Green Haven (Pasadena, Chester: houses, neighborhood, schools)

[SouthrnSunshine]

Can someone who is familiar with the Pasadena area please tell me what is so wrong with Green Haven??? My husband and I have found a house that we are very interested in that is brand new and good size. We have driven through the neighborhood several times at different times of the day and week and the streets seem quiet and the neighbors seem very friendly. It's on 202nd Street near Shore Drive. So besides small lots, why is Green Haven considered bad by some yet others say the market has changed and it isn't so bad anymore?

[lau3]

That is not a good section of Pasadena. I teach in Pasadena, and I would not teach in the schools that get students from Greenhaven. Even though some sections look nice- stay away from it. It took a couple of years for some friends to sell their houses from that area. Go a little further down Mountain Road and look in the development of Chesterfield. Much nicer and safer and it is not far from Greenhaven.

[SouthrnSunshine]

I don't understand what is so bad about it. Like why is it bad? We have no kids so the schools not being great over there isn't a major concern of mine. I have looked in Chesterfield and wasn't that impressed because every house looks the exact same (cookie cutter houses). Is there a lot of theft in Green Haven, a lot of drug dealers or what?