There used to be a big apt community called WillowTree Apts in plymouth where lot of Indians live - probably still there.

GoogleAjax · Post by **GoogleAjax** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:34 pm

You can get useful info from the below site. Goodluck.

http://www.miindia.com/

direstraits88 · Post by **direstraits88** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:41 am

Is he coming to work in the University?

Or work for a IT consulting firm (bodyshopper) based in Ann Arbor?

If he'll work for a desi bodyshopper, ask him to confirm his wife's pregancy will be covered by the medical insurance provided by his employer..

Akimohan · Post by **Akimohan** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:11 am

Thanks for all your suggestions.He came thru L1 to work in Pfizer.His wife's pregnancy is 90% covered thru Aetna. He found an apartment near his work(Greenbrier apartment), he is planning to register in Univ. of Michigan hospital for his wife's delivery.
Thank you all for ur valuable suggestions.