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Old 02-10-2015, 10:46 AM
 
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Anyone have any info or experience with the condos in the northern-most part of Wyoming? There is a little development of them off of Rolling Hills Drive. There are quite a few for sale and the prices seem good to get into Wyoming but I'm wondering they are Wyoming in name only and are really more like living in Woodlawn (which I think is directly to the north and east).

I'm looking for a family member and haven't driven out there yet but just wanted to get some thoughts from some of the esteemed posters on this board
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Old 02-10-2015, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Shaker Heights, OH
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I think those condos are actually in Woodlawn...they are right off of Rt 4.
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Old 02-10-2015, 11:09 AM
 
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If you search google maps for Wyoming, OH it shows they are just inside the Wyoming city limits:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wy...edc80272d50ab0

Auditor's website confirms that.
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Old 02-10-2015, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA
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Yes, until the '60s the land plot starting at the NW corner of Springfield Pike and Bonham Rd was owned by Hamilton County for a juvenile detention farm called Hillcrest. Then a large chunk of it was annexed to Wyoming (which was thirsty for retail tax revenues) for the construction of a KMart store. (The Hamilton County FOP put in a building fronting on Bonham, and a bank which is now a PNC branch went in facing "the Pike," also.) A few retail transitions down the line, the by-now vacated store was taken over through eminent domain. And the ironically named Rolling Hills "landominium" development - ironically named because it's situated on flat acreage - rose in its place.

It's safe to say that a notable majority of Rolling Hills homeowners are Wyoming retirees and/or widow(er)s who outgrew their however-many bedroom house but didn't want to live in an apartment or an age-restricted "community." The Goyguy Sr's often have a new resident there to report; that is, unless the person(s) in question didn't die or proceed directly to Maple Knoll. Honestly I don't know how it became a de facto 55+ enclave right from the get-go. An elementary school is two short blocks south, and the Wyoming recreational complex (which really IS in Woodlawn - don't ask) is within spittin' distance.

My frank estimation of the appearance of Rolling Hills is that it looks like it's trying to be a subdivision out West, like in Phoenix or Las Vegas. In a community justifiably proud of its wooded areas and well-shaded streets it stands out like a parched thumb with its treeless landscape. The houses - "landominiums," if you must - also look as though they belong in a generic Sun Belt exurb. High property turnover is understandable when you realize who lives there mostly: "It was perfect for us until Marjorie broke her hip for the fourth time," "We just got tired of the trip to and from Florida every winter, and we have a nice place there, so..." Etc etc.

Rolling Hills has to be 15 or so years old now, and I truthfully don't think it's ever been 100% occupied without at least one property being on the market.
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Old 02-10-2015, 07:46 PM
 
Location: Cincinnati
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Very quiet back there. My only experience is that we bought a craigslist coffee table from a woman who was clearing out her father's condo, which was back there somewhere. Her father I believe retired to where the daughter lived, somewhere sunny, Phoenix or maybe Florida.
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Old 02-11-2015, 03:30 PM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA
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That's "LAND-ominium." They're single-family houses with attached garages, and got tagged with that made-up word because of some loophole or other in zoning regulations. Those who are in the know, know that residential property taxes are affected by what the property is defined as.
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