Help us choose a location to buy (Levittown: condo, how much)

[sans4ver]

Hi,
We are a young couple with no kids as of now. We are looking forward to buy a house for ourself.
Here is our minimum criteria
3 bed
2 bath
Garage (minimum 1 car)
Lots of closet space or basement
New construction would be great but we can do with something 10 years old at max.

We have budget of $300k-310k.

Also, we need to commute to the center city-suburban station. though past one year has been horrible with septa.
So ideal commute scenario would be 30 mins but seems like that it too hard for the conditions and budget we have. We think 50 mins is still reasonable beyond that might be a stretch for everyday commute.
We are open to both NJ and PA but we are looking for a good and safe neighbourhood.
We think we can do with no so B grade schools as well if the area is safe and other conditions are met.


Thank you for your help.

[Flyers Girl]

Copy/paste the questions from the following link into this thread and answer them:


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Also, this forum is more about assisting with locations than housing, although people can certainly give you an idea of the types of homes you might find in a particular town or part of the city.

[sans4ver]

When are you moving? In next 3-4 months
Where are you coming from? Levittown
Why are you moving? to buy our own house
Where will you be working? Center City
Have you been here yet? Yes

Will you buy or rent? Buy
If buying, are you looking for a house or a condo? How much can you spend? House with budget of 300k

Do you have a preference of living in a NJ or PA suburb? NO prefernce

Are you married or single? Do you have children? Married with no children
Do you prefer public or private schools? Clueless as of now
Do you have pets? No
Do you want or need a yard? Yes
Are you keeping a car? Yes
Do you prefer bustling activity or calm and quiet? Not too much activity

What do you want to be closest to? Looking forward to 30-40 mins of commute via septa/patco

Do you want to live with people of a similar age, race, religion or sexual preference or do you prefer a diverse neighborhood? Diverse neighbourhood

Coke or Pepsi? Coke :P

[KansastoSouthphilly]

So you don't care about the qualities of the area other than it being safe and a short commute?

[2002 Subaru]

Bridesburg is what you're looking for, but it's not very racially diverse. It's a mix of blue collar and professional white.

[sans4ver]

Originally Posted by KansastoSouthphilly

So you don't care about the qualities of the area other than it being safe and a short commute?

What does qualities really mean? I do care about certain things, one for example would be driving in city itself or road leading to major highways. Example, in my opinion- landowne to I95 is terrible commute in a car. you have trolleys on the road and you are driving on the tracks sometimes even sliding on those. Also, you are driving through quite a shady area or atleast from the look and feel of it.

[chessimprov]

Roxborough or Mt. Airy maybe.