All joking aside, depends on what you want. We wanted to be further out from the city so we're way south in Waxhaw. Wife works across from South Park mall and has a 40 min commute in on an average day. Longer to get uptown for events, but we don't venture there all that often.
i have lived pretty much my entire life within walking distance of southpark ask me any southpark question
All preliminary so not sure what we want yet except for not a 40 minute commute, preferably. Got to figure out schools etc
I think it truly depends on where yall will be working, what you're looking to spend, and, overall, what you are looking for in an area. I know those are "Capt. Obvious" comments but without those kinds of answers there really isn't much guidance to give.
Mountainbrook, Foxcroft, Beverly woods are three popular ones right around SP. I live in Park Crossing and we absolutely love it. It’s a little further south on Park road. You can also check out Madison Park, which is nearby
my parents live in the fairmeadows area which is pretty nice and walking distance to southpark myers park area is a bit more upscale but close to good schools and southpark/montford
Neighborhoods in and around South Park are all largely pretty good, but of course the farther you go south from the area the less capital is requires to live there. It really just depends on how close you want to be to Charlotte proper, how close you want to be to work in South Park, your needs with a house and what you can afford. If you are a Big Baller than Myers Park obviously. In other Charlotte related news going to Workman's Friend tonight in Plaza Midwood.
I appreciate it. And yeah I know I’m not being particularly helpful. But I just don’t know much about the city to know what to expect on commutes, schools etc. just trying to get a handle on everything.
Red Line is South Park Left Blue Line is roughly Park Roud Right Blue Line is roughly Providence Road (16 on the map main artery for south Charlotte to uptown) In between those two lines are the best south Charlotte neighborhood by and large. Myers Park is old big money Charlotte. Not getting anything around there for less than $1 Million. Dillworth is a little closer to uptown, probably a little cheaper, but still super expensive. Going south from Myers Park between the blue lines is all good and typically cheaper the closer you get to 485, but still expensive, but you can get a nice house and yard for $400,000-500,000. Of course their are nicer spots for instance Quail Hollow is the green area about an inch below the red line and that is super expensive obviously for right there. Once you go outside of 485 loop south that expands out to include suburban bedroom communities like Fort Mill (in SC), Weddington, Indian Trail, Waxhaw (almost off the map). All of those are different levels of good in my opinion. You have more room east of the blue lines than west of the blue lines. Not to say there are not nicer enclaves outside these areas, but speaking in generalities here. If you want to be closer to the city, but can't afford south of the city than their are some up and coming neighborhoods like Plaza Midwood, NoDa, but schools are likely highly questionable. Also lots of nice spots north of the city around Lake Norman where your truly resides, but literally the only recommended area that makes any sense up here in south Denver right off I-16 west of Huntersville. Still a commute, but if you wanted to live on the lake. You live up here on the east side of the the lake you need to work uptown or north Charlotte.
PM & NoDa are still gonna run you $400-$500k if you are buying an updated house. And that's probably being conservative. If you aren't sending your kids to charter/private the schools will be pretty sketchy ...
I live in Madison Park and would recommend it. I'm married with a 4 year old. I work downtown and can get downtown in 10 minutes if I hit all the lights. We are less than 10 minutes from South Park, about 2 minutes from Montford restaurants and bars as well as park rd shopping center, which is becoming quite a thing these days. I grew up in charlotte in a neighborhood that is basically adjacent to downtown, but you aren't going to find much livable any closer than Madison Park for under 500K. Dilworth, Myers Park, Focxroft, South Park residential areas for a 3 BR/2 Ba are all going to be well over 500K and likely closer to 1M than $500K for a nicer 4 BR/3BA house. Plus the traffic in South Park, and really anywhere outside of the main 4/5 in town neighborhoods pisses me off to a point where my quality of life would be affected too much. You can find a good house in Madison Park for $400K and it's only going to go up in value. The houses are also situated on lots such that you can add on and improve the house if need be. The elementary school sucks, apparently, but the middle school/high school (AG/Myers Park) assignment is as good as it gets "in" the city.
Was gonna say Madison Park or Starmont if you are blending some semblance of affordability, convenience and schools. I thought they did well in the reassignment as you noted falling under MP for high school. If house size and convenience are more important than school district I think east of PM around Sharon Amity/Central ave have a lot of potential with updated homes still at or under $300k ...
Pinewood, actually, which I had never heard of before moving to the area. Apparently it's an absolute dog shit school, so, yay I get to pay for my kid to go to Country Day for 6 years.
Agreed on all this. I'm a bit of a "my side of town" shit head, but if I were younger/single when I moved back here, I absolutely would have considered plaza midwood.
Was talking to a guy in Cotswold and he said soemthing similar. I think they are MP now too? But elementary/middle schools didn't end up so well. Living around NoDa many parents have committed to charters until HS pretty much. If I could plug my own locale, Villa Heights, they are reopening our elementary school this year and it's giving us a real opportunity to lay a good foundation. But again homes are $400-$500k if not more these days ... Always found it interesting when young families pay that kind of money for our school district. Obviously there are many other perks but dayum do they realize they are sending their kids to Garinger for HS?
I honestly don't know re: getting into country day, or any of he other in town private schools. I imagine pretty competitive. I'd always just assumed we wouldnt have any problem getting in, but I'm also filled with unwarranted hubris. I was a public school kid my entire time growing up here and, while we all had friends that went to country day, we took pride in the fact that our parents didn't resort to sending us to private school for our education. Of course, my neighborhood elementary school and high school were fantastic, so it wasn't too much of a drop off, if any. Now that I am in that position my parents were in, I feel super hypocritical about potentially sending my kid to a private school because the reputation of the zoned elementary school isn't fantastic. If you have the money to throw around, you can probably buy your way in pretty easily.
my buddies and i used to go to the pinewood parking lot to drink and smoke weed drugs in high school. that is the extent of my knowledge of that school.
Didn't you go to MP? Always found there were plentiful places for such activities right there on campus.
yeah my buddy lived within a tenth of a mile of pinewood and another friend usually wanted to shoot around on the basketball hoops right there so usually ended up there one of my idiot friends decided to crash in his car there instead of drive home since we didnt have school the next day. it was a teacher's workday so he woke up to a lot of questions from a police officer and was banned from campus
Should point out that while downtown Waxhaw is far South, there are many nice places between it and 485. We’re actually in Marvin, which is nice. Ballantyne and Weddington are also nice. And as mentioned, lots of people live in Indian Land and Ft Mill to cut down on taxes and send their kids to shittier state colleges.
My contribution to this thread - there is a bar in the basement of the Mint (Trade and Graham) called Murphy's. It's a really good spot and has some pretty good bar food.
We ended up buying in Providence Plantation. Schools are solid and we fell in love with the insulated feel of the neighborhood within the trees.
Yeah, thought I remember something about that when we looked there a number of years ago. Maybe it was just the particular house we looked at. We also looked over in Raintree. Nice area.