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Need nice, friendly, clean, children playing, bike riding, neighborhood... Hermitage park? Scottish Hills? Wyatt's Pond Road? Any other suggestions? I've tried reading through most of the posts and haven't found any zero'ing in on these
We used to live in Scottish Hills. It was very safe, quiet, and peaceful - lots of trees! There was Greenway trail access, which was nice for walks. There weren't any young kids on our street at the time, just older people. I remember wishing there were more sidewalks (not sure if there are any; there were none on our street), but always thought it would be a great place to raise kids. More and more people were updating their houses. I liked that that was the trend versus tearing down the old and building something new. The location is good for those working in RTP or Cary. When we sold we made a nice profit!
Budget is 1500-- these are the different neighborhoods we're going to look at single family rental houses... My daughter is 8 and goes outside on a Saturday morning, rides bike with her friends around the neighborhood... There are 4 little girls and 2 little boys within 5 houses, so we all take turns giving them water, fruit, veggies, entertaining, etc... Love that aspect which takes precedence in our relocation. We'e also looking at a house in Amberly and apex (on doves haven and Kingston grove)... I appreciate all your help!!! We are looking for at least 3 bedrooms and at least 1400 sq ft
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Budget is 1500-- these are the different neighborhoods we're going to look at single family rental houses... My daughter is 8 and goes outside on a Saturday morning, rides bike with her friends around the neighborhood... There are 4 little girls and 2 little boys within 5 houses, so we all take turns giving them water, fruit, veggies, entertaining, etc... Love that aspect which takes precedence in our relocation. We'e also looking at a house in Amberly and apex (on doves haven and Kingston grove)... I appreciate all your help!!! We are looking for at least 3 bedrooms and at least 1400 sq ft
It is hard to predict what all of your neighbors will be like, no matter which neighborhood you choose.
I live in a neighborhood that is contiguous with Scottish Hills and because it's a older area, there is a real mix of ages and while they are definitely some young families it's just chance if you end up near them or not. In Amerbly it's almost all families, so if this is very important to you then that might be a better bet so you can be certain kids are around. We got lucky because on our cul-de-sac there is another family with two kids (we have two) and then a family with one child. There were also two brothers who would come to play from a a block of so away. However, for Halloween, there is basically no trick-or-treating, so you really get the feeling there are zero kids at that time. Our kids just go out with friends in their newer neighborhoods that have lots of kids.
I realize that unccg but I'm wondering where there's more kids,. People in the area usually know what streets you'll find older couples or younger couples without kids are younger families that that sort of thing... Thank you so much jgb
If you are talking about Cary, as a very general rule, the newer the neighborhood the more kids it will have. This is because they are still building a lot in Cary so young families tend to buy new homes. In other more established towns such as Chapel Hill, younger families will infill established neighborhoods at a higher rate.
There are always exceptions, and my family is one as we are a young family that moved into an old neighborhood in Cary, but for Cary, I think this general rule will hold. Apex and Morrisville could be considered an extension of Cary in this case. For Raleigh and Durham, it would be more complicated, again because of the more established nature of some parts of town, but if you want kids in Cary, Apex, Morrisville, just go to a new neighborhood. Those will also have more community feel regarding kids .. we like our kids to have people to play with but don't want the whole family "scene" and like a lot of privacy so the older neighborhood is good for us. I can imagine some people thinking it's pretty boring where we live though
Edit to add: when my husband and I drove through Amberly on a nice summer the day the pool was insanely full with families having fun. It was a worst nightmare for me and my husband. He is introvert and I am not a typical mom in many ways. LOL. And I don't say that to disparage Amerbly. It was not definitely not for us!! I could be great for you though because it looked like Disney World every day over there! People were having a lot of fun.
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