Life in Cedar Hill: How is it? (Dallas, DeSoto: real estate, foreclosures)

[JackTX]

Hello. I lived in CH for about 14 years. I grew up and graduated from CHHS. My house was one of the first houses to be built on my street in '86. My mom and gran still live there. It definitely is not the same but that is just the neighborhood and not the whole city. The neighborhood it self is very diverse. They have a Mexican family on one side; a black family on the other; and an interacial couple across the street. The population has increased so much over the last 10years, which can bad thing for some neighborhoods (like my mom's) and good thing for the CH economy. Unfortunately, because of the crime on the street (gangs, murder, and durgs); my mom has decided to move, which breaks my grans heart. I did visit recently for a reunion and went over to the Buffalo Wild Wings on a Friday night. There seems to be a lot of police activity and I was told this is the usual norm. !!!?? I don't run into this same situation the further north I go but every city has it's problem people. I was there when Joe Pool was first open and there is some beautiful scenary out there.

[ricwil]

Hi Jack, I see a lot of what you described of your mom's place in my own neighborhood, The Highlands, if it is I am sorry to hear it. We, and some neighbors are getting together roughly once a month to address concerns like these. Some progress albeit slowly is being made and more plans are on the way. btw, for what its worth I hope your mom finds a safer place she can be happy with. We all should be safe in where we live.

[southern living]

I have lived in cedar hill for almost 10 years. I dont know what "loud black people" you are talking about. My black neighbors are friendly, keep their yards well maintained, and they are certainly not loud. as a matter of fact, my street is very quite.

My caucasian son goes to cedar hill schools. We have never had any problem. academically he is excelling. he scored in the 99th percentile on ITBS!

The blacks in cedar hill are middle class and are no different from blacks or whites in flowermound or any other city. As a matter of fact, according to money magazine, the median income for southwest dallas county cities has risen and the percentage of individuals with degrees has also risen. In fact the median income in cedar hill is comparable to northern cities such us lewisville and even higher than median income in say, farmersbranch.

In other words, the people moving in have more money and are better educated than those moving out

anybody who visits cedar hill will agree that its a thriving city. newdoors is mischaracterizing the city and 44% of its residents who are black.

cedar hill is the only city that has had an increase in black residents without a corresponding increase in white flight. its about 44% black and 44% caucasian

[ricwil]

I have lived in cedar hill for almost 10 years. I dont know what "loud black people" you are talking about. My black neighbors are friendly, keep their yards well maintained, and they are certainly not loud. as a matter of fact, my street is very quite.

My caucasian son goes to cedar hill schools. We have never had any problem. academically he is excelling. he scored in the 99th percentile on ITBS!

The blacks in cedar hill are middle class and are no different from blacks or whites in flowermound or any other city. As a matter of fact, according to money magazine, the median income for southwest dallas county cities has risen and the percentage of individuals with degrees has also risen. In fact the median income in cedar hill is comparable to northern cities such us lewisville and even higher than median income in say, farmersbranch.

In other words, the people moving in have more money and are better educated than those moving out

anybody who visits cedar hill will agree that its a thriving city. newdoors is mischaracterizing the city and 44% of its residents who are black.

cedar hill is the only city that has had an increase in black residents without a corresponding increase in white flight. its about 44% black and 44% caucasian

I looked up a couple of recent posts by newdoors. I agree with you this person is way off!!

Cedar Hill is a great place to live. I wouldn't move away from here just because now I have more black neighbors, I think what would get me moving is if crime skyrocketed which it hasn't or became a victim of it, which I haven't. By far, most blacks I meet here are friendly.

[yonidude]

Don't Mention Cedar Hills Is Known For The Bloods Whos Dminated All The Other Gangs In Cedar Hill!

[L.A. Diva]

[quote=southern living;5738604]why do you equate black neighborhoods with lower standards?


I have read the comments by DaveG99 and I can relate to the points that he brought out and I am sure that many others can agree with being turned off by the economically depressed areas of any city. I equate the run down neighborhoods with lower standards and lower quality of life.
#1- The area is sorely neglected by the city (streets, landscape, schools, community)
#2- Some property owners of homes, apts. and businesses may not keep their stuff up.
( In some better areas it is regulated by the city to adhere to all kinds of stuff like th
outside appearance and storage of materials on one's property, also in some better
areas it is regulated by the city or HOA's (Home Owner Associations) to keep one's
house or apt. very presentable, example: you cannot have a mini farm in your back
yard on several square feet of land or you cannot allow your grass and shrubbery to
grow out of control or you cannot park cars on your lawn, all of these are city
ordinances)
#3- The grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses are not kept clean on the out-
side or inside, parking lot is very dirty, poor food product quality and the gas stations
look scary and dangerous, I'm praying the whole time that nothing happens to me.
The grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses that are not in these areas
are so inviting, as they are clean, the parking lots are nice, I don't feel like I'm step
ping into a sewer. The service and overall environment is very appealing to me,
regarding the gas stations, I don't rush faster than lightening to get out of there.

