Best 5 areas in Orlando?

[TrishP7]

I just moved to Orlando from New Jersey about 3 weeks ago. I now reside in Hunter's Creek..nice neighborhood..people arent too friendly. But does anyone have any comments to share about the neighborhood?

[Magnulus]

Originally Posted by silvio

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned Baldwin Park- Cookie cutter, Truman Show-like communities personally frighten me. The HOA fees are notorious, the covenants are the size of a law dictionary, and its grossly overpriced. The community is lovely to drive through and the houses are pretty, but I couldn't live in a place like that...almost like Stepford Orlando. The women in the sales office reminded me of Stepford wives.

I agree its overpriced (but everything in Orlando is), but you ever been there any time at all? The people that live there are pretty normal, it isn't really "Stepford" at all. The only difference is you can actually walk around the neighborhood town. I've been to the Subway a couple of times and there was a lady there working, originally from Australia. She didn't seem remotely like a robot, and people there seem to do normal things like everybody else. The only real problem with Baldwin park is affordability and getting alot of real jobs there that pay well.

Oviedo and Winter Springs are both OK places, though Winter Springs is having planning problems funding the fire department. Also, Winter Springs has shunned alot of top-dollar employers, so that makes tax revenues stagnant. Residents are rebelling against higher fees for the fire department, a result of Rubio and Christ's ballot measure that passed. Oviedo and Sanford both tend to have more conservative, short-sighted city councils, though Oviedo is the more liberal of the two.

Sanford is also a nice town but it isn't as close to Orlando and the feel isn't as upscale. It has more crime but it isn't as high as some places in the area. There are more blue collar type jobs there, too, and it has a more southern character. At one time Sanford was a major area city, arguably even more significant than Orlando.

[AONE]

Just as a point.. Windermere avoids paving as a means to protect the lakes that are so very close to all those roads. If you are going to fault something in the area I would think it is that not all of Windermere goes to Olympia High.... who would want a Windermere addy and want West Orange High? All areas have there merit.

[CMR6307]

Where Is The New East Orlando-anywhere Near Fairways Country Club On 50?

[dashley]

I live in ny and have been looking in two areas miami and orlando. why are you choosing orlando over miami. I am looking to get a renter in my place and move in when i can afford to or be a snow bird. I have 8 year old.
Dashley

[rambodog]

Originally Posted by zzNEWYORKzz

is poinciana a good are 2 live in

Cheap housing .
Ethnicity mostly Hispanic.
Far from work centers so a long commute is probable.
School system???
Avoid it if possible IMHO.

[vmvazquez83]

Celebration is just scary, haha. My husband and I drove through there and it is Stepford! I agree with everyone else's posts. There is also Bella Collina in Montverde. Mansions in the middle of a slower town, the homes are absolutely beautiful!