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I'm thinking of moving to Raleigh. I'd like to be the Northern part of the city. I'm looking at a few homes in the $120K-$160K range. I really like the older homes and established neighborhoods of Northclift and Brentwood. Pros and cons to these areas?? Any other similar neighborhoods I'm missing??
It would depend on where I worked. If I worked in North Raleigh I would pick Northcift. If I worked downtown I would pick brentwood.
To be honest, I am not thrilled with some of the area surrounding Brentwood. I think Northclift is also poised for better price appreciation in the long run due its current affordablity and it's proximity to North Hills.
I'm a middle school teacher and I'm looking at West Millbrook, East Millbrook, Durant and some charter schools in North Raleigh for next school year. Gotta be honest though, the more I read about the school board in Wake County, the more I think Northclift might end up with better school options when my child gets old enough to attend. Looks like some schools are really going to be hurting, as are the real estate values in some places. Am I wrong?
saturnfan has emailed me privately in the past and said he would happily live in Brentwood. Publicly, he says different things. He's very happy with his apartment.
He lived in "Mini-City" which consists mostly of apartments and is not in Brentwood. I wouldn't live there, either.
In Brentwood, there are double homes on Atlantic and New Hope Church Road. They do not represent the rest of the subdivision.
Brentwood Elementary school is scheduled to be a magnet school, so that will be great.
As far as all the other schools, with the new school board, I don't know how anyone can predict anything.
To learn more, Google "Brentwood neighborhood nc," and there is a lot of info on their website.
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East Millbrook is not known for being the best school environment, and I think it's high on gang activity (relatively). Saturnfan has some stories...
I live in Northclift and love it. Lots of homes have been redone recently or are in the process of being remodeled (although, there are still homes that really show their age as well...which is probably what is keeping the prices affordable) - it seems to be a neighborhood currently in transition for the better. I can get to North Hills Mall in literally 5-6 minutes from my driveway which is great.
Please cite "snobbism" as has been brought up in this thread? I said saturnfan has talked about East Millbrook. I don't even know if Brentwood feeds to that school; I was referring to it in reference to the poster's mention of looking for a teaching job there.
I said I personally would prefer NorthClift but that you would surely offer another viewpoint (as others might, as well). I grew up in North Raleigh and while Brentwood in the 1970s was among the top 3-4 most impressive north Raleigh neighborhoods, it does not have that status now. That is not to say it is a ghetto.
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Either one. I would go with the one that had the home that best suited my needs at the time. All things being equal, I would buy in Northclift, but that is just personal preference.
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