[SIZE=2]I prefer to stay out of the city. I really just don't care for any of the schools. The magnet high school is by the stadium and in an area that I wouldn't want to live in, let alone let my kids roam it.
Erie is kind of a backwards city, the poor crime areas tend to be on the lower east side but crime will happen any where. You will hear a lot of horror stories but in the thirty plus years I have lived here, I have never had anyone break into my home or into my car. Most harsh crimes such as shootings and stuff tend to be more drug related than anything else.
If you want a nice neighborhood, a good school and close to General Electric. I would look into Lawerence Park or Wesleyville. I believe the zip codes are 16511 and 16510, if you want to look them up on realtor.com. The school district for that area is Iroquois. Lawerence Park is the traditional small town with a main street and all. On main street you will find a Dinor (which is a railroad car), a barber shop, a dentist office, a dry cleaner, a seamstress, a little bar, a public library and a Dairy Queen. The old style Dairy Queen where it's only open in the summer and you walk up to the window to order. There are also two police stations (right next door to each other), the Lawerence Park Police and the Pennsylvania State Police. The fire department is volunteer.
There is a park for the kids that has free crafts every weekday in the summer. When I was a kid the firemen use to freeze a section of the park for us to go ice skating, I'm not sure if they still do that or not. There is another park, close by in Harborcreek, they also have free crafts for the kids and a show every Wed. at 7 during the summer months. Usually a band but sometimes they have things like a traveling zoo.
Buffalo Road, which is like the Peach Street of the east side has all your typical fast food resturants, K-mart, Wal-Mart, Applebees, Bob Evans, Dollar store, The Dollar Tree, Ponderosa, two hair cutting salons, a chinese resturant, Giant Eagle, ect.
I have never worked for General Electric but my father just retired from there last year (GE is the whole reason my family came to Erie). I don't think he has anything bad to say about them. About twelve years ago he had a heart attack and I'll have to say they were very good about all the time he needed off and such.
If you go to
Coldwell Banker Select, REALTORS® - Erie Real Estate - Erie PA, Erie Homes for Sale you can search houses by areas or by school district. Harbrocreek is another nice area to live in. It's right next to Wesleyville and Lawerence Park. I love Harborcreek, that's where I live, but the one thing that Welseyville and Lawerence Park have over Harborcreek is sidewalks lol
Good Luck!
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