U-M grad, 22, living the loft lifestyle in downtown Ann Arbor
Yes townies, U-M college students can become one of you without buying a house in the city. Hopefully the trend will continue.Excerpt:Mark Messmore started college life at the University of Michigan like most of his peers, living on campus in a cinder block dorm room and eating institutional food. But by the time he graduated in 2008, the now 22-year-old Messmore was living the good life in a downtown Ann Arbor loft, with restaurants, coffee and nightlife at his front door.Messmore bought and furnished a 650-square-foot downtown loft in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, at the corner of Main and Liberty streets. But it wasn’t a trust fund or even the wages of a starting Spanish teacher with the Saline School District that made it possible for the then 20-year-old to buy a downtown loft. “I worked a million hours as an undergraduate,” Messmore said. “I’ve been saving money since I began working at 13 at a diner in Dexter.”Read the rest of the story here.
Yes townies, U-M college students can become one of you without buying a house in the city. Hopefully the trend will continue.
Excerpt:
Mark Messmore started college life at the University of Michigan like most of his peers, living on campus in a cinder block dorm room and eating institutional food.
But by the time he graduated in 2008, the now 22-year-old Messmore was living the good life in a downtown Ann Arbor loft, with restaurants, coffee and nightlife at his front door.
Messmore bought and furnished a 650-square-foot downtown loft in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, at the corner of Main and Liberty streets.
But it wasn’t a trust fund or even the wages of a starting Spanish teacher with the Saline School District that made it possible for the then 20-year-old to buy a downtown loft.
“I worked a million hours as an undergraduate,” Messmore said. “I’ve been saving money since I began working at 13 at a diner in Dexter.”
Read the rest of the story here.
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