moving to milwaukee (Brookfield, Greendale, Whitefish Bay: apartments, rentals, condo)

[cityinfomation]

I am moving to milwaukee this summer. I am not familiar with the city. Can anyone please suggest which areas would be suitable for renting? I have a 7 year old, so school is important andI will be working in downtown. My job is very demanding and requires long hours. So I want areas with good schools near downtown. So far after browsing through the forum I am thinking about Brookfield. Do you have any other suggestions? I am looking for apartments and townhomes. What do you think about living in downtown and sending my child to private school? What about other areas like greenfield, greendale, wauwatosa, shorewood or bayview? I will really appreciate any advise. Thanks.

[chisel]

Private schools near downtown are pretty bad, just not very many professionals with children in DT, it's changing but not there yet. I'd skip Shorewood and go 2 miles farther north to Whitefish Bay if you want a city feel. Brookfield if you want suburban feel. BF has better schools, just more suburban than WFB.

[cityinfomation]

Thank you so much for your reply. Since I have to work long hours I was thinking about downtown as I did not want to spend a lot of time in the road. But if the schools are not good then I have to drop the plan. I will try to find a suitable place either in WFB or BF, whichever is nearer. Do you have any idea where to look for rental properties cause I have been searching in the internet but i could find only smaller apartments in these areas and no townhomes or bigger apartments. Thanks again for your reply.

[Allan Trafton]

Catholic East, St Roberts, St. Monica, Holy Family and Tamarack School on Brady are all good private grade schools within 10 minutes of downtown. They are all located on the East Side or near north shore. Also, Shorewood and Whitefish bay have excellent elementary schools. Maryland Ave school on the east side has made an excellent turnaround and now the majority of the students are from the neighborhood and the school has greatly improved. They are plenty of schools with in a 10 minute drive due north or Downtown. You don't have to drive 25 minutes west to find a decent grade school.

[Allan Trafton]

Originally Posted by cityinfomation

Thank you so much for your reply. Since I have to work long hours I was thinking about downtown as I did not want to spend a lot of time in the road. But if the schools are not good then I have to drop the plan. I will try to find a suitable place either in WFB or BF, whichever is nearer. Do you have any idea where to look for rental properties cause I have been searching in the internet but i could find only smaller apartments in these areas and no townhomes or bigger apartments. Thanks again for your reply.

How much are you willing to spend? There are plenty of rentals, but a big place on the north shore or east side can be expensive.

[Ron Burgundy]

Originally Posted by chisel

I'd skip Shorewood and go 2 miles farther north to Whitefish Bay if you want a city feel.

Call me crazy but I'd say Shorewood offers much more of a "city feel" than Whitefish Bay...

[wheel123]

id recommend the southside suburbs, greendale, greenfield, franklin. stay away from milwaukee schools

[cityinfomation]

Thanks a lot for all the replies. Everbody seems to have a different opinion! I am looking for 3 bedroom apartments or townhomes/condo ( 1400-1600). But found very few options in the internet. What about the southside areas? Greendale, greenfield, franklin..are these areas safe? Thanks again everyone.

[Solas]

Originally Posted by wheel123

id recommend the southside suburbs, greendale, greenfield, franklin. stay away from milwaukee schools

Let me guess... a white-flighter from the "old southside" who thinks anywhere that the brown faces outnumber the fair ones is the boogeyman?

For all the hysteria about the performance of MPS (Milwaukee Public Schools) there's plenty of good schools in the system that can be found by anyone whose willing to put in a little research. As far as high schools, Rufus King and Riverside are considered the top tier and are amongst the top performing urban public high schools anywhere in the country and arguably . But there's also a lot of magnet schools which... despite not necessarily being as good overall... certainly excel in what they specialize in.

[Solas]

Originally Posted by cityinfomation

Thanks a lot for all the replies. Everbody seems to have a different opinion! I am looking for 3 bedroom apartments or townhomes/condo ( 1400-1600). But found very few options in the internet. What about the southside areas? Greendale, greenfield, franklin..are these areas safe? Thanks again everyone.

Wow... 8 posts before this came up! My over/under was set at 5.