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My sister now lives in Painted Post village (a Village in NYS is a separate political unit), Corning school district, West High, and they seem very happy with the area. There is a bit of a mix of in-town and older or newer suburban style neighborhoods to choose from. Box stores are around the Arnot Mall which is between Horseheads and Corning.
Horseheads village itself is an older suburban area. It runs into Elmira Heights (which is in the valley, why???) and the City of Elmira which has seen better days, like 100 years ago. I know someone who moved on from being an elementary school principal in Elmira and he tells of dealing with a first grader with a gun, years ago.
The small villages of Watkins Glen and Montour Falls are close to Horseheads and have separate school districts, don't know how good they are. Watkins Glen can have tourist crowds on big holidays, race weekends, the Italian Festival, and in the fall. Montour Falls is quieter, has a huge waterfall opposite the end of the main street. Schuyler County is very pretty, less expensive and less lefty politically charged than adjacent Tompkins County around Ithaca.
One could live in Ithaca area and commute to Horseheads, many do the reverse. Search many threads on here for Ithaca.
Be sure to consider PROPERTY TAXES in your budget when you are looking. My sister's $200k house would be north of $300k in the Harrisburg area - but her $10,000 annual property tax bill might be $4,000 here.
Taxes are much lower over the PA border. Schools do not have the same resources and roads are not paved as frequently. Septic tank regulations in PA are more draconian than in NY. Schools are considered better in Wellsboro than in the immediate border area. (Note that neither PA nor NY have county school districts, the schools cover less geographic area than a county, but generally a wider area than a single town, village, or often city.) Wellsboro is a very pretty community, generally considered less welcoming to outsiders than Ithaca. There are a number of threads in the PA forums about Wellsboro.
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Moving from Texas to the New York/Pennsylvania Area
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