Help!! Need some info about living in Greer. (Greenville, Spartanburg: house, neighborhoods)

[SGray0104]

Hello,

My Husband and I are planning on moving to Greer in the next few months and would like to find out some more information about the area. If anyone could let us know what the housing area's are like, schools around ther are like and the job's it would really be helpful.

Thank you,

Stacy

[janrey]

Greer is in both Greenville County and Spartanburg depending on where you live. Is your husband going to be working in Greer? What is your price range?

[Sonrise]

we live in Greer. Area wise, Greer is absolutely HUGE. It covers the blue ridge area, i.e the land north of Wade Hampton Blvd (which I like to refer to as Greertucky ) in the northern part of the county all the way down to a really upscale development on a golf course( can't remember the name) off of 101 South in the southern part of the county. As a previous poster mentioned Greer is both in Greenville and Spartanburg counties and covers the city proper, and the county without having to pay city taxes. Three highschools, Blue Ridge, Greer High and Riverside cover Greer. The most prestigious development in the upstate, Thornblade is found in Greer as are dirt poor single wide trailers with no running water or electricity.

Needless to say Greer is very complex.

[omgirl]

We live in the Reserve at Riverside and have been told that this area is choice. Having just moved from Florida I do not know much but this seems to be true. Riverside High School is a minute away and shopping is 5-10 minutes away. Downtown is about 15- 20. Our developement and some nearby are 170's, there are some really nice close by Riverside Oaks 350's, and lots up and down Batesville Rd. Different price ranges, all pretty nice. We search neighborhoods out of boredom so I have lots of input...Our daughter goes to Riverside Middle School and we really love it. I have yet to find an area that I like better than where I am. Not subdivision wise but within a ten to fifteen mile radius of where we are this seems to be where it's at.

[rlbarth]

Hi Stacy!

I also live in Greer. Our mailing address is Taylors, but we're within Greer city limits. (Weird, weird, weird)

I believe the golf course Sonrise is referring to is Willow Creek.

Anyway, we live in the northern part of Greer near Lake Robinson in a subdivision called Blue Ridge Plantation. Love it out here. In fact, when we bought this house in September 2007, we only moved 1.5 miles.

I'll admit . . . this part of Greer is very rural. Fairly narrow roads, lax zoning (if any) outside of the subdivisions, etc.

We're only about 5 minutes from Wade Hampton Blvd (Lowes, Home Depot, Bloom grocery store, Bi-Lo grocery store) and less than 5 minutes from a really nice Ingles grocery store.

Greer is huge. From where I live to the Willow Creek golf course, is about 40 minutes drive. Granted, it's a nice drive . . . but in any place, a 40-minute drive will take you through great areas and not so great areas. It's something you would just have to check out.