[Chickendoc]

Appreciate the info - another interesting point is that some Oxford homes are listing Seymour as the High School - is this due to the fact the real estate agent did not update the listing and it should be Oxford? (I can't image the brand new school can't accommodate all of the Oxford high schoolers....where can I find the most accurate info on which public school that my child would go to for a particular home - I presume the board of ed.
Seymour schools seem to fair a bit worse compared to Monroe and this is a big deal for me..

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Chickendoc

Appreciate the info - another interesting point is that some Oxford homes are listing Seymour as the High School - is this due to the fact the real estate agent did not update the listing and it should be Oxford? (I can't image the brand new school can't accommodate all of the Oxford high schoolers....where can I find the most accurate info on which public school that my child would go to for a particular home - I presume the board of ed.
Seymour schools seem to fair a bit worse compared to Monroe and this is a big deal for me..

Yes, before Oxford High was built, students attended Seymour and Monroe's Masuk High. Seems that it must not have been updated in the past year.

The new OHS is only 3/4 full. There will not be a senior class until the 2009/10 school year.

In Oxford, there is Quaker Farms School (k-2), Oxford Center (3-5) and Great Oak Middle (6-8) and OHS.

[Rich Lee]

Here's the current single-family inventory for Oxford, Monroe, and Seymour:

OXFORD - 75 properties
0 - Under $150,000
1 - Between $150,000 - $199,999
1 - Between $200,000 - $249,999
6 - Between $250,000 - $299,999
5 - Between $300,000 - $349,999
10- Between $350,000 - $399,999
12- Between $400,000 - $449,999
11- Between $450,000 - $499,999
10- Between $500,000 - $549,999
2 - Between $550,000 - $599,999
1 - Between $600,000 - $649,999
8 - Between $650,000 - $699,999
6 - Between $700,000 - $749,999
2 - Over $750,000
$179,000 - LOW
1489,000 - HIGH
$465,000 - MEDIAN

MONROE - 142 properties
0 - Under $150,000
2 - Between $150,000 - $199,999
0 - Between $200,000 - $249,999
12- Between $250,000 - $299,999
18- Between $300,000 - $349,999
20- Between $350,000 - $399,999
16- Between $400,000 - $449,999
16- Between $450,000 - $499,999
19- Between $500,000 - $549,999
4 - Between $550,000 - $599,999
6 - Between $600,000 - $649,999
10- Between $650,000 - $699,999
9 - Between $700,000 - $749,999
10- Over $750,000
$179,900 - LOW
1250,000 - HIGH
$459,900 - MEDIAN

SEYMOUR - 102 properties
3 - Under $150,000
10- Between $150,000 - $199,999
12- Between $200,000 - $249,999
11- Between $250,000 - $299,999
7 - Between $300,000 - $349,999
11- Between $350,000 - $399,999
16- Between $400,000 - $449,999
12- Between $450,000 - $499,999
6 - Between $500,000 - $549,999
6 - Between $550,000 - $599,999
7 - Between $600,000 - $649,999
1 - Between $650,000 - $699,999
0 - Between $700,000 - $749,999
0 - Over $750,000
$ 99,900 - LOW
$699,900 - HIGH
$399,900 - MEDIAN

Sources: CTMLS - Oxford and Seymour; GFC CMLS - Monroe

[seymourct]

Adding to the thoughts about the highway, I have long thought that the state should allow artists/townships to beautify the pillars with murals of what the town's downtown used to look like that would be painted around the pillars, abutments, and underpasses. As long as the Pillar Number is incorporated into the design why not spruce it up in a Thomas Kinkade style?

Maybe the town could even auction off the rights to paint each pillar to raise some funds.

[laulob]

Seymour has some nice areas but it also has housing projects which I think brings the home values down a bit. It kind of has that old mill town feel like upstate New York. The downtown is cute but hidden.

[seymourct]

I totally would not refer to them as "projects". There are some senior housing buildings, and a few apartment buildings scattered here and there, some of the apartment buildings have some *assistance - placed* residents, but none of those places conjers up images of late 20th century housing projects that drive down home values.

As for it being a mill town, yes it once was. However, all are now gone save one. It is currently very much a bedroom community of commuters travelling to Ffld county. The blue collars are slowly being outnumbered by the BA/BS, MBA crowd.

[Rich Lee]

Originally Posted by seymourct

As for it being a mill town, yes it once was. However, all are now gone save one. It is currently very much a bedroom community of commuters travelling to Ffld county. The blue collars are slowly being outnumbered by the BA/BS, MBA crowd.

Agreed. As post #13 showed, the median price in Seymour is $399,900, not too far off from Monroe's or Oxford's.

[laulob]

Hmm I didn't mean to sound snarky - Visually the downtown of Seymour looks like an old mill town - There literally are old mills (functioning and non functioning) that really dictate the look of the community. It's unfortunate that the cute little downtown area is somewhat hidden.

As far as housing projects, you maybe surprised. I formerly worked with someone who lives in one of the housing authority communities and have been to two of them. They are exactly what the name implies - I can't imagine that their presence doesn't affect home values - especially in the nearby neighborhoods.

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Hmm I didn't mean to sound snarky - Visually the downtown of Seymour looks like an old mill town - There literally are old mills (functioning and non functioning) that really dictate the look of the community. It's unfortunate that the cute little downtown area is somewhat hidden.

As far as housing projects, you maybe surprised. I formerly worked with someone who lives in one of the housing authority communities and have been to two of them. They are exactly what the name implies - I can't imagine that their presence doesn't affect home values - especially in the nearby neighborhoods.

The image of a project saturated town whose old mills dictate the look of said town, is not the image that most of us have of Seymour. OP, i would not hesitate to recommend Seymour.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Stratford, Ct. Resident

The image of a project saturated town whose old mills dictate the look of said town, is not the image that most of us have of Seymour. OP, i would not hesitate to recommend Seymour.

Me either. Many of the old mills are interesting structures are still in use. The worst of them have been torn down to make way for other things. As for housing projects, well I am not aware of them and I know the town fairly well. I know they exist but could not really tell you where they are, so they are hardly "hanging" over the community like it has been implied. I too would not hesitate to recommend Seymour. Jay