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Old 03-26-2017, 02:41 PM
 
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I would generally agree with this statement. Especially avoid anything around 5 points, W 3rd St and Salem Ave. I've seen some things just in the local gas stations that looked like scenes straight out of the wire. Neighborhoods seem run down and impoverished. IMHO.
Them's fightin' words for our village poster here
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Old 03-26-2017, 03:29 PM
 
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Them's fightin' words for our village poster here
Didn't mean to offend. I haven't lived in the area in awhile so things may have improved.
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Old 03-26-2017, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Five Oaks
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I would generally agree with this statement. Especially avoid anything around 5 points, W 3rd St and Salem Ave. I've seen some things just in the local gas stations that looked like scenes straight out of the wire. Neighborhoods seem run down and impoverished. IMHO.
Actually, in regards to Salem, there is a lot of development going in, namely a grocery store (Gem City Market) and a large retirement community. There is also a large church taking over the old synangogue off of Cornell and strategic demolitions to clean it up a bit.
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Old 03-26-2017, 05:58 PM
 
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Actually, in regards to Salem, there is a lot of development going in, namely a grocery store (Gem City Market) and a large retirement community. There is also a large church taking over the old synangogue off of Cornell and strategic demolitions to clean it up a bit.
Glad to hear the area is doing a lot better. It was a little touch and go there for a bit.
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Old 03-26-2017, 07:54 PM
 
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Glad to hear the area is doing a lot better. It was a little touch and go there for a bit.
Now, if Trotwood would get on the ball and follow suit. Salem can look good for Dayton, but it's kinda close to the Trotwood blight
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Old 03-27-2017, 04:38 PM
 
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Glad to hear the area is doing a lot better.

I wouldn't go that far. Once one gets beyond the close-in areas (like downtown and some of the neighborhoods next to it) the city has a long way to go and is, possibly, still on a downward glide slope (tho not as precipitous as it was back in the housing crisis era).
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Old 03-27-2017, 05:23 PM
 
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I wouldn't go that far. Once one gets beyond the close-in areas (like downtown and some of the neighborhoods next to it) the city has a long way to go and is, possibly, still on a downward glide slope (tho not as precipitous as it was back in the housing crisis era).
Well its not going to fix itself overnight but new investment is a good start. If the area could attract young families or college educated middle income workers it could really be a great location to be in. Being so close to town. Have you seen any change in the overall socio-economics and demographics in the area?
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Old 03-27-2017, 05:25 PM
 
Location: "Daytonnati"
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I don't follow the census like I used to, but it doesn't look much different than it has since I moved here in the late 1980s (actually is worse now than then).
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Old 03-28-2017, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Beavercreek, OH
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Well its not going to fix itself overnight but new investment is a good start. If the area could attract young families or college educated middle income workers it could really be a great location to be in. Being so close to town. Have you seen any change in the overall socio-economics and demographics in the area?
Every time an upwardly mobile young professional moves from Dayton-city to a suburb, he or she winds up lowering the median income of both towns.

He lowers Dayton's average because he was one of the few productive citizens remaining and he's packed his bags; he also lowers the suburb's average because the overwhelming majority of the productive citizens live there - his income hasn't risen to match that yet, career wise.
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Old 03-28-2017, 12:32 PM
 
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Every time an upwardly mobile young professional moves from Dayton-city to a suburb, he or she winds up lowering the median income of both towns.

He lowers Dayton's average because he was one of the few productive citizens remaining and he's packed his bags; he also lowers the suburb's average because the overwhelming majority of the productive citizens live there - his income hasn't risen to match that yet, career wise.
What's the incentive for the upwardly mobile young professional to stay in West Dayton?
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