what's the nicest neighborhood near you?

[OCGuy]

Mine

 

[Tim]

Alpine, NJ.

 

[ch33kym0use]

Dunno. I like my neighborhood.

 

[BW86]

Brookville, NY - dubbed wealthiest "town" in America by BusinessWeek. My highschool was located there also.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: mugs
Problem is you used two relative terms - nice and near. Your use of the word neighborhood implies you're looking in a small geographical area - but you live in NJ, and you picked a "neighborhood" (town) that's two states away. :laugh:

You think that's inaccurate? That may very well be the closest "nice" neighborhood :^P

 

[CRXican]

probably Calabassas (home of the Kardashians and some other TV family)

 

[TecHNooB]

Short Hills cuz theyre mad rich Just go to the short hills mall.. its 99% clothing stores and expensive chocolates!

 

[effowe]

(Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park, Barrington), IL

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Capitol Hill, Burnaby, BC - about 5 min drive.

I dunno, most of my city is pretty modest. Nicest neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver are probably Shaughnessey, Point Grey (both in Vancouver), and the British Properties (West Vancouver) - all are within 30 min drive from my place.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: mugs
Problem is you used two relative terms - nice and near. Your use of the word neighborhood implies you're looking in a small geographical area - but you live in NJ, and you picked a "neighborhood" (town) that's two states away. :laugh:

The nicest neighborhood near me is the one across the road from my house. Probably $800k houses on an acre of land. There are nicer neighborhoods farther away.

i moved. i'm in stamford now.

 

[her209]

Irvine, CA? Its considered the safest city in America.

 

[rh71]

quite a few towns in the north shore of LI.

 

[hanoverphist]

the phx metro area has tons of very nice areas and neighborhoods. they are pocketed with worse areas too. i live in a decent neighborhood, but i only have to travel a few miles to get into 1mil+ homes. i couold go into tempe and find some serious cash houses, or drive to camelback mountain and see some actual mansions. for a smaller area, theres some pretty big money in real estate here. the houses accross the street from my kids school are still 1mil and up, not a one dropped in price under 800k during the bottom of that market thing.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
nicest neighborhood is relative, but in general meaning nice houses with well kept yards, safe neighborhood, good schools, low crime.

probably greenwich CT for me.

Your profile says TN? Did you move?

closest is relative, give or take 1000 miles.


no, i changed it to TN when i playing a joke on another member.

 

[vi edit]

I differentiate between "nice" and prestigious. There's some *REALLY* prestigious neighborhoods within a couple mile drive of me. $750,000+ and on a private golf course.

At some point I'll be building in what I consider one of the "nicer" neighborhoods in the area. All lots are 1-2 acres in size. Many of them are nicely wooded with good privacy. All the homes are unique upscale without being pretentious. Most homes are in the $250-$500k range. The people there are genuinely friendly and it's full of younger families. The school district is also one of the better ones in the state and one of the few sitting on a couple million in cash reserves. It's a 5 minute drive to the school from there, and a 15 minute drive to "the city" for work. It also backs up to a decent sized state park with lots of hiking & biking trails.

[edit]

We're about 15 miles outside of any major town so crime is essentialy no-existant.

 

[shortylickens]

Fairfax, VA.
Then again, since I live in Manassas, almost anything could be considered nicer.

 

[Slew Foot]

I f'n hate the bay area. A middle class neighborhood with small old homes on small lots still runs over $1 mill per house.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: vi edit
I differentiate between "nice" and prestigious. There's some *REALLY* prestigious neighborhoods within a couple mile drive of me. $750,000+ and on a private golf course.

At some point I'll be building in what I consider one of the "nicer" neighborhoods in the area. All lots are 1-2 acres in size. Many of them are nicely wooded with good privacy. All the homes are unique upscale without being pretentious. Most homes are in the $250-$500k range. The people there are genuinely friendly and it's full of younger families. The school district is also one of the better ones in the state and one of the few sitting on a couple million in cash reserves. It's a 5 minute drive to the school from there, and a 15 minute drive to "the city" for work. It also backs up to a decent sized state park with lots of hiking & biking trails.

[edit]

We're about 15 miles outside of any major town so crime is essentialy no-existant.

$750k is about the price of an average home here, here meaning any decent town within 50 miles of nyc.
it's disgusting how high CoL is in nyc.

the exclusive neighborhoods are easily $1M and up.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
I f'n hate the bay area. A middle class neighborhood with small old homes on small lots still runs over $1 mill per house.

Thus my answer above.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
nicest neighborhood is relative, but in general meaning nice houses with well kept yards, safe neighborhood, good schools, low crime.

probably greenwich CT for me.

Your profile says TN? Did you move?

closest is relative, give or take 1000 miles.


no, i changed it to TN when i playing a joke on another member.

Oh okay. I was like WTF you have to go that far to find something nice??

 

[vi edit]

Here's what $735k gets you in my area:

http://www.maloofrealty.com/se...?mls=1099658&MLSArea=1

Under 700k and on 4.5 acres...a few miles further out of town though.
http://www.maloofrealty.com/se...?mls=1109014&MLSArea=1

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: mugs
Problem is you used two relative terms - nice and near. Your use of the word neighborhood implies you're looking in a small geographical area - but you live in NJ, and you picked a "neighborhood" (town) that's two states away. :laugh:

The nicest neighborhood near me is the one across the road from my house. Probably $800k houses on an acre of land. There are nicer neighborhoods farther away.

i moved. i'm in stamford now.

OK, that makes more sense. :laugh:

 

[Lamont Burns]

Originally posted by: vi edit
Here's what $735k gets you in my area:

http://www.maloofrealty.com/se...?mls=1099658&MLSArea=1

Under 700k and on 4.5 acres...a few miles further out of town though.
http://www.maloofrealty.com/se...?mls=1109014&MLSArea=1

Peoria doesn't count.

 

[MotionMan]

Bel Air, Beverly Hills, etc.

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: CRXican
probably Calabassas (home of the Kardashians and some other TV family)

Feh. I lived in Calabasas in law school.

McMansions galore.

MotionMan