lowville/watertown, ny (Fort Drum, Carthage: apartment, house, school districts)

[koren09]

im not familiar with these areas.....my family is relocating to fort drum from california. my final options of living are a house in lowville, ny or an apartment in (south central) watertown, ny. can anyone tell me what kind of areas these are....i have a 2 and 3 year old and i dont want to live in a bad area.......and how are the schools in these areas??? thanks for your info in a advance.....

[zakandmaksmom]

i prefer the city of watertown over lowville. i have 2 kids as well 5 and 3. plenty to do.

[ckhthankgod]

with Watertown as far as being close to anything you need and it is closer to the base. That is especially big during the rough winters there. While Watertown is a city of about 28,000, it's not that bad, but not much to do. I believe the schools are fine there and you can get a good education there.

Lowville is a village of about 4-5,000 people and is in the middle of nowhere really. It's safe and has good schools, but not much to do at all.

[Sgoldie]

I can't think of any place within fifty miles of Watertown that is a bad area. But Watertown itself will be a lot easier to adjust to for someone coming in from out of town unless you're use to really rural.

[JiminCT]

Watertown and the area are one of the few areas in Upstate that are actually GROWING. A lot of the expansion of Drum has something to do with it...but there is a lot of commercial development that has sprung up as well. For modern amenities...id pick Watertown. If you like the pastoral life Lowville is a good town. You can pick up a GORGEOUS victorian house there for a song.

[ckhthankgod]

By the way, kids that live on Fort Drum either go to Indian River Schools(about 2/3rds of the base-essentially the newer parts of the base) or Carthage Schools(about 1/3rd of the base-essentially Old Post/the eastern third). There are/were off post housing options within both of those school districts as well.