Wilmington. (rental, loft, condo)

[Woodlands]

So the south and north sides of the City are presumably much better? I have been through parts of North Wilmington near 95 just north of the Brandywine that seem nice.. South Wilmington other than what is right around the Christiana seems like its more of an industrial zone?

[phlydude]

the only real part that is south of Wilmington is what is south on Market/Wlanut Streets (Rt 13) - high-rise condos and town homes along with a shopping center has been built on the other side of the Christina river

or some of the areas south of Lancaster Ave (Rt 48) that eventually turn into Stanton or Elsmere look decent as well (like around Canby Park - I think that is tha area I've seen)

[piscesjoey]

Start from the north end of Market St. (by Forman Mills & Dept. of Labor), drive south to 4th St., turn west on 4th and drive up it, and you will see most of the bad areas in Wilmington. You still have Northeast, Eastside, Browntown, Concord Ave., even downtown (especially Rodney Square after 6pm), and if you want to go out of the city limits, Edgemoor Gardens is a definite no no

[armx]

Obviously, none of you guys are concerned that the OP does not plan live in the $30K to $100K home price areas.

[Joe84323]

Originally Posted by phlydude

the only real part that is south of Wilmington is what is south on Market/Wlanut Streets (Rt 13) - high-rise condos and town homes along with a shopping center has been built on the other side of the Christina river

or some of the areas south of Lancaster Ave (Rt 48) that eventually turn into Stanton or Elsmere look decent as well (like around Canby Park - I think that is tha area I've seen)

There is actually a South Wilmington. It is situated southeast of the condos. Half of the district were projects, and were knocked down about 4 years ago. You can still see the huge fields where the projects existed along route 9.

Originally Posted by piscesjoey

Start from the north end of Market St. (by Forman Mills & Dept. of Labor), drive south to 4th St., turn west on 4th and drive up it, and you will see most of the bad areas in Wilmington. You still have Northeast, Eastside, Browntown, Concord Ave., even downtown (especially Rodney Square after 6pm), and if you want to go out of the city limits, Edgemoor Gardens is a definite no no

You're really just seeing Northeast and 4th street. You're not really seeing Browntown, Quaker Hill, Little Africa, Riverside, and what's left of Southbridge.

When I was a kid, whenever family would come in on the train, we lived on 4th Street, but we would take them all the way up King, up PA Ave, Union St and turn on 4th to spare them the majority of the dump which is 4th street.

[phlydude]

If anyone is interested, the condos at Justison Landing is having an auction next month - bids start @ $95k

Justison Landing developer to auction condos | Delawareonline.com | The News Journal

[Darryl D]

100,000 people? How bad could a beautiful place like that be? The 4th street corridor sounds like one I may want to avoid by way of....uhh, I don't know...3rd, 2nd, 1st, or even main for Gods sake!
Come on guys, I appreciate all the honesty, but your scaring the Wilmington out of us! A few nice folks want to come and share in your..."goodness" and now we're all having second thoughts! lol
But really, GREAT descriptions! Thanks, we're listening.
Darryl.

[doctorjef]

Is there actually a neighborhood called Little Africa?? I've never heard that -- it strikes me as a bit bigotted. I'd be interested to know if that's actually a generally accepted, legitimate name for a specific area of town and what the history of the name is.

[Joe84323]

Originally Posted by doctorjef

Is there actually a neighborhood called Little Africa?? I've never heard that -- it strikes me as a bit bigotted. I'd be interested to know if that's actually a generally accepted, legitimate name for a specific area of town and what the history of the name is.

There's a huge sign on Northeast Boulevard around E. 14th or E. 15th proclaiming the area as "Little Africa." Obviously, there is a more traditional name for the neighborhood, but that's what locals call it nowadays. Kinda like the Greenhill area is called G-town now by probably 70% of the neighborhood's inhabitants (only G-Town has no big sign I'm aware of.)

In all respect to the bigotted comment, It would be more accurate than Little Italy, which is hardly majority Italian/Italian-America.

[doctorjef]

Little Italy is a sort of sad situation. Wilmington has a little Italy with no Italians living there. Of course, there are still a few, mostly aged people. Yet, that's what happens naturally with most immigrant communities -- they disperse as people are assimilated into the larger American society. It does feel sad to me nonetheless that Wilmington's Little Italy is now just a few relics from a once vibrant past as an Italian community.