Claymont, DE

[Essingtonj]

I know this is an old post, but Claymont has changed A LOT! Sure, there are definitely some trashy people, but as someone who left delco it’s not terrible. If anything, it’s getting better since I first moved there 7 years ago. They are rebuilding the trainstation, have been rebuilding or rehabbing buildings along philly pike etc. besides, it’s so close to the border and 95, I’d rather live here and save 4-5 k a year in property taxes for the rest of my life, than stay in delco and pay 6-7 grand per year and still deal with bad neighborhoods.

[Dave1956]

I used to live in Claymont many years ago. Lived in Greentree right on the main road across from the apartments. The location was great. Every Friday we would head up to Booths Corner and hang out and have great food at the AMISH stands. Several of my friends live there as well, one across Darly in Ashborne Hills. These homes are older and the area was blue collar due to the steel mill. The good part is low taxes in Delaware, and that brings in many from just over the PA line who get punished with the taxes. You do need to drive through areas on your prospect list. Greentree used to be a really nice little neighborhood. I had great neighbors. But if you drove up some of the streets back in the development you would see some dumps. The same with Ashborne Hills. Nice homes and dumps. In the years I lived there we watched police action across the street in the apartments. One night we had a drunk side swipe my neighbors car, get locked to it, and took off dragging the neighbors car over Darley and into Ashbourne Hills. We chased him and he had burned all his tires off and stopped, we blocked him in for police. These were rare occurrences, and never had anything to do with shootings and murders. That may have changed by now. There was always places to go up there and things to do. The catch 22 for you is your budget. Northern Delaware is either poor and everything bad that goes along with it, or rich which means unaffordable. But you can have a good neighborhood right next to a poorer one. Like I said, drive through, you will be able to see right away if the riffraff is hanging out and what you see if uncomfortable. My daughter was looking for place of her own. She looked at places off Commonwealth Blvd. Cheaply made and all the riffraff you could handle. It was obvious. Her budget was $150/K, she ended up down south of Glasgow. You will not be able to afford anything along Grub Road or Shipley.