[Acntx]

Originally Posted by yonidude

Don't Mention Cedar Hills Is Known For The Bloods Whos Dminated All The Other Gangs In Cedar Hill!

Yes, Cedar Hill is just so dangerous with their nightly gang-related drive-by shootings and multiple murders! NOT. Wait until the Cedar Hill posters on this forum get around to reading this garbage.

Originally Posted by L.A. Diva

I have read the comments by DaveG99 and I can relate to the points that he brought out and I am sure that many others can agree with being turned off by the economically depressed areas of any city. I equate the run down neighborhoods with lower standards and lower quality of life.
#1- The area is sorely neglected by the city (streets, landscape, schools, community)
#2- Some property owners of homes, apts. and businesses may not keep their stuff up.
( In some better areas it is regulated by the city to adhere to all kinds of stuff like th
outside appearance and storage of materials on one's property, also in some better
areas it is regulated by the city or HOA's (Home Owner Associations) to keep one's
house or apt. very presentable, example: you cannot have a mini farm in your back
yard on several square feet of land or you cannot allow your grass and shrubbery to
grow out of control or you cannot park cars on your lawn, all of these are city
ordinances)
#3- The grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses are not kept clean on the out-
side or inside, parking lot is very dirty, poor food product quality and the gas stations
look scary and dangerous, I'm praying the whole time that nothing happens to me.
The grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses that are not in these areas
are so inviting, as they are clean, the parking lots are nice, I don't feel like I'm step
ping into a sewer. The service and overall environment is very appealing to me,
regarding the gas stations, I don't rush faster than lightening to get out of there.

Another blanket generalization made by someone who has never lived in Cedar Hill or even the state of Texas. If you had, you would know that your comment does not remotely apply to the overwhelming majority of neighborhoods, businesses, and people living in of Cedar Hill and the neighboring southern suburbs.

[Grainraiser]

Some of the stupidity in these post amazes me. What I really find shocking is most of these negative folks have never ever been to Cedar Hill. Some of these comments are truly sad.

[southern living]

Originally Posted by yonidude

Don't Mention Cedar Hills Is Known For The Bloods Whos Dminated All The Other Gangs In Cedar Hill!

of all the ignorant comments i have heard about the southwester burbs, this ridiculous, unfounded statement takes the cake. If Cedar Hill had a bloods problem, would this not reflect in its crime rate? I got this table from the Frisco police dept website which showed cities and the crime rate per 1000 residents. Note that im not picking on these cities but simply using them for comparison purposes. plus these cities are considered indisputably safe.

Frisco-28.33 per thousand
Lewisville-31.58
Plano-33.20

Compare this to Cedar Hill with the "bloods" problem.

Cedar Hill-32.74 per thousand

I got the cedar hill info from http://www.cedarhilltx.com/DocumentView.aspx?DID=750

Cedar Hill is safe, as safe as any other city in the metro.

while you are entitled to your opinion, you lack credibility if you just throw them out there without any kind of proof

[southern living]

[quote=L.A. Diva;9064200]

Originally Posted by southern living

why do you equate black neighborhoods with lower standards?


I have read the comments by DaveG99 and I can relate to the points that he brought out and I am sure that many others can agree with being turned off by the economically depressed areas of any city. I equate the run down neighborhoods with lower standards and lower quality of life.
#1- The area is sorely neglected by the city (streets, landscape, schools, community)
#2- Some property owners of homes, apts. and businesses may not keep their stuff up.
( In some better areas it is regulated by the city to adhere to all kinds of stuff like th
outside appearance and storage of materials on one's property, also in some better
areas it is regulated by the city or HOA's (Home Owner Associations) to keep one's
house or apt. very presentable, example: you cannot have a mini farm in your back
yard on several square feet of land or you cannot allow your grass and shrubbery to
grow out of control or you cannot park cars on your lawn, all of these are city
ordinances)
#3- The grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses are not kept clean on the out-
side or inside, parking lot is very dirty, poor food product quality and the gas stations
look scary and dangerous, I'm praying the whole time that nothing happens to me.
The grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses that are not in these areas
are so inviting, as they are clean, the parking lots are nice, I don't feel like I'm step
ping into a sewer. The service and overall environment is very appealing to me,
regarding the gas stations, I don't rush faster than lightening to get out of there.

Clearly, you have never been anywhere near cedar hill. Those who have know that the above is false. You and Dave might Equate black neighborhoods with lower standards but the fact is this is simply ignorance. Anybody who has ever been to cedar hill can attest to this