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07-24-2007, 09:38 PM
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Glen Carbon Il, what do you think?
What is your opinion about living in Glen Carbon? Please help!
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07-24-2007, 09:48 PM
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LOVE IT!!! Okay, must come clean. I actually live in Edwardsville. But, if you do your research on the area you will find they are essentially the same. Edwardsville and Glen Carbon share a great school system, and they pretty much just run one into another. If you like being near a big city (St. Louis), but having the niceties of a small town, you will love Glen Carbon/Edwardsville. We have extensive bike trails (rails-to-trails system), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is in GC's back yard, we have a brand new YMCA that is one of the largest in the country, and the area is very welcoming to transplants. Let me know what else you want to know. By the way, I have 2 kids in the schools here. So if you have any questions about kid activities, let me know know! Hope you find it to your liking!
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07-25-2007, 12:17 AM
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GlenCarbon
My daughter lives in Edwardsville, her sister's headed there in a few weeks. Both attend SIU-E and really like the area.
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08-07-2007, 08:24 PM
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Glen Carbon , Edwardsville , Maryville and Troy are good towns........Country living , you're close to major highways .........
Maryville is my favorite town , small , quiet , enjoy the bike trail .
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03-19-2008, 10:16 PM
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The wife and I moved to Maryville 2 weeks ago, great town..
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05-29-2008, 12:44 PM
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Please keep the information on Edwardsville coming!! We are looking into this area as well. We are looking for somewhere less conservative than Tennessee. We need opportunities, wonderful daycare and schools. Any thoughts?
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05-30-2008, 07:45 AM
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Edwardsville and Glen Carbon are Great!
Edwardsville is a great town. We have Southern Illinois University Edwardsville here, and it is a growing university. The bike trails in the area are awesome. We all just updated our bikes, and we love going on the trails. You can be right in the heart of town, but feel like you are in a forest somewhere. The downtown is cute and quaint. Every Saturday morning during the summer we have "Goshen Market Days". During this time, a street is closed down and the farmers come in with their great strawberries, peaches, tomatoes and so on. We also have the "big box" stores in the area, so no need to drive far to find a Best Buy or Old Navy. Our new YMCA is an awesome facility with a skating rink, rock climbing wall, indoor track, indoor tennis courts, amazing gymnastics room, great fitness center and fun outdoor pool. They also have great camp programs for the kids during the summer. (visit Edwardsville YMCA to learn more). We went to the Cardinals game last night - 25 minutes from the parking garage to home (must confess - we left at the top of the 8th). Glen Carbon and Edwardsville are both the same school district - ECUSD7 (Edwardsville School District #7). The schools are great. Both of my kids will be going to brand-new schools in the fall. Very exciting.
Hope that is the kind of info you are looking for! Good luck! Quote:
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