Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Arizona
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 03-18-2007, 09:31 PM
 
3 posts, read 14,272 times
Reputation: 12

Advertisements

hi, me, my wife and my two kids are planning to move to phoenix area and work at (both) at sun city. we want to move into a neighbourhood with good schools, low crime and best commute time to sun city. what would you phoenix residents recommend. i wouls appreciate a response

thanx
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 03-18-2007, 11:08 PM
 
3,632 posts, read 16,161,525 times
Reputation: 1326
There are many areas, but I'd recommend Fletcher Heights in northern Peoria. It's a big subdivision that is full of families and good schools. It's a very safe area with a variety of prices. They are just a few years old. We moved from there just a year ago to be closer to our jobs and phoenix.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-19-2007, 07:34 AM
jco
 
Location: Austin
2,121 posts, read 6,450,139 times
Reputation: 1444
There are two cities I recommend for you: Surprise and Lake Pleasant. Both have low crime. The biggest complaint from people living in both cities is that the commute to Phoenix is terrible, but you'll be ten minutes away! If you move to Surprise, I recommend getting your kids into the PH school instead of public school. The public schools are improving, but they simply can't keep up with the growth. It's sad to see kids that are already insecure because they're in a new place go to school and not get the attention they need.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-19-2007, 08:41 AM
 
3,632 posts, read 16,161,525 times
Reputation: 1326
Quote:
Originally Posted by sablebaby View Post
There are many areas, but I'd recommend Fletcher Heights in northern Peoria. It's a big subdivision that is full of families and good schools. It's a very safe area with a variety of prices. They are just a few years old. We moved from there just a year ago to be closer to our jobs and phoenix.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that this area is an easy commute to Sun City! They are just a few miles from each other. Plus, there's a ton of stores and restaurants around, as it's very near Arrowhead Mall. They have grown a ton just in the last year since I've moved. It's definitely worth a look!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-19-2007, 01:14 PM
 
Location: Oxygen Ln. AZ
9,319 posts, read 18,740,820 times
Reputation: 5764
Surprise has some great deals on resale homes as well as "new build" right now. Google Standard Pacific and Morrison Homes to see what they have to offer as far as housing goes. We like Surprise as it is full of new shopping centers. If you don't mind moving up towards Lake Pleasant, check out Vistancia. We live there and have been very happy with all the ammenities and we are now enjoying our new Super Target 4 miles down the road from us. We are also getting a new Safeway on site so we can walk down the walking trail for groceries. Vistancia just opened it's first elementary school on site this year and everyone seems pleased with the school. The new builds start in the high $200's but Trend homes has some great starter homes starting at $179,+++ for an attached town home to $209,990 for a detached 1,600 square foot cottage home. There are also plenty of good resales in Vistancia. You might want to contact a realtor to give you a tour of both new and resale homes in the area. Good luck.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-19-2007, 09:38 PM
 
148 posts, read 847,926 times
Reputation: 72
I will second the recommendation for the Fletcher Heights area. We live there now and it is mostly families, a lot with young children. Arizona is not known for their schools but I have heard that the Peoria schools have a good reputation. The other area I would highly recommend depending on your price range is the Arrowhead area specifically the subdivision Sierra Verde. We lived in this neighborhood previously and loved it. It has a lot more grass than other areas and a lake with walking paths throughout the whole neighborhood. It is the Deer Valley School district which is supposed to be good as well. The nice thing about these areas is that you are very close to the 101 freeway which will make for a very easy commute to Sun City, probably 10-15 minutes at the most. For Phoenix, that is an awesome commute.

I would be glad to help you with any other specific questions.

Angie
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-20-2007, 09:23 PM
 
3 posts, read 14,272 times
Reputation: 12
thanks guys. one of my kids is a special needs child and hence our concern about public schools.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-20-2007, 10:08 PM
jco
 
Location: Austin
2,121 posts, read 6,450,139 times
Reputation: 1444
I've been thinking about this post. This area would be a little further west than Surprise (believe it or not, there is a further west!), but the Verrado community seems to be an excellent community. It's absolutely beautiful, and there are a lot of amenities in the neighborhoods. I think their website is verrado.com. Thought I'd share!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-25-2007, 04:05 PM
JMX
 
Location: Somewhere unloading worthless FRN's
313 posts, read 1,174,685 times
Reputation: 416
Another planned community to consider is WestWing Mountain. It's in Peoria at 83rd Ave. and Jomax Rd.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Arizona

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top