Re: [PhillyOnRails] OT: Living in Philly

[Walter Lee Davis <waltd@wdstudio.com>]

Melrose/Elkins Park, PA is 15 minutes north of Center City by rail. 
It's a good walkable suburb with a tiny but functional town center and 
a great and diverse community. My kids have all gone to Myers 
Elementary, which is currently being re-built (so the entire school has 
moved into a surprisingly livable portable school on the grounds of 
Elkins Park middle school) but you cannot beat the parent involvement 
and the "mainstream + 1 on 1 help" approach to special needs kids.

I recommend it wholeheartedly. Property tax is the only bad thing about 
it, but I have lived here for 15 years and don't want to move anywhere 
else until the kids are grown!

There are housing opportunities from rental to multi-million mansions, 
with a good spread of sizes and values in between.

Take an R1,2,3, or 5 north and get off at Elkins Park or Melrose Park 
and just walk around. Or take Broad Street north until it stops being 
611 and veer right to follow 611. Once it stops looking like [insert 
name of recently demolished middle eastern country here] and you cross 
Cheltenham Avenue, you're there.

Walter

On Jul 30, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Flinn Mueller wrote:

> Does anyone have some advice on where to live in Philly?  I figure 
> this is a good place to ask people who might have similar income and 
> issues to share their experience.  I'm looking at relocating to the 
> area so I'm trying to get a good idea of where to look (and were _not_ 
> to look).  I have a wife and a son who's elementary school age so 
> schooling is a big factor for choosing a location.  A school with a 
> separate gifted program would be preferred but I don't know if they do 
> that in every school district.  Crime is a factor also (obviously), 
> we're from a NEPA and crime here is pretty low.  I know this subject 
> came up a few months ago but I think that was addressing a single 
> person looking for an apartment.  Any advice shared is appreciated.  
> Thanks ---flinn
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