Palm Beach County (Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Wellington: neighborhood, schools, live in)

[CazTwo]

I have lived in Palm Beach County for 40yrs - born and raised here !! I have never and would never live south of Northlake Blvd. If you stay in the northern section of PB County you'll be fine. From Northlake Blvd south to Boynton Beach Blvd things are very iffy. South of Boynton Beach Blvd you're looking at higher prices for the Boca/Delray people and a lot of old people communities. If you want some acreage then look toward Jupiter Farms, PB Country Estates, and the Acreage. If you stay in the unincorporated areas your taxes will be lower - lately not much lower, but every bit helps.

Hope that helps.

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Originally Posted by CazTwo

I have lived in Palm Beach County for 40yrs - born and raised here !! I have never and would never live south of Northlake Blvd. If you stay in the northern section of PB County you'll be fine. From Northlake Blvd south to Boynton Beach Blvd things are very iffy. South of Boynton Beach Blvd you're looking at higher prices for the Boca/Delray people and a lot of old people communities. If you want some acreage then look toward Jupiter Farms, PB Country Estates, and the Acreage. If you stay in the unincorporated areas your taxes will be lower - lately not much lower, but every bit helps.

Hope that helps.

Again another false statement, you totally cut out the western communities in Central PBC, Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Unincorporated West Palm Beach pretty much all of the areas west of Jog Road, not too mention Western Lake Worth and Boynton Beach mainly all residental.

[CazTwo]

If you read my post you'll see that I was talking about acreage property .. Central PBC does not have "acreage" property, more zero lot lines. As far as Wellington, the only "acreage" properties are so expensive you have to have a lot of money to live there, plus deal with the crap from the city regulations - and taxes are VERY high! Unincorporated RPB is the same thing as the "The Acreage" as I stated in my previous post.

If someone is looking to move here call the PBC Sheriff's Office and ask for the crime stats on the unincorporated areas and make your decision from there. If you do your research you can see where the cheaper taxes are and the nicer areas. Western Lake Worth and Boynton are mostly zero lot line homes, if you want your neighbor to hear you sneeze that's your business.

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Originally Posted by CazTwo

If you read my post you'll see that I was talking about acreage property .. Central PBC does not have "acreage" property, more zero lot lines. As far as Wellington, the only "acreage" properties are so expensive you have to have a lot of money to live there, plus deal with the crap from the city regulations - and taxes are VERY high! Unincorporated RPB is the same thing as the "The Acreage" as I stated in my previous post.

If someone is looking to move here call the PBC Sheriff's Office and ask for the crime stats on the unincorporated areas and make your decision from there. If you do your research you can see where the cheaper taxes are and the nicer areas. Western Lake Worth and Boynton are mostly zero lot line homes, if you want your neighbor to hear you sneeze that's your business.

Loxahatchee and unpaved roads gives you that.

[PBCboy]

Western Lake Worth and Boynton are very generic and the people there aren't too friendly. Kind of snobby, except they're not exactly snobs.

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Originally Posted by PBCboy

Western Lake Worth and Boynton are very generic and the people there aren't too friendly. Kind of snobby, except they're not exactly snobs.

You pretty much described the entire county. Especially during season.

[Amywpbfl]

I will have to aggree.. JUPITER IS THE BEST... Best schools, best Communities, lots to do. I have been here in the same house for 8 years and I have lived in florida since birth and I must say I love Jupiter for my four children it's the best place to raise children, have great friends and do lots of fun and exciting things. Saddly and I mean saddly we are moving to NC as my husband is relocating, we havent' put the house up yet just because leaving south florida (THE JUPITER AREA) is a sad day for us, so I must tell you I have family living all over the Palm BEach area and Lox is nice but really is getting stuffy in some parts. Wellighton is great (some snobs) Gardens is great also. Where I live we have so much that is great. We have out door hockey rinks,baseball, (roger dean stadium is here) LOTS Of parks, dog beach,dog parks,foot ball.. For children check out Welcome To JTAA for sports for your children. Lots of dinning and shopping

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Originally Posted by Amywpbfl

I will have to aggree.. JUPITER IS THE BEST... Best schools, best Communities, lots to do. I have been here in the same house for 8 years and I have lived in florida since birth and I must say I love Jupiter for my four children it's the best place to raise children, have great friends and do lots of fun and exciting things. Saddly and I mean saddly we are moving to NC as my husband is relocating, we havent' put the house up yet just because leaving south florida (THE JUPITER AREA) is a sad day for us, so I must tell you I have family living all over the Palm BEach area and Lox is nice but really is getting stuffy in some parts. Wellighton is great (some snobs) Gardens is great also. Where I live we have so much that is great. We have out door hockey rinks,baseball, (roger dean stadium is here) LOTS Of parks, dog beach,dog parks,foot ball.. For children check out Welcome To JTAA for sports for your children. Lots of dinning and shopping

Snob meter in Jupiter is pretty high as well, Jonathan's Landing, Frenchman's Reserve and Creek where Homes start at $1 Million not to mention nearby Jupiter Island and beachfront million dollar condos.

