Let's be real - divorce sucks.

Every marriage starts out with dreams of happily ever after and 'til death do us part - but sometimes those dreams become nightmares and couples end up going their separate ways.

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According to Bailey & Terranova, divorce attorneys based in Okemos, Michigan, fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. A sad statistic to be sure, but that's only part of the story.

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RoadSnacks took a dive into U.S. Census data to determine which Michigan cities have the highest divorce rates. (Alpena leads the state with 17% of its residents identifying as divorced.)

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To clarify, they measured the percentage of each Michigan city's residents who currently identify as "divorced". That doesn't count people who were previously divorced but have married again.

Common Themes Among Michigan's Least-Divorced Cities

At the bottom of the RoadSnacks list we find the cities with the fewest people who identify as divorced. There are a couple notable commonalities among many of the 20 Michigan cities with the lowest divorce rates.

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Many of the least-divorced cities are the ones where money isn't a problem. More than half of the 20 least-divorced cities in Michigan are affluent suburbs of the state's largest cities.

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Another theme that pops up: college towns. Cities with high student populations tend to have more people who've never been married, hence fewer divorces.

Michigan Cities Where Divorce Rates Are the Lowest

Statistics show that these 20 Michigan cities have lower divorce rates than the rest of the state.

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