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Originally Posted by lacy_amy
So if I gave you a couple addresses of houses I was thinking about renting you could tell me yay or nay on if it was a good place to live? I just don't want to get stuck in a lease in an area I'm not going to like. We plan on going down for a week or so but I still don't think we can get a good idea of how good the neighborhoods are.
If it's north of 74 & on the west side of town, avoid it. The southeast portion is very nice & has the best schools.
Other than that information about the schools, you can tell on a simple drive through.
Here's the Gaston County crime map. Community Crime Maps - Gaston County Police Department (http://www.co.gaston.nc.us/gastonpd/CommunityCrimeMaps.htm - broken link)
If you are looking at Gastonia as a place to live & work & mind your own business, you will be welcome. If you are looking at moving there to stir up a stink about the animal shelter, you may not be as welcome.
If it's north of 74 & on the west side of town, avoid it. The southeast portion is very nice & has the best schools.
Other than that information about the schools, you can tell on a simple drive through.
Here's the Gaston County crime map. Community Crime Maps - Gaston County Police Department (http://www.co.gaston.nc.us/gastonpd/CommunityCrimeMaps.htm - broken link)
If you are looking at Gastonia as a place to live & work & mind your own business, you will be welcome. If you are looking at moving there to stir up a stink about the animal shelter, you may not be as welcome.
I like the animal shelter, I just don't like how the animals meet their end but that too can change with people trying to make a change in a positive way. Thanks for the crime map that idea didn't even cross my head. We currently live in a community with about 3,000 people with very little crime so something similar would be good.
Amy take a look at Harrisburg. For not much more than $1000 you can rent a small (1400 sq ft) 3 bedroom 2 bath house. It is a quiet town with decent schools. I will try to post some examples...
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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I like the animal shelter, I just don't like how the animals meet their end but that too can change with people trying to make a change in a positive way. Thanks for the crime map that idea didn't even cross my head. We currently live in a community with about 3,000 people with very little crime so something similar would be good.
Gastonia is a city of over 70K people. There is a Christian school there. Gaston Christian School
Gastonia is a city of over 70K people. There is a Christian school there. Gaston Christian School
Kings Mountain has over 10K people.
Where is the job?
Job would be working all over Charlotte. He would meet at the job site each day so I'm much more interested in moving to an area that is close to the school my kids would go to.....
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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Job would be working all over Charlotte. He would meet at the job site each day so I'm much more interested in moving to an area that is close to the school my kids would go to.....
This is a map of municipal areas in Gaston County. http://www.co.gaston.nc.us/Planning/maps/MunicipalAreas.pdf (broken link)
This is a list of towns in Cleveland County. Cities/Towns Most are too far from Charlotte, but you could look at Grover, if you're looking for small. The kids there go to Kings Mountain for school.
Cherryville in Gaston County is small (roughly half the size of Kings Mountain), but it's considerably further than Kings Mountain to be going all over Charlotte.
If this is a construction job, there are a lot of construction jobs opening up in eastern Cleveland County.
This one is in Highland Creek, which if you do a search for previous thread regarding Highland Creek you will see it is a well liked neighborhood with good schools:
If you stay to the North of Charlotte but choose wisely you will get the schools you want at the price you need. Think Harrisburg, parts of Concord, anything in Highland Creek whether in Charlotte or Cabarrus County... If you can bump the rent up to $1100 or $1195 you will find what you need for sure.
My opinion, take it as you'd like. Everyone suggested Gaston county based on job location. For schools, Union county won me over. They have very good ratings and that is where I decided to move. I work at the Epi centre and drive quite the distance but I dont mind one bit. I feel good knowing my daughter will be in an A rated school. most of south Charlotte has good areas, but I cant comment on schools. If you need a realtor reference, please feel free to PM me, I know a very well informed agent who is great to work with. Living in south Carolina, like Fort mill or rock Hill will benefit you also.
This one is in Highland Creek, which if you do a search for previous thread regarding Highland Creek you will see it is a well liked neighborhood with good schools:
If you stay to the North of Charlotte but choose wisely you will get the schools you want at the price you need. Think Harrisburg, parts of Concord, anything in Highland Creek whether in Charlotte or Cabarrus County... If you can bump the rent up to $1100 or $1195 you will find what you need for sure.
I'm confused is Highland Creek a neighborhood or the name of a city?
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