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Edgewood is variable depending on the section. There are many nice streets and beautiful large historic homes, many near the water. It is an area, however, close to and surrounded by some not so good areas. Also, the drive from Edgewood into downtown is pretty ugly & industrial. There are also a lot of Johnson & Wales students renting in the nearly area.
It's a good area in many respects- Just be sure that whatever house you buy is on a good street surrounded by a buffer of good streets and not too many multi-units . Make sure you drive at least a one to two mile radius around the house before buying.
Rhode Island housing is funny compared to other areas- because of the size of neighborhoods (many may be only a square mile or two), things can change from good to bad in a two or three minute drive or even a walk. Think in terms of microcosms. We do not have the vast cookie cutter suburbs and distances of larger states. House values can vary by a hundred thousand in the space of a street or two.
My wife and I are veteran urbanites from Brooklyn. Before our eighteen year sojourn in rural suburbia we restored an 1883 brownstone and lived there for years. Brooklyn is also a place where affluent neighborhoods are surrounded by poverty. What we want to know is if Edgewood between RW Park and the water is getting better or worse. We are tired of the car culture and our kids are gone and we never really fit into suburbia anyway. We love to walk and bike ride and we have always loved Rhode Island. This is early retirement for us so while my wife who is an RN, wants to work part time, jobs are not important for me, I will be the homemaker. If there are other urban areas of Providence we should consider, please let us know about them.
Psharac, I PM'd you but I'll post here too. Edgewood has beautiful historic homes and is very walkable and bikeable. You can easily walk into Pawtuxet Village and find a small grocer, pharmacy, bookstore, cleaners, nice restaurants, etc., all right next to the water. The northern blocks of Edgewood are more affordable with more modest houses, but still not much crime. The Providence neighborhood that borders Edgewood is Washington Park, which has some drug-related crime but overall is decent as well. Providence has a low violent crime rate for a city anyway. And Edgewood is in NO WAY declining.
Hi, I am a realtor in Northern RI and I live in Woonsocket. The school system are not that great in those areas but you can save on taxes. The better the school system; the more you will pay in taxes is the way it goes. Woonsocket is actually building a new middle school and there is alot of grant money coming into the city. It's a great time to buy real estate anywhere is RI. Good luck.
Our children will be entering their senior year at Bard College so schools are not important. What is important is being able to walk in fifteen minutes to the water and to have access to a bike trail within a fifteen minute bike ride. We also want to be able to walk to a bakery, coffee shop, food store and pharmacy. We are well acquainted with an urban environment under going gentrification and that is fine for RI as long as the area is not in decline.
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For your price range- under 300k-plus walk to water and some shopping-
Have you considered Riverside? It's an area of East Providence (the east bay) which is similar to the Pawtuxet Village area (west side of the bay) but maybe slightly more affordable. I'd say Pawtuxet village wins on the cute & quaint meter but you may not find what you want in your price range. You might do well to look at both sections. EP has a nice waterfront park near the carousel too.
My realtor mentioned that Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket are areas to stay away from.
Just as an aside, I think your Realtor violated the law and the NAR code of ethics when he/she said that.
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