Moving to Youngstown Ohio from Florida need info. (Akron, Canton: relocation, estate)

[Slash83]

You should move to Akron instead. It's has tons to do. The city (downtown) isn't all that, but the surrounding areas are great. Check out Fairlawn, it's one of the best cities to live in ohio if you ask me. Lots to do there and montrose, tons of shopping, food..summit mall is nice too. Also the valley is good.

[CortlandGirl79]

Thanks for your responses! I have a few areas in mind, how much are you wanting to spend????

[StephandTerry4]

Well see when we first move there we want to rent until we get to know the area and can decided what area we want to buy a house. We figure it will be easier to find and buy a house once we have lived and visited the area. The one thing we have realized is that rent that is cheap compared to here. I mean we live in a 3brd 2b and pay around $1500 so the one thing we are looking forward to is the cheaper rent.

Slash83-We will check out those area's that you suggested.

Thank you guy's again for all the help and replies that I am getting. I am looking for a pin pal to write to that can not only tell me about the areas but fill in the pieces that you just can't know through research like how living in Ohio really is. The one thing I know is that I can not wait until Dec gets here because I have been looking forward to moving out of the state of Florida since I can remember.

Stephanie and Terry

[Traveler87]

I see where you are coming from, Stephanie and Terry.

I know many people that have left Florida in recent years. Esp some family from Pennsylvania that moved there expecting it to be paradise, but it turned out the schools were bad, the weather was not the greatest, crime was getting bad, and they moved to West Palm, left for Port St. Lucie and within three years of living in the so-called country, they were seeing housing developments sprout up next to them. They now live around Columbus.

Ohio does have a good lifestyle, a good quality of live, and some very nice areas to live in. Don't let some peoples' opinions change your whole idea of a major state.

Around Youngstown, there are some very nice suburbs. Columbiana, Canfield, Poland, Boardman, Austintown, Howland, Hubbard and can't forget Cortland lol. CortlandGirl can fill you in on that one.

My favorite is probaly Columbiana located south of Youngstown. It is a quaint little community. It has a very nice main street, a great park, and is not far from the shopping and dining attractions of Boardman.

City of Columbiana, Biggest Little Town in Ohio

[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

I see where you are coming from, Stephanie and Terry.

I know many people that have left Florida in recent years. Esp some family from Pennsylvania that moved there expecting it to be paradise, but it turned out the schools were bad, the weather was not the greatest, crime was getting bad, and they moved to West Palm, left for Port St. Lucie and within three years of living in the so-called country, they were seeing housing developments sprout up next to them. They now live around Columbus.

Ohio does have a good lifestyle, a good quality of live, and some very nice areas to live in. Don't let some peoples' opinions change your whole idea of a major state.

Around Youngstown, there are some very nice suburbs. Columbiana, Canfield, Poland, Boardman, Austintown, Howland, Hubbard and can't forget Cortland lol. CortlandGirl can fill you in on that one.

My favorite is probaly Columbiana located south of Youngstown. It is a quaint little community. It has a very nice main street, a great park, and is not far from the shopping and dining attractions of Boardman.

City of Columbiana, Biggest Little Town in Ohio

Columbiana is a nice village. Is the old cinema still operating at the traffic circle? We used to go there when I was a kid and I remember all of the Christmas lights they used to string across the circle. I would love to get photos of the cinema if anyone has them.

[CortlandGirl79]

Originally Posted by StephandTerry4

Well see when we first move there we want to rent until we get to know the area and can decided what area we want to buy a house. We figure it will be easier to find and buy a house once we have lived and visited the area. The one thing we have realized is that rent that is cheap compared to here. I mean we live in a 3brd 2b and pay around $1500 so the one thing we are looking forward to is the cheaper rent.

Slash83-We will check out those area's that you suggested.

Thank you guy's again for all the help and replies that I am getting. I am looking for a pin pal to write to that can not only tell me about the areas but fill in the pieces that you just can't know through research like how living in Ohio really is. The one thing I know is that I can not wait until Dec gets here because I have been looking forward to moving out of the state of Florida since I can remember.

