Any help with where to live in the St. Louis area would be great. I can live as far as 45-50 minutes from metro. Schools, saftey and job growth are what we are looking for. Also affordble housing.
2007-01-23 12:31:21 · 9 answers · asked by tipul3 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ St. Louis
Southern Illionis its about 20 mins from downtown STL. Property is cheap up there and it is a really nice area. Try Edwardsville, Troy, and Collinsville to name a few.
We just bought a home in Troy and love it up there.
We made a mistake of moving to an apartment in Arnold, MO when we first moved her in August.
South County is nice, but to expensive. We liked Kirkwood the best, but too much $ for what you get.
2007-01-24 01:00:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up in South St. Louis County (Mehlville) and Mehlville and Oakville are good areas south. Southwest and West counties are good as well (Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Manchester).
I live in Southwest St. Louis City now (Southhampton neighborhood) and Southhampton and St. Louis Hills are the nicest parts of the city...and only a few minutes from the other areas I mentioned. As far as schools, South, Southwest and West counties seem to be the highest rated areas.
2007-01-23 22:41:39 · answer #2 · answered by redcatt63 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm also relocating to St. Louis with a large family. I would agree with the first answer as far as my research goes. St. Charles County and the Webster Groves, Kirkwood, Ballwin, Chesterfield areas seem really nice.
2007-01-23 22:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by Texas Stay-At-Home Mom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Charles County is a great area, Southwest St. Louis County (Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Shrewsbury) are all pretty nice, but a bit pricey... communities, South City has some really nice neighborhoods.
2007-01-23 20:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by Citicop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O'fallon, ILL
They have the highest rated school district south of Chicago. You can be in downtown in 15-30mins. There are several metrolink shops. The city is large enough to have most conveinces, shopping, and multiple churches. However its is small enough to give you a sense of privacy. There is plenty of new construction plus some very attractive resale homes. As far as job growth, you can access any jobs St. Louis has to offer.
2007-01-24 14:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
West County (Ellisville, Ballwin, Manchester, Des Peres, Clayton) is a great place to live and are in the Parkway School District. There are also a large variety of Private schools in the area as well.
Very safe, quiet neighborhoods.
2007-01-25 12:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd recommend Manchester/Ballwin/Kirkwood. Lots of new construction, Top rated Parkway or Kirkwood School districts, lots of shopping and churches, 10 minutes from