By Mike Hetu
Name: Jenny and Jim O’Connor (with children Lily, 3 and James, 7 months)
Location: State Streets; Livonia, Michigan
Size: 1,088 square feet
Years lived in: 4 years; Owned
Jenny and her family live in Livonia’s State Streets, a neighborhood where most streets are named after U.S. states. The neighborhood is adjacent to Old Rosedale, where Jenny’s parents Sue and Doug live. Jenny and husband Jim are happy in their ranch house and proud of the renovations and designs they’ve completed, but Jenny tells me how often people ask them about their next house. “Next house?” she says. “We want to stay here.” It’s good to meet a young family that is committed to what it has now and isn’t too anxious to move onto what’s new and next.
