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Yes, it's true that New Rochelle Northside is excellent to live. Downtown area is slowwwwlyyyy getting better. The security at night is questionable. Definitely not a violent place, but questionable people around. Though it's getting better with the new buildings, the infrastructure is still slow. New Rochelle needs better quality shopping area. We are still waiting for a Mall with nice stores. North Avenue is despicable. The area in front of Iona College is nice, but pass Iona area, all the way to Downtown is really bad. Right in front of the City Hall, there is a non-existent decent shopping area. Only bad businesses: awlful liquor stores, close down florist shop, horrible looking store kind worship houses, 99c stores, mexican, chinese and caribbean food cantinas(not really quality restaurants), awful launderetes, bad pizza stores, Kentucky Fried Chicken and MacDonald's need renovation and better service, bad hairdressers and nail salons, cell phone stores that open and close in a short period of time, cheap bars and needless to say awful nightclubs that only bring the wrong crowd. Downtown has a shopping area only directed to spanish people. You can call it Spanish town. Lots of small restaurants sprouting, some good, most not so good, but too many! We need variety. Bring in other kind of cuisines like Greek, French, (not more Italian, Mexican and Kosher!). We need nice big Steakhouses too. We don't want cheap franchises and cheap new stores. Nobody thought about Bearded Papas (they are wonderful) and would make a difference to New Rochelle. Other franchises we need are Ann Taylor, Starbucks, Barnes and Nobles, Borders, PetCo, Pet Goods, really good quality Delicatessens selling European goods, exquisit and sophisticated restaurants. While New Rochelle shopping area doesn't change, people will move here, stay for a while and move somewhere else. There's no commercial structure to support the new real state developments. Downtown and North Avenue are still not nice areas to stroll around, shopping, socializing. It's just a cheaper comute to the city, but not a joyful place to live yet. Hope the new Mayor does something about it. Just a footnote: Enough houses of worship in New Rochelle! There are over 40! Including the sinagogues in the North End! Also they should put up the price at the beach and parking around the area! This way we would have a better selection of people, like it happens in Rye! And we also want nice dog parks!
I totally agree that there is a lack of decent shopping available in New Rochelle. When I was younger there was a mall that had Macy's, etc. Not sure what happened to it. It just doesn't make sense; there is so much potential.
In this section of the county (southern westchester) shopping has always been somewhat of a problem. People always ran up to White Plains for anything more than 'errand' shopping. Luckily the downtown is changing so there is bound to be a new center for shopping to meet the needs of those in the area. I personally dont shop, and my wife does so primarily in Manhattan. I find it easy to get all of my basics in Vernon Hills, Wykagyl and the Golden Horseshoe. Restaurants are all around and easily accessible by car. Residents of scarsdale, mamaroneck and larchmont all face similar issue when it comes to accessibility of stores. It doesnt seem to be the primary concern of those choosing to live in the area . . . most seem to choose it for the homes/properties that exist throughout. New Rochelle is geographically larger than most neighboring towns combined, and offers many beautiful areas to choose from. The poorer downtown area is indeed less desirable, but has no significant negative effect on the rest of the City. The communities of Larchmont and Pelham are closer (geographically) to the downtown area than many parts of New Rochelle. The minimal crime experienced in the downtown does not negatively effect these neighboring areas or the rest of New Rochelle.
On a more snobbish note, . . . I love my home, a turn of the century tudor home with a pool, and think the neighborhood i like in is goergeous. My wife and I drive european 'luxury cars' and we are members of a local country club. My New Rochelle neighbors display a similar level of success.
You definitely hit the nail on the head. There is a pretty bad lack of stores/malls in this area. I guess this is because of the high cost of land around here, that developers don't think its worthwhile to throw up malls. The closest big mall in my area is Cross County and that place is pretty run down and is always packed to the gills with people
It is somewhat ironic though with such a large concentration of wealth in some of these towns (Scarsdale/Bronxville) that shopping is limited.
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Originally Posted by joeynyc25
In this section of the county (southern westchester) shopping has always been somewhat of a problem. People always ran up to White Plains for anything more than 'errand' shopping. Luckily the downtown is changing so there is bound to be a new center for shopping to meet the needs of those in the area. I personally dont shop, and my wife does so primarily in Manhattan. I find it easy to get all of my basics in Vernon Hills, Wykagyl and the Golden Horseshoe. Restaurants are all around and easily accessible by car. Residents of scarsdale, mamaroneck and larchmont all face similar issue when it comes to accessibility of stores. It doesnt seem to be the primary concern of those choosing to live in the area . . . most seem to choose it for the homes/properties that exist throughout. New Rochelle is geographically larger than most neighboring towns combined, and offers many beautiful areas to choose from. The poorer downtown area is indeed less desirable, but has no significant negative effect on the rest of the City. The communities of Larchmont and Pelham are closer (geographically) to the downtown area than many parts of New Rochelle. The minimal crime experienced in the downtown does not negatively effect these neighboring areas or the rest of New Rochelle.
On a more snobbish note, . . . I love my home, a turn of the century tudor home with a pool, and think the neighborhood i like in is goergeous. My wife and I drive european 'luxury cars' and we are members of a local country club. My New Rochelle neighbors display a similar level of success.
there are not enough quality place for you to shop, in this city, or places for your pets to take a dump?
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Originally Posted by newroc
Yes, it's true that New Rochelle Northside is excellent to live. Downtown area is slowwwwlyyyy getting better. The security at night is questionable. Definitely not a violent place, but questionable people around. Though it's getting better with the new buildings, the infrastructure is still slow. New Rochelle needs better quality shopping area. We are still waiting for a Mall with nice stores. North Avenue is despicable. The area in front of Iona College is nice, but pass Iona area, all the way to Downtown is really bad. Right in front of the City Hall, there is a non-existent decent shopping area. Only bad businesses: awlful liquor stores, close down florist shop, horrible looking store kind worship houses, 99c stores, mexican, chinese and caribbean food cantinas(not really quality restaurants), awful launderetes, bad pizza stores, Kentucky Fried Chicken and MacDonald's need renovation and better service, bad hairdressers and nail salons, cell phone stores that open and close in a short period of time, cheap bars and needless to say awful nightclubs that only bring the wrong crowd. Downtown has a shopping area only directed to spanish people. You can call it Spanish town. Lots of small restaurants sprouting, some good, most not so good, but too many! We need variety. Bring in other kind of cuisines like Greek, French, (not more Italian, Mexican and Kosher!). We need nice big Steakhouses too. We don't want cheap franchises and cheap new stores. Nobody thought about Bearded Papas (they are wonderful) and would make a difference to New Rochelle. Other franchises we need are Ann Taylor, Starbucks, Barnes and Nobles, Borders, PetCo, Pet Goods, really good quality Delicatessens selling European goods, exquisit and sophisticated restaurants. While New Rochelle shopping area doesn't change, people will move here, stay for a while and move somewhere else. There's no commercial structure to support the new real state developments. Downtown and North Avenue are still not nice areas to stroll around, shopping, socializing. It's just a cheaper comute to the city, but not a joyful place to live yet. Hope the new Mayor does something about it. Just a footnote: Enough houses of worship in New Rochelle! There are over 40! Including the sinagogues in the North End! Also they should put up the price at the beach and parking around the area! This way we would have a better selection of people, like it happens in Rye! And we also want nice dog parks!
Did you know that John Cadararo, the Building Inspector at New Rochelle City Hall is a convict? Just Google his name and find out. Shame on you Mr. Noam Bramson. How come you didn't fire him? He's been arrested and besides had 3 other processes on his back. Check Westchester's legar records online! It's all there!
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