From NorCal to OH

[lemons1212]

Originally Posted by motorman

Yes, there are some real undesirables in the Franklin community, as there are in any community, but this is not the distinctive or defining characteristic of Franklin. It is comprised of predominantly blue-collar workers, with a large proportion of residents having history or family in rural areas such as Kentucky and Tennessee, neither state qualifying as a "trash heap" producer. For the most part, they're white, lower middle class people with traditional, conservative values, enjoying things like outdoor neighborhood cookouts, church potlucks and high school football games.

The small contingent of individuals to which you refer generally hang together down along the Great Miami River or across it in Carlisle, rather than up on the hills with the many homeowners around Millard Avenue and Beam Drive.

Franklin sounds a lot like the communities in the Sierra mountains in California (which I like).

[SWOH]

Originally Posted by woxyroxme

Just move to Springboro itself, it's actually a nice place except that it is too sprawly, I worked there for two years myself not too long ago. Not quite sure what rental options and prices they might have as most of the town is single family homes.

I would advise you to avoid Franklin, many of the people who live there are white trash rednecks and heroin addicts, I did work with a lot of good people who lived there but they always had stories of having their cars broken into, etc. I worked in Franklin during the late 80s and early 90s and there were a lot of drugs then too. I have lived in the area for 47 years and it's always been that way.

I doubt you would find much in the way of rentals in Waynesville but it is one of the better communities in the area as far as being safe. There are small apartments off RT 48 just north of RT 73 that would be in between.

I would have recommended Springboro but the apt complexes there in that price range are downright scary.

That's the way it is in many more affluent communities... they are required to have X amount of subsidized housing.
The lowest of the low landlords are the ones that provide it in the wealthiest places because it's an easy excuse to not do regular building repairs.
For buildings where teardown and rebuild would be unprofitable, or where investing more in the buildings would be unprofitable too due to their condition, location, etc. going Section 8 makes a lot of sense.

[Natural510]

Originally Posted by electricbooger

Being from California, you'll love that Ohio drivers have all the bad qualities of CA drivers and none of the good ones (ha).

The California Roll has been fully adopted as an ethical law in the state and you will be targeted in crosswalks should you choose to use them.

OTOH if you have to go to the DMV/BMV, it's a 15-20 minute experience, rather than 2-3 hours (with an appointment).

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Springboro is nice.