Cool Areas That Tend To Be Forgotten When Relocating To St. Louis (St. Charles: real estate, homes)

[Bobster]

A lot of the time when folks are relocating to St. Louis the real estate agents tend to pigeon hole them into certain areas and while I'm sure that this works out well a good percentage of the time, I also wonder if it's the best thing for the people.

St. Louis is a wonderfully diverse city that has some very unique areas. By steering new arrivals towards West County or out towards St. Charles, these folks are in danger of not even knowing about certain really cool areas. Such as Lafayette Square or Compton Heights.

How about the bluffs over-looking the Mississippi River in Alton Illinois or Old Town Florissant? I'll fess up, until I went looking at property for myself when I relocated from south to north, I didn't realize how cool the older homes in St. Charles were. I had been down on Main Street, but had never checked out the neighborhood beyond.

Anyway, I was curious what your input would be? What are some areas that you think shine that folks moving here should be made aware of?

[aragx6]

I'd definitely agree with all the places you said Bobster... it's like we have one mind

[Danilo-11]

Thanks for the information,
I'm pretty new in St. Louis and I'm still trying to figure what areas are good, bad, pretty, etc.

[Brickmama]

Great Thread!!!! I would have to recommend Tower Grove North and South!!!!

[MoNative34]

Eureka has an older historic downtown as does Manchester and Florrisant as Bobster noted.

There are also some unincorporated railroad related settlements from years back such as Sherman, Glencoe, Keyes Summit and Crescent. I want to put Allenton (across I-44 from Six Flags) on that list, but I think the property owners were bought out for development. I don't know the story behind it, but this is waayy too good of a thread to stray off topic. ~MoNat.

[Bobster]

Thanks for the feedback! Brickmama, I owe myself a big duhhhhhh! I used to live on Arsenal Street directly across from Tower Grove Park! How did I neglect to put Tower Grove on my initial list? ;-)

MoNative....I didn't want to make my initial post too long, but I was also thinking that Pacific had a cool little downtown area that is BEGGING to be developed into something cool! The old part of Fenton is kind of neat too!

[aragx6]

Allenton's problem is there is too much damn traffic on 44 through most of the summer. I couldn't handle that.

I do love me some Six Flags though...

[jojojohnson76]

I hate when people open up a new thread and say

"Looking for somewhere to live in St. Louis."

Then the thread goes on and asks for NOTHING in city limits, the further west the better. I'm glad you mentioned this. I wish more people would put thought in to the city if people would get steered there. Unfortunately, people from outside of the city often have a great fear for it.

I regret DAILY moving to the suburbs and getting stuck here. Though, it could be worse, I could have wound up in a Missouri suburb...blech.

If I am still in the area in October 2008, I am going to try to move to the city. Is it a convenient drive for my work in west county? No, but who says growing up "Man, I want to live in a suburb of a major city!" Very few people. People come to this area because of the city that provides jobs, entertainment, etc...But as more people relocate to St. Charles and other far-flung suburbs, the more they are demanding that all entertainment be brought to their door step. Thankfully, living in St Clair County in Illinois (Fairview Heights) this is not yet a problem.

[aragx6]

To be fair, that's kind of a problem with America, not just St. Louis. After WWII the suburbs became the place to be; a symbol of just how far you'd come.

I hope that is beginning to change; it looks like it is.

[Danilo-11]

Originally Posted by aragx6

To be fair, that's kind of a problem with America, not just St. Louis. After WWII the suburbs became the place to be; a symbol of just how far you'd come.

I hope that is beginning to change; it looks like it is.

I think is all about the mentality of getting away from the "so-called" bad areas or the areas that people assume to be bad.
and automatically assume that some areas are better.