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Apparently you do not understand the meaning of the words alternative and convenient....new to the board, not to the area nor to the english language. When replying to someone who is not familiar with the area, I thought it would be acceptable to offer a more desireable alternative. A simple gesture offered out of kindness. What will do better for me will be a decision I make for myself, 60.
San Souci can be safe if you end up on the right street and cross your fingers. I lived there for about 6 months when i first moved to Greenville and while the house and the street I was on was very cute and the neighbors were nice enough, everyone trying to improve their houses, but if you left that street it went downhill really fast.
Having said that, the majority of the houses on my cute little street were broken into while I lived there. I have large dogs so we were fine and I wasn't worried (we were one of the only two houses not hit) but without the dogs I'd have been installing an extra deadbolt.
I live off Laurens rd now and am much happier here. It's a three minute drive by car to the park/downtown and there's plenty of rentals available. A lot of the streets here have houses being flipped and remodeled, so if you are looking to buy you could actually get a really cheap house (50k range), remodel it and possibly sell it for a good profit five or so years down the road. I've seen my own street go from every house being run down, to the vast majority being remodeled. The area is trying.
Anyway, that is my suggestion, I actually couldn't tell you what the area is called, except that it's across from Nicoltown, on the other side of Laurens rd.
No they are not. They are towns near to Greenville in the same way Spartanburg and Greer are. You should find both to the west of Greenville when looking at Google Maps.
Actually Powdersville isn't a town at all, and some of it falls into the 29611 zip, making it a part of Greenville. Much of Easley and Powdersville are very convenient to downtown, even more so than some parts of the Greenville area, and certainly much more so than Spartanburg.
Hi! My husband and I are moving to Greenville from Houston (can't wait! Houston is the most boring big city I have ever lived in)! We love the outdoors and would like to not live somewhere so big. You only need so much of any one thing, right? Anyway, we are looking to rent a small house in a decent neighborhood. We want to be close enough to downtown. Not interested in Spartonburg or Greer. Does anyone know about the San Souci area? Cherrydale? We don't need anything really fancy, just safe and nice. We're in our early 30's with no children, but probably soon. Would love to hear your thoughts.
I would stay away from cherrydale. Its nice but like everyone said its strange so let me put it simple. When you visit the Cherrydale are go to the Ingles ( its a grocery store). Stand in front of it. everything to the left towards Paris mountain is a lot nice. To the right of Ingles and behind is the Ghetto. Sorry some people would argue with me on this but growing up in the area my whole life I wouldn't live their. Second I know people that work at that grocery store and half of the people are rich that blow money the rest struggle to buy food or just buy nothing but beer.
I think it all depends on what you mean by close enough to downtown. You might be able to find a rental in an area like North Main which is an "in-town" neighborhood where you could theoretically walk to downtown. To me, living in a subdivision on the Eastside of Greenville would not be far from downtown.
I would agree with what has been said about Sans Souci, esp. if you are thinking about kids soon. If close to downtown could mean even a fifteen minute ride in the car, then your options increase dramatically for family friendly neighborhoods. One area that might have affordable rentals in decent neighborhoods would be the Wade Hampton/Edwards Forest area - not far at all from downtown.
If you're wanting to live in town, I agree with the recommendations for North Main, Augusta Rd, and Parkins Mill. However, they are pricey neighborhoods (for Greenville, anyway), so if you're looking for something less expensive but still in the city, I'd also recommend Overbrook and some of the other neighborhoods (not sure of their names) off of East North Street near Bob Jones.
I think it all depends on what you mean by close enough to downtown. You might be able to find a rental in an area like North Main which is an "in-town" neighborhood where you could theoretically walk to downtown. To me, living in a subdivision on the Eastside of Greenville would not be far from downtown.
I would agree with what has been said about Sans Souci, esp. if you are thinking about kids soon. If close to downtown could mean even a fifteen minute ride in the car, then your options increase dramatically for family friendly neighborhoods. One area that might have affordable rentals in decent neighborhoods would be the Wade Hampton/Edwards Forest area - not far at all from downtown.
I second the Wade Hampton/Edwards Forest area. We just moved from there to the Half Mile Lake subdivision (needed a larger house). We loved the neighbors and the convenience to shopping at Bi-Lo, Publix, Wal-Mart, and everything else on Wade Hampton - all without having to brave Woodruff Road.
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