Seaford Delaware (Dover, New Castle, Georgetown: real estate, crime, house)

[fmmm]

Hi Everyone. This is my 2nd post, I find these forums a great place for info. I have been looking at the Seaford area. I like the river side towns. I would like to find a house with water front or nearby. I want to visit in about two weeks . Is Seaford a good place to start? Live in north Jersey, by way of Virginia. Not in to the 55+ scene, only because I like the country and quiet. I would appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.

[fido44]

Seaford is known for its drugs!! Locals are ignorant and just different. been living in DelaNOwhere for 20 years and can not wait to get out. Healthcare is terrible......my husband is a doctor and I would not go to any of the Docs here. AVOID delaware at all costs. It has nothing unless you want to die here.

[doctorjef]

I don't know Seaford, though I do know by way of the MLS that there have been some amazing real estate deals around there. That part of the DelMarVa penninsula is pretty backwoods, perhaps even more so across the state line in MD. There are spotty drug problems and other crime around DE, as anywhere. Seaford really isn't on the water, I think. Fido certainly overstates negatives about DE. I've found it a decent place to be over the past three years I've lived here, though I live at the very northern top of north New Castle County and my priorities may be a bit different from many of the folks who post here.

[beachliz]

My husband was born and raised in Seaford, and his family is about as "local redneck" as they come. I would not work for that school district, nor would I allow my son to attend school there--at least not past elementary school. Too many areas (even developments not within town limits) are very "hoodish" and drugs and violence are rampant; this is why my husband left the area and moved to the beach to be with me. LOTS of rednecks in Seaford as well. Some people like this fact, and some people don't. It all depends on what type of lifestyle you're looking for. Personally, I wouldn't live in Seaford if somebody gave me a free house, but that's just me.

[marshall1987]

It's true: there are a few isolated blocks and roads of Seaford and nearby Blades that have earned their reputations as either 'redneck' or 'hoodish'. The major drug problem, however, began to subside in the early 90's after an expose' on the town's crack cocaine infestation on 60 Minutes. My family is currently raising three white children and three adopted black children and they have found exceptional diversity and little in the way of dirty looks or upturned noses. As far as the school system goes, Sussex Tech is always an option for high school and there are several private schools in the area that remain reasonably affordable. Seaford is 30 minutes from the beach, 15 minutes from the nearest college, in Georgetown, and about 45 minutes from two sizable cities in Salisbury and Dover. It's a pretty good place. And there's a little bit of waterfront near the river that runs right through the middle of historic downtown.

[doctorjef]

You reply to a thread that hasn't been active for two years? Well, in any case, how can you term Dover and Salisbury "sizeable cities"? "Relatively larger population centres" might be more to the point.