Jupiter is nice but it has a large illegal immigrant problem, often see them walking around or riding their bikes along Indiantown, just drive down Center Street sometime. The positives are the beach, FAU, Nick's Tomato Pie, A1A, Juno Beach but overall dining and shopping is limited if that's your thing. I actually like Tequesta better, since it's less commercial.

I have a friend that moved to NC from here, hates it said it was the worse mistake. Never got over the culture shock, I guess? Hope you have better luck then him.

[Flouride Soul]

For those of you who are under the impression that West Palm Beach is a safe and cozy area with isolated crime, I would consider you delusional. If you are also in that same category of the blind, deaf and mute; and feel that the only violent crime that occurs is solely between criminals, you are once again incorrect.

On the subject of downtown Clematis and CityPlace; incase you are new to the area you should be happy to know that the City of West Palm beach never considered the sociological implications of dropping a 600 million dollar outdoor upscale shopping mall directly in the middle of the worst ghettos in the nation (that HBO even featured a special in the 90s about the most dangerous places). Shortly after it opened vehicle theft and crime flourished as policy was slowly changed to compensate for the shocking realization that the locals couldn’t afford shopping at Worth Avenue Part II, so they shopped for people exiting it instead. This epiphany must have been a kick in the pants to any investors behind building a rich white watering hole on top of a novelty ex slave community.

Any police officer would of told you how politically incorrect it would be to do anything about 100 juvenile urban minority children hanging out on Rosemary in front of Publix (not tamarind, they just live there) all night every Saturday, sharing accomplishments of robbing patrons minutes prior in the Cityplace parking lots, side streets just outside and downtown clematis. “Just bad kids, I have a 12 year old myself” but does you’re 12 year old have a gun and an older brother in prison? Is there anyplace for these young children- callous by fatherless or drug addicted parents that raised themselves? “Those children don’t deserve it” I’ve heard before. Such a hopeless state of humanity stripped of any culture other than institutions and it is only a direct reaction to actions made in the past 100 years.

People who have the misfortune of visiting west palm or attending a local college don’t know the ways of the city and like a child ventures out to explore. Listening to mixed rumors about crime and safety; they learn the hard way and sadly will share stories getting robbed or bludgeoned. So we know about ex inmates and the ghetto mentality, what about the good hearted people ages 18-35 that visit the famous nightlife of downtown west palm? The center of debauchery, downtown brings all kinds of different ignorant people with mediocre salaries and little intelligence to spend there money every weekend in this cultural melting pot. Want to see what happens when you mix alcohol? Bring a referee shirt and a video camera and you’ll be the next one targeted by the mayor for making the city “look bad”.

There is a DVD out that you might of heard about and you can watch all of the truth in the madness right in the safety of your own winter house (press mute if the screaming and gunshots bother you). Am I promoting violence by telling you to watch the dvd? No! Should you take someone elses word that it is a lie and not to watch it? [SIZE=3]I much like anyone who has already viewed this DVD was appalled at what I saw. But I understand that it is REALITY and regardless of the intensions of the persons making the film- it is still extremely important that it was made because there is a gigantic difference in reading about crime and physically seeing it. I also commented on how stupid the criminals were committing crimes on video; that it could be used as evidence later (or so I imagined). I[/SIZE]t strange that there is more attention and controversy toward people BEHIND the camera- instead of the most obvious things we are seeing in FRONT of it? You may read about violent reality entertainment as well as other lies through the palm beach tabloid (post). This video on the other hand will show it to you and when you hear Cityplace is a safe place to shop; we’ll ignore that most of the stores are bankrupt or closing; you can watch regular people like YOU get robbed or people shooting at each other in juxtaposition across multi million dollar store fronts. The video is not only an alarming wake up call to anyone who thinks they can walk there dogs at night through Evernia, but as crude cry out to any black organization that can help the poor state of African Americans living here- since the local government is too ill-equipped to even understand there is a problem let alone how to deal with it (aside from simple lies and manipulation). Hey as long as they are elected!

To end my rant promoting tourism to this beautiful town, I’d like to say that for the people who like to pick and choose on what side of the highway or which side of the tracks is nicer- or for those of you who claim that where you live is safe and only the ghetto and its criminals are effected; I would like to tell you to get out of your bubble and look around you. This is not only west palm, it happens in ALL of palm beach county- I wanted to touch specifically on West Palm since it was brought up. It’s not the isolated areas that are bad; it is ALL bad and YOU just live in an isolated area.

All the things I have written here are my own opinion gathered from my own experiences and personal understanding.

[TriMT7]

Hmmm... I live in Cityplace. Have walked my dog on Evernia at night. He's a big dog. Maybe he keeps the bad guys away? Usually though, the place around Cityplace is simply deserted. The thugs that hang out in front of Publix seem to be dissuaded by the constant police presence watching them.

It's true that downtown isn't Mayberry. When I am with female friends, I am sure to walk them to their condo (not that I'm intimidating enough to scare away any would-be criminal), and I KNOW never to go to Riviera Beach or a "northern neighborhood" after dark!


But on a side note, if you're talking about "real people" getting robbed and it being miraculously "caught on tape," then I think you understand why people are against those videos. OBVIOUSLY the crime is being played up because of the existence of the camera. It's not stationary camera footage that "just happens" to catch a crime in progress.