HELP!!!

[bluep1x1e]

I need some help as I am running out of ideas.

I need to find a place to live in town but have specific requirements:

1. child friendly and kids live nearby
2. liberal and cultural (no cross-burning areas like the one in the 'Burgh I grew up in)
3. not $$$$$ expensive (not too far into triple digits)
4. relatively safe (no shootings in my backyard like 4-5

Comments

[inkyblue2]

well, you know my answer, but it might be too expensive. (still, keep watching the listings.) have you tried the pittsburgh community? talked to a real estate agent?

[bluep1x1e]

I just got set up with a different realtor. The first one required that I sign a contract with him before showing me any houses. I dropped him.

BUT...

I am finding wonderful, renovated Victorian homes but in questionable areas.

Know anything about Observatory Hill? Not as close as I would like but has beautiful houses.

[inkyblue2]

yeah, riverside park is awesome beyond words in the fall. i actually worked over there at madmikeicus's house for a while before we got our office set up downtown. there's a school right there so i know there are kids around, but i think it's just an average pgh neighborhood when it comes to crime, culture, etc. the drive from there to downtown isn't bad, though, and it's really close to mcknight road.

[bluep1x1e]

Is Riverside a reasonably safe park?

Check thisout.

Do you own your business downtown?

[sorenlundi]

Bloomfield.

[bluep1x1e]

What sections, do you think, are the best?

thanks

[sorenlundi]

Hm. Well, Bloomfield isn't really large enough to have sections. Friendship, where I live, has beautiful houses cut up into appartments, but it's more expensive and closer to Garfield, so possibly less safe. The area on either side of Liberty, from the hospital to the Foodland, is probably best. My best friend and her roommate rent a two story house for about $500 a month. If you're willing to have a lot of roommates you can pay less than $200 a month, but if you have kids you probably don't want to do that. Laurenceville would be cheeper, but probably less safe. I don't know if there are any non-catholic schools in the area, but there are certainly lots of kids around.

[bluep1x1e]

yes, DON'T want the Catholic schools....

[inkyblue2]

yo. indigopixie_com isn't working. the lj syndication account is complaining that your xml is too big.

[bluep1x1e]

crap!

thanks for the notice.

I will either need to clean out my xml or find a way to segment it. Maybe by months....

[dynasonic]

Have you looked in Squirrel Hill?

[bluep1x1e]

yep, the first place I looked.

Where do you live now?

whatever

[picassopassion]

Mr. baywatch looks much younger than his 4real years. What are you suffering from indigopixie. Hey call me.