Originally Posted by merkin

another thing that i would suggest is that you come to the community meeting on monday. you will get to meet people like gorilla, adam and myself along with many other residents of this area.

the townhomes have a had a huge impact on the neighborhood. it has cleaned up much of the drug traffic west of 29th st, although it has really just put it underground really.

if you mean 33rd street, that is a very very wonderful street. we had been looking over there for the last year and finally gave up cause we could not rationalize buying a shell for 80-100K.

most of the hub bub is around the developement and girard. girard hhas turned around 180 degrees in the 3 yearss we have been here. many of the crack houses have been bought up and either renovated or have been boarded up for future sale or renovation.

it is really block by block. you need to pick a house and go there all times of the day. get to know the block captain or someone on the block and ask them questions and concerns you have.

as for an example. we just bought a house on the 2800 blk of oxforc street. we like the house cause it is 3 stories, has a front porch and most of the original details of the house is intact. the price was right 40K for a shell.

the block i like cause it is wide and has a wide side walk. there are no buildings that have been taken down. there are old trees that flank both sides. there seems to be a lot of home owners.