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The Snert
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(ok so seriously)
Me and my girlfriend are looking to move into an apartment on our own. We need some PA'ers (thats pennsylvania'ers, not just penny-arcadeers, heh) to lead us in the right direction. Basically we need something close enough to Philly for work, something reasonably close to West Chester. I'm from Florida so I dont know the area at all, this is kind of an abrupt relocation for me.
Me and the girl have been looking on craigslist, but each time she's visited a place that looked promising, she winds up in the ghetto and gets scared. (She was almost pulled into a car and had to run...so her fears are kinda warranted) So, we just need some advice on what neighborhoods to look into, and what places to avoid. Our price range is admittedly tight, so I understand that I'm not looking for anything fancy.. just somewhere decent, and somewhere safe. I don't have a job lined up, but I do have some savings, and support from my parents.
help us!
(ok so seriously)
Me and my girlfriend are looking to move into an apartment on our own. We need some PA'ers (thats pennsylvania'ers, not just penny-arcadeers, heh) to lead us in the right direction. Basically we need something close enough to Philly for work, something reasonably close to West Chester. I'm from Florida so I dont know the area at all, this is kind of an abrupt relocation for me.
Me and the girl have been looking on craigslist, but each time she's visited a place that looked promising, she winds up in the ghetto and gets scared. (She was almost pulled into a car and had to run...so her fears are kinda warranted) So, we just need some advice on what neighborhoods to look into, and what places to avoid. Our price range is admittedly tight, so I understand that I'm not looking for anything fancy.. just somewhere decent, and somewhere safe. I don't have a job lined up, but I do have some savings, and support from my parents.
help us!
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However I have heard nothing but praise from friends and co-workers who have lived at Halstead (down the road from Seven Oaks) and Wynterbrook (I think that's how they spell it).
I live in the suburbs (Drexel Hill specifically).. I can drive into the city via multiple routes in 15-20 min, and I have a large amount of public transportation available in the 'L' and regional rail lines.
As for getting to west chester, i know nothing about prices,etc only that i always assumed it was an expensive area. Depending on how far you need to drive into WC, my area is convienient as well.
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Well I'll have a car, so I figure on commuting to work. I don't need to travel too often to west chester, so if its within driving distance, that's cool. Mainly looking for something outside of the city proper, so any advice like that would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: i LOLED a little too hard at that one. Madness I say!
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA!
Septa is the company (septa.org) that does the transportation. From 69th street, you can take the 'l'; into the city every 7 minutes during rush hour times. There used to be some apartment finder books around here that listed all kinds of places .. but apartments.com can't be bad.
Avoid Chester. Everyplace else has good and bad parts. At apartments.com .. look in philly & vicinity, then the delaware county area.
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The Downingtown Commons they are reasonable and a nice size. There's another complex right off of business 30, but I forget what it's called and how much they run right now. If you need someone to be a tour guide so you can learn your way around, just lemme know. :P
Oh, and right in between Exton and West Chester there are town houses in Indian King, it's off of Boot Road and 100, dunno how much they run either though.
Pretty much the only area you need to avoid around here is Coatesville.
There is a very nice new construction apartment complex in Coatesville (just barely). It is called Millview Apartments. They are located on a big hill overlooking Coatesville. We were going to move into this place if we had not moved back to Jersey. Nice, Well kept, gated community. Nice clubhouse/pool, and cool little micro chip keys.
Once I get settled, I plan to aggressively look for a job (even if its flipping burgers to get by) and then perhaps move into a better place after a couple of months. So uhm, I guess I could ask whats the job market for IT like in the greater philly area?
Thanks again for everyone's replies.
The IT market is pretty decent around here. Put a resume on Monster and you will be called more often than not.
I have few friends living in the area, and it seems like housing there is pretty expensive. Its a commercial and industrial hot-spot.
This whole area is pretty expensive these days. Fucking M. Night Shyamalan is building a house 5 minutes down the road from me. He spent nearly 18 million just for the property.
Anyway...West Chester, Ardmore, KoP, Devon, Wayne, Manayunk, P-ville, even my little home town of Malvern are all getting pricey.
I live in the 'yunk and pay 800$/month for my apartment, includes heat, hot water, basic cable, etc. etc. etc. i only pay electric and internet.
I work in Exton and it takes about 45+ minutes to get out to Exton in the morning, which blows balls but I have a good job so it's worth it.
If you need to be in West Chester, I would highly suggest getting an apartment there (its a young/college town so there is a good deal of inexpensive and overpriced crappy housing), Exton, Downingtown etc. Complexes in all those areas, as well as the areas mentioned by other people can be a bit pricey, but you'll be basically guaranteed a solid, homeless-person free place to live.
Now, if you are going to work IN Philly, I would reccomend Manayunk, Roxborough, Overbook/City Line, Chestnut Hill or Mt. Airy. They're all close enough to center city to hop on a train, or a quick jump on 76 to get pretty much anywhere.
I've been in the area for a long time and lived pretty much everywhere, so if you have any questions just ask.
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Especially at that time of the morning. He must have been really moving or driving like an ass.
The Surekill sometimes requires one or the other.
When I was coming from downtown I used to cut down to west river to either city line (unless it was jammed) or just keep going down 23 to conshy.
Now going into the city is a totally different beast, I'd rather take the r6.
Can't recommend Media enough, though. Best place I've ever lived.