relocating to Blue Bell Area (Ambler: low crime, school district, quality of life)

[Bee1972]

Hi,
Just wanting some advice. My husband has been offered a job in Blue Bell. We will be moving from Sydney, Australia with three children aged 9, 6 and 4mths. Just wanting to know what area's are nice and if anyone knows some nice smaller schools as that is what my girls are used to. My husband has been there several times but I have never been so it is all a bit scary for me.
Thanks

[bryson662001]

Put these postal zip codes, one at a time into Google and read. 19422, 19401, 19446, 19002, 19034. It is all a very nice suburban area with good public schools, rolling hills and lots of big trees, low crime and good quality of life except that you have to drive everywhere. Also use those codes with www. realtor. com (You have to key it into the address bar manually with out spaces)

[Mar0]

I am from Blue Bell and I love it there. Blue Bell is part of the Wissahickon School District, and if you were to live there, your location would determine what elementary school your kids would go to. Regardless, the elementary schools (Blue Bell, Stony Creek, Shady Grove, Lower Gwynedd) are all very good and comparable to one another. Looking back, I always tell everyone that I felt that I had a really great education.

The area itself is very suburban. There is no main street and you generally need a car to take you everywhere. If that bothers you, you might want to look into Ambler, which has more of a central area. There is low crime and a lot of family orientated opportunities in the area (lots of kids sports, a few parks, community days, etc). Blue Bell is about 30 - 45 mins from center city, so you can still enjoy all that Philly has to offer.