Relocating Family to Broward Co - Family communities in Cooper City, Davie, Weston

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by gixxer1000

I think I get what your saying. I feel I'm pretty down to earth, but I'd probably fall into your classy better dressed crowd.



Got it, since I'm looking for a community at large it sounds like Weston would be a better fit.

From what I've seen the interior design of Weston has been my least favorite thing so I'd probably look at buying something below my budget and renovating.

Weston sounds up your alley. Just know that it's also much more Spanish speaking. I don't know if you speak Spanish or your comfort level, just something to know. Cooper City will be mostly English speaking with a hometown vibe, Weston is upscale Spanish with luxury cars everywhere. I LOVE Weston and Cooper City, to be clear. They are just quite a bit different.

I'm not a big fan of Monterra though. The location is too far from the highways and not in a generally good area. It's just brand new because there was an old cow farm there that held out for decades and finally sold out to developers. Everywhere around it is from the 70's. And again, not convenient to anything but what is directly near it. Even the turnpike has no entrances on Stirling or Sheridan...

[gixxer1000]

Originally Posted by BNBR

Weston sounds up your alley. Just know that it's also much more Spanish speaking. I don't know if you speak Spanish or your comfort level, just something to know. Cooper City will be mostly English speaking with a hometown vibe, Weston is upscale Spanish with luxury cars everywhere. I LOVE Weston and Cooper City, to be clear. They are just quite a bit different.

I think we touched on this in another thread. Part of the reason I'm considering moving from Miami is the schools and the fact that ones near me are 90%+ Hispanic. I'm all for diversity but down here they will make you feel like you're a burden if you don't speak Spanish. From what I gather from demographics the area seems to be around 50% Hispanic. I'm assuming at least a small percentage of the Hispanic population prefers English. So if 60% of the 70k people speak in English that would be a vast improvement from where I'm at.

Originally Posted by BNBR

I'm not a big fan of Monterra though. The location is too far from the highways and not in a generally good area. It's just brand new because there was an old cow farm there that held out for decades and finally sold out to developers. Everywhere around it is from the 70's. And again, not convenient to anything but what is directly near it. Even the turnpike has no entrances on Stirling or Sheridan...

Yeah it is by itself a bit and not really large enough by itself to be its own community.

[gixxer1000]

Originally Posted by ruski

Savanna, Weston or The Ridges, Weston - both have really nice decorations for holidays. Savanna is the trick-o-treat center of Weston on Halloween.

These have been the two neighborhood that I have been looking at. Are there any pros/cons between the two of them?

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by gixxer1000

I think we touched on this in another thread. Part of the reason I'm considering moving from Miami is the schools and the fact that ones near me are 90%+ Hispanic. I'm all for diversity but down here they will make you feel like you're a burden if you don't speak Spanish. From what I gather from demographics the area seems to be around 50% Hispanic. I'm assuming at least a small percentage of the Hispanic population prefers English. So if 60% of the 70k people speak in English that would be a vast improvement from where I'm at.



Yeah it is by itself a bit and not really large enough by itself to be its own community.

Deep in Weston, to me, feels like Miami as far as Spanish goes. I went in to the T-Mobile store at Saddle Club and the retail customer service rep could not speak English. She had to go get someone to help me. If a business is comfortable enough to hire a customer facing worker who doesn't speak English... believe me, it's got to be 90% Spanish speaking!

It's not horrible or anything and most everyone does speak English in Weston. But it's not going to be a first language. Cooper City is going to be much, much more English speaking than Weston.

Go wander around the Publix and what not near Savannah. See what vibe you get. Might be totally fine for you.

[ruski]

Originally Posted by gixxer1000

These have been the two neighborhood that I have been looking at. Are there any pros/cons between the two of them?

The Ridges is smaller and somewhat cozier.

Savanna is quite large.

The community pool is better in Savanna, it is actually a pool complex with four pools and a water slide. Plus mini-golf. And a big clubhouse too, with its own little convenience store and event rooms.

The community pool at the Ridges is still very nice.

Both Savanna and the Ridges have some overlapping house models.

The Ridges is very close to the schools.

The Ridges is on the South side of Weston - convenient to start your commute South (to Pembroke pines, to Miramar, to Miami Lakes, to Doral, to Kendal)

Savanna is on the North-West side of town - convenient to start your commute to Sunrise, to Coral Springs, to Parkland, to Boca.

Both are about equal in terms of commute to Fort Lauderdale, to Hollywood, to Aventura, to Sunny Isles.