Stephanie and Terry

Well, rent is definitely a lot cheaper here. For my county (Trumbull, north of Youngstown), i would try to rent in Howland. It's a good community w/good schools and it has great highway access and is close to shopping. If you rented there you could send your kids to good schools while researching where to live.

Currently i rent in the City of Warren, but in the Howland school district. I live in a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath townhouse w/a basement and i pay a little less than $700/month. Here are a couple of nice rental communities you may want to check out:

Northbury Colony This is the Warren location, you might want to check out some of the others on the website.

PMD Builders - PMD Builders - Offering homes on choice lots in several Northeast Ohio communities.

Oh, BTW, there are several places that you could work in or near Howland Township.

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[StephandTerry4]

Traveler87- I know what you mean about the florida life. It sucks I mean you spend 9-10 months sweating your as* off. I know that with anywhere you move to that you are seeking info on you will get people with negative feedback, but I don't pay no mind to them because I am so excited about the move in fact my whole family is. We keep saying 6 months or less.

Cortland- thank you for all the help that you are providing You are a fountion of information.

Thanks for all the replies
Stephanie and Terry

[CortlandGirl79]

Originally Posted by StephandTerry4

Traveler87- I know what you mean about the florida life. It sucks I mean you spend 9-10 months sweating your as* off. I know that with anywhere you move to that you are seeking info on you will get people with negative feedback, but I don't pay no mind to them because I am so excited about the move in fact my whole family is. We keep saying 6 months or less.

Cortland- thank you for all the help that you are providing You are a fountion of information.

Thanks for all the replies
Stephanie and Terry

You're welcome. I try to help the best i can. Let us know if you have more questions.

[StephandTerry4]

Well CortlandGirl79 I appreciate everything that you have done. I do have more questions, but they are more about the day to day living. Like what are the highs in the summer, fall, winter, and spring? what are the low's like in the winter? How is the day to day type of life. What type of community projects like. I want to be able to help the community because I want to teach my kids to take pride in where they live and that they can help make someplace nice. I want to teach my kids that you have to give back and help out. I am 29 years old and my husband is 53 and we have researched alot of places and between the two of us we have lived in (me) Michigan, Colorado, Kentucky,(both of us) Florida (Terry) Delaware, West Virgina, and Ohio(Akron Ohio). So and what we have learned and what Terry has experianced we decided Ohio is the best place for what we want. The type of morals and values we want to teach our kids. So if you could tell me just about Ohio and what you can't find out through research, but only by experiancing it that would be great.

Stephanie

[CortlandGirl79]

Originally Posted by StephandTerry4

Well CortlandGirl79 I appreciate everything that you have done. I do have more questions, but they are more about the day to day living. Like what are the highs in the summer, fall, winter, and spring? what are the low's like in the winter? How is the day to day type of life. What type of community projects like. I want to be able to help the community because I want to teach my kids to take pride in where they live and that they can help make someplace nice. The type of morals and values we want to teach our kids. So if you could tell me just about Ohio and what you can't find out through research, but only by experiancing it that would be great.

Stephanie

I think the best place to look at weather data is either city-data.com or Monthly Averages for Warren, OH - weather.com

I guess day to day life depends on the person. I think my life is pretty good, but i suppose it depends on attitude. Could you be more specific?

There are plenty of activities your kids could get involved with. Of course we have boy and girl scouts. How old are your kids?? Both Warren and Youngstown, along w/other areas have community clean up days. I remember picking up litter at mosquito lake when i was a kid.

Here are some more things you might be interested in:

Trumbull 100

Warren Family Mission

Welcome to the Mahoning Valley Rescue Mission

Make A Difference Day

Wick Park Revitalization Project

Youngstown CityScape | Welcome!

Youngstown 2010

Grow Youngstown

Treez Please - Home

Trumbull County Relay For Life -- Warren Relay Site

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley

Rotary Club of Cortland, Ohio USA

Ohio CWS/CROP Regional Office: CROP Hunger Walks

Outreach

VolunteerMatch - Search Results

Trumbull Art Gallery

Welcome to Trumbull County — Trumbull County Extension

Ok, i think that will get you started, but there are plenty of things you can do to help the community!