Port Wentworth (Savannah, Pooler, Commerce: rent, houses, neighborhood)

[ASGDRP]

Hi everyone,

Can you tell me about Port Wentworth? We are not interested in the schools as we don't have children, but my fiance and I noticed that homes are a little more reasonably priced in that area. Any info you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

ASGDRP

[njkate]

Originally Posted by ASGDRP

Hi everyone,

Can you tell me about Port Wentworth? We are not interested in the schools as we don't have children, but my fiance and I noticed that homes are a little more reasonably priced in that area. Any info you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

ASGDRP

Ditto..would like info as well.
Also..Pooler vs Pt Wentworth?
Schools are of no concern anymore

[Padgett2]

Seems as if I remember that your wife would be working a 12 hour shift at Memorial. Port Wentworth has some nice sections, some not so nice. However, she is going to have a good drive through some absolutely terrible traffic. That can be the pits after a long 12 hour shift, and I don't have to warn you about overtime in the ER, do I!!! What you save on rent might be used up in gas, time, and patience. LOL

That's an industrial area with a big container port nearby. The trucks leaving the port 24 hrs a day. It's the fourth largest port on the East Coast, you can imagine the amount of traffic.

BUT, if you find a house in just the right spot, you may be able to get around the worse of it.

[bgnzsavnh]

PW id divided into two areas 7 miles apart
The core city which is adjacent to the industrial-port area
then 20 years ago a huge rural area north of I-95 was annexed
now the Ports are expanding and the core city is giving way to warehouses
and port related activities. the area north of I-95 is being developed

a new bank opened Monday, Grocery and CVS will open in December
along with new restaurants and such.
Rice Hope is a 4500 home master planned Traditional Neighborhood Development with community intranet superdooper fiberoptic connections into the homes. and made to look like the historic district
Other subdivisions are more traditional. and more......

Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce - Port Wentworth, Georgia
There are horses and farms and the old plantation Praise Houses still here, too.

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[ellie]

There is an older residential area in Port Wentworth that is not bad. I know a couple of people who live there. It is affordable and pretty safe. It's nothing fancy, plain old blue-collar working folks. I'd rather live there than Effingham County or Pooler just because it's closer to town and Pooler's new commercial district is very, very close.

You might find something you like there.