Question on Where to Live in Tally? (Tallahassee, Waverly: big house, neighborhoods)

[JonSnow]

My family and I are moving to Tallahassee this summer. We have checked out the city a few times with a realtor but nothing in particular has grabbed our eye yet. Quick question for the current residents out there. What is a good area to live with a young family that doesn't make you feel like you are too much in the suburbs? That is, I would love to live somewhere safe where I could still walk to (nicer) restaurants and bars.

If that isn't possible, where do people think you should live if you want to avoid the whole cookie cutter/planned community thing (i.e., a house with some character)?

Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks....

[Strel]

Originally Posted by JonSnow

My family and I are moving to Tallahassee this summer. We have checked out the city a few times with a realtor but nothing in particular has grabbed our eye yet. Quick question for the current residents out there. What is a good area to live with a young family that doesn't make you feel like you are too much in the suburbs? That is, I would love to live somewhere safe where I could still walk to (nicer) restaurants and bars.

Closer in or farther out?

Closer in, you want to look at midtown, on either side of Thomasville Road. There is a developing wine bar/restaurant neighborhood between Monroe and Betton Road these days.


Farther out you would want to look at Thomasville Road north of the Interstate, "downtown north" is developing rapidly in what used to be Bradfordville.

If that isn't possible, where do people think you should live if you want to avoid the whole cookie cutter/planned community thing (i.e., a house with some character)?

Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks....

For that, look at some of the older neighborhoods - again, probably midtown if you want to walk to stuff.

[JonSnow]

Thanks for the advice. I will work at the university so I would prefer closer in, I guess. Is that like the Los Robles and Betton Hills area? Is Waverly too far out?

[JAS]

Originally Posted by JonSnow

Thanks for the advice. I will work at the university so I would prefer closer in, I guess. Is that like the Los Robles and Betton Hills area? Is Waverly too far out?

Waverly is not too far out, not unless you're accustomed to walking to work. Maybe a 15-minute drive to campus, especially if you learn the short cuts.

[Strel]

Originally Posted by JonSnow

Thanks for the advice. I will work at the university so I would prefer closer in, I guess. Is that like the Los Robles and Betton Hills area? Is Waverly too far out?

All of those are pretty nice and not too far out. Still too far to walk to campus, probably.

But then again, you really don't WANT to live in walking distance of campus...

I threw the Halloween party to end all Halloween parties in that big house right in the middle of Los Robles back in 2000....

[Squiffynole]

In your situation I will look on the east side of Monroe Street and north side of Apalachee Parkway. Anything within Capital Circle is close enough.