Neighborhoods in Winchester/Lexington/Belmont

[holden125]

Originally Posted by jad79

Can anybody comment on the area of Winchester between Mt. Vernon Street and Prospect Street? It appears to have many things going for it (easy access to schools, downtown, rail and the fells) - are there any big negatives?

Not that I know of. As a kid over 25 years ago I lived for a while a little bit farther down, near the rotary at Main St and Bacon St. It's a very nice area, not that much traffic on most of the side streets, no real negatives.

[Lexingtonian]

As with Reguards to the question about lexington ma schools, Fiske is known as one of the elite schools. Here you will find some of the wealthiest familes in town. If you are interseted in "keeping up with the joanses" then this is the place for you. As far as Acedemics go all lexington ma schools are good, but thanks to the wealthy people, Fiske (which was just redone) gets tons of funding unlike other lexington schools... if you have the money it is the place to go.

[littleimp]

Do you know anything about Bowman?

[ATAK]

Originally Posted by elisemarie

4panthers -

I was just wondering how your search is going??

Have you settled on a town?

We've seen a few homes in Lexington and Belmont but nothing that we're wild about.

EliseMarie and 4Panthers,

This thread has been tremendously helpful to me. I am a mom of young children with very similar priorities - walkable town with great schools, and a network of young families to tap into. I live in the South End of Boston and am a little nervous about moving out to the burbs just because I have such a fantastic network of young moms here and love being able to walk everywhere.

I have just started my search, and was wondering if either of you have found a new home and what your thoughts are?

Thanks so much for your posts!