Moving to STL: Demun, Moorlands, or CWE?

[jribe]

Originally Posted by mike0421

7 months later, and I am still sticking with Demun for RK21 as a recommendation.

i second the demun suggestion- that's a very safe and walkable area for a female. I walked my small dogs around there all the time when we lived at the Dorchester in the Demun neighborhood. Make sure the place you rent has parking though- street parking can be pretty hard to find since there are a lot of condo's in the area and businesses as well.

[vbnet]

Ok, let's hear it one more time, but this time for a single white male 28. Moorlands, Demun or CWE? Looking to buy.

[Dawn10am]

To buy? Definitely CWE. There's just a lot more forward momentum over there with IKEA/Whole Foods/possibly City Target, Cortex, and the apartment construction boom.

[vbnet]

And yet, with that development I wonder if it might mean more of two types of traffic. First, hundreds of more cars clogging the streets. There are times when CWE gets a little congested but with Whole Foods coming, I anticipate Pine between KingsHighway and Taylor, Euclid between Forest Park and Lindell grinding to a halt. There's also a slight concern with more of the downtown problems moving west to CWE because there will be more targets. Am I overreacting? I'm not in the area myself, he is. Thanks!

[Dawn10am]

Yes, it will get more congested, but will also get safer. Generally the more people who are out and about on the sidewalks, the safer it is. I don't foresee downtown's bum/street crime problem moving to the CWE. Quite the opposite.

[vbnet]

Thx!

[Hector2]

I would say can't go wrong with either CWE or DeMun. The Moorlands is fine, but DeMun gets you closer to Forest Park and the restaurants/shops on DeMun are nice to have. DeMun is quieter than the CWE for better or for worse. The CWE still lacks a quality, mid-priced grocery option although the Schnucks on Arsenal is not that far away.

[vbnet]

Can you tell me about the shops in DeMunn? I only took a quick ride through once and it was cloudy, drizzly and not the best day to be out.

He's a good shopper. His job requires travel to different suburbs and towns and so he works in a Costco and Trader Joe's run once every 2 weeks or so. Hits Dierbergs or Schnucks weekly, so he's only had to use Stroud's for the occasional oops I forgot something or let's just go see what they have kind of thing. He also hits the Italian groceries on the hill for lunchmeat and homemade raviolis.

[Hector2]

Demun has a great coffee shop (Kaldi's), wine bar (Sasha's), oyster bar/restaurant (Demun Oyster Bar), okay restaurant (Jimmy's), candy store, deli (Carl's), hair salon. It's not an extensive set of shops but it's a pretty charming street with Concordia Park along it as well. There is a good Schnucks about a 1-2 minute drive away on Clayton Rd.

[vbnet]

Thanks Hector2, that's pretty much what I recalled. Moorland has a couple of places near Hanley and Wydown.

Thanks to everyone!