Living in Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron sits where Lake Huron narrows into the St. Clair River, and the waterfront is the whole point. Lighthouse Park and Lakeside Beach give you genuine big-lake shoreline, Fort Gratiot Lighthouse is climbable, and the Thomas Edison Riverwalk runs beneath the bridge with freighter traffic passing close enough to read the hull.

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span international crossing to Point Edward, Ontario, and the second-busiest commercial crossing between the United States and Canada, carrying more than 4.5 million vehicles a year. That shapes the local economy as much as the scenery does.

Housing spans a wide range, from in-town homes at accessible prices to waterfront at the top of the market. This is the eastern edge of the area covered here — about an hour from Lapeer on I-69.