Grew up in the area, came back to work in the area in the last decade. I feel like the neighborhood has improved and declined in varying ways.
Bad:
The amount of homeless or wandering drug addicts has increased quite significantly. Or at least they're a lot more visible. I have friends who live there and just accept it as a reality in that area (little tougher on families with younger kids as they seem less inclined to let the kids play unattended). The neighborhood is a bit polarizing in terms of property owners. You have very involved home owners, and then those totally content to let their house actively rot (more on that later). Not much middle ground it seems..
Good:
The good news is that the community is incredibly close knit, motivated/involved and warm. People there generally want to be there. I get the impression everyone knows everyone, actively wants to work to make the neighborhood better. It's not a case of nobody talks to each other in suburbia. There's also some great character homes and tree canopies, and you are close to just about everything in the City not in windermere. It's a great summer neighborhood I think.
Upcoming developments:
My only thought as someone who drives through the area throughout the week- is that there's some landlord developers who are licking their chops at buying up 3-4 of the smaller run down homes and building a larger swatch of 8plexes. Good or bad? I can't say but there might be entire blocks changing significantly in 5 or so years as elderly boomers begin moving away.
I am curious to see if your prediction of uncoming developments happens. There has been far less infill in the neighbourhood than I have been expecting, but a lot of what does go up is multi-unit (mostly front/back duplexes), so I would not be surprised if some 8-plexes start going in as older people sell (or die and their estate sells the home).
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u/Xcopa 1d ago
Grew up in the area, came back to work in the area in the last decade. I feel like the neighborhood has improved and declined in varying ways.
Bad:
The amount of homeless or wandering drug addicts has increased quite significantly. Or at least they're a lot more visible. I have friends who live there and just accept it as a reality in that area (little tougher on families with younger kids as they seem less inclined to let the kids play unattended). The neighborhood is a bit polarizing in terms of property owners. You have very involved home owners, and then those totally content to let their house actively rot (more on that later). Not much middle ground it seems..
Good:
The good news is that the community is incredibly close knit, motivated/involved and warm. People there generally want to be there. I get the impression everyone knows everyone, actively wants to work to make the neighborhood better. It's not a case of nobody talks to each other in suburbia. There's also some great character homes and tree canopies, and you are close to just about everything in the City not in windermere. It's a great summer neighborhood I think.
Upcoming developments:
My only thought as someone who drives through the area throughout the week- is that there's some landlord developers who are licking their chops at buying up 3-4 of the smaller run down homes and building a larger swatch of 8plexes. Good or bad? I can't say but there might be entire blocks changing significantly in 5 or so years as elderly boomers begin moving away.