Small rural towns north of Dayton??? (Green, Troy: construction, high school, college)

[kristencali09]

The Springfield area schools are not bad. Clark-Shawnee and Northeastern. I believe by far the best public school in Clark County is Kenton Ridge. It's in an outside suburb of Springfield and offers a lot of College Prep classes and has a good size student body and pretty good athletic teams. Anyone think different?

[kingwaffle]

I disagree. Springfield as a whole is a dying city much like Dayton. Northeastern is a pretty good district, as is Kenton Ridge...but it isn't anything too spectacular.

Tipp City has a much better athletics program.

[Stolly enterprises]

Originally Posted by boo88tb

How is Springfield? I may be moving to the MW from the SW also. I was curious to know how is the Springfield area?

Springfield is an old city and has lost population and popularity since Columbus opened 3 large malls. Shopping and dining are limited and many other places are making it inferrier. We recomend Lima, or Bellefontaine if you are looking for a city that has small town values with large citiy convenence. You decide. -Stolly Enterprises

[Stolly enterprises]

Originally Posted by kingwaffle

I disagree. Springfield as a whole is a dying city much like Dayton. Northeastern is a pretty good district, as is Kenton Ridge...but it isn't anything too spectacular.

Tipp City has a much better athletics program.

Well said, Springfield is once thriving city that has proved inferrer to other cities in many feilds. You decide -Stolly Enterprises

[Stolly enterprises]

Springfield is a city located in Ohio, once a success, providing the main shopping outlet for smaller cities such as Bellefontaine and Marysville and even Lima. However in recent years it has lost population and popularity to it's sister cities. It's Population comming in at only a little over 39,000 is soon to be surpassed by up and comming areas such as Bellefontaine and Marysville. Lima has already proved a greater success with a equal and growing population.
Populations for cities near Springfield.

CITY POPULATION STATUS
Lima 39,764 Growing
Bellefontaine 16,972 Growing
Marysville 17,082 Growing
Dayton 117,000 Stagnent
Springfield 39,229 Shrinking
Columbus 711,579 Growing
Urbana 12,098 Stagnent
Troy 10,497 Stagnent
Xenia 20,183 Growing

[PMP]

Troy is not stagnant- it has a population of 22,000 and is growing rather quickly, with many new developments and growing industry (a new Honda plant) and many new stores and restaraunts. I wouldn't consider it rural, but it does offer a nice alternative to Dayton.

Other good areas include Fletcher, Pleasant Hill, Covington, Bradford, Piqua, Russia and West Milton. Piqua is similar in size to Troy, and Covington has about 2500 people, and easy access to both Piqua and Troy. The other towns are small villages, but are quiet places to live that offer affordable housing with plenty of land.

[JefferyT]

Troy is really starting to boom. Its becoming sort of like Tipp...sort of a suburban community to Dayton, but with its own industrys and such.

That whole north valley are..Miami County...is looking pretty good.

As has been said, one can live in country villages and have a nice quality of life, but still be close to to work via I-75 and the buisnessess developing off of it.

[muohio88]

Having lived in the northern Miami Valley for 15 years now, a lot of what is being said about some of the cities/villages/towns is not true. I currently attend Miami University (of Ohio), but grew up in Piqua for most of my life.

Miami County:
-Piqua, pop. of approx. 21,000, is a stagnant city. However, Piqua has remained relatively the same size since the beginning of 20th century. Of late, the city has started to rework its image, and the renovation of downtown will be 90% complete with the renovation of the old Fort Piqua Hotel as the city's new library. Piqua has a mix of locally owned businesses that help keep its economy stable (the largest employers only have about 600 workers). If Piqua can continually improve its schools (they are about even with Troy and Sidney now) the city may start to grow again. The only problem with Piqua are some of the stupid people that reside there that don't want anything to change. Change is the only thing Piqua has going for it. Piqua Schools recieved a 23/30 on the latest state report card.

-Troy, pop. of approx. 24,000, is stagnant city masked as a growing city. The number of properties for sale in Troy is remarkable, but has also led to a high vacancy rate within the city of Troy. Developers have grabbed up land that has been incorporated within the city, giving Troy its own sense of urban sprawl. Many of its residents are upset about this, and due to the high number of homes on the market (and thus the depreciation of value) a hold has been placed on new developments. Though Piqua has the mall, and is getting a new movie theatre, Troy has most of the restuarants withing Miami county, as Sonic, Panera, and Chipotle all are opening or have opened within Troy in the past year. Troy's schools aren't what they were ten years ago, as with all of the people moving out of Dayton, Troy has acquired some residents that it might otherwise not wish to have. Troy schools received a 26/30 on the latest state report card.

-Tipp City, pop. of approx. 10,000, recently moved up to a Div. II school (same as Piqua). Though it has half as many residents, many young people reside in the city (due to the high number of young families), and the enrollment at Tippecanoe High School is roughly the same as Piqua. Housing in Tipp City is generally upscale, but the developments are more controlled and desirable. However, Tipp City has become a very snobby town, and if you are not wealthy, is not an ideal place to live. Many of these kids go to college and find out that they really don't know what wealth is once they meet kids from out of state, such as those from Chicago, where the cost of living is higher, but more high-paying jobs are available. Tipp City Schools receieved a 29/30 on the latest state report card.

[UAL123]

Originally Posted by muohio88

-Tipp City, pop. of approx. 10,000, recently moved up to a Div. II school (same as Piqua). Though it has half as many residents, many young people reside in the city (due to the high number of young families), and the enrollment at Tippecanoe High School is roughly the same as Piqua. Housing in Tipp City is generally upscale, but the developments are more controlled and desirable. However, Tipp City has become a very snobby town, and if you are not wealthy, is not an ideal place to live. Many of these kids go to college and find out that they really don't know what wealth is once they meet kids from out of state, such as those from Chicago, where the cost of living is higher, but more high-paying jobs are available. Tipp City Schools receieved a 29/30 on the latest state report card.

I currently attend Tippecanoe High School, and I have to say that what you said has unfortunately become true to some extent. I really hate saying this, but it seems as if many of my fellow classmates believe that they are far superior to other kids in other districts. It seems that just because "we" are Tipp City, "we" are better than everyone else. I'm not saying these people are mean, just a little to much into themselves. I also agree that many graduates go to college and find out that the world is much different from Tipp and have some trouble adjusting to that fact. Lucky for me, I have not attended Tipp City schools my whole life, so I have some idea of what the world I venture off into will be like. Just remember, some people that live here are snobby but there are many friendly people that live here too!

[Giesela]

My impression, and its just mine, in the "rural" (not really) north and northeast of Huber (Clark County) is one of a very mixed bag but overall/generally sort of "trashy" with many unmaintained crappy houses. Looks kind of poor and dreary. Its all mixed up with some nicer places thrown in randomly as you drive up and down the main and off roads. Actually in and near the smaller towns like New Carlisle things look nicer but if you don't want to be in town or a subdivision it will depend on how much driving by the sort of dreary poor neighborhood houses bother you. Clark county prices are cheaper than Greene county but I cant imagine the resale value being very good especially if there is a recession/depression which I think there will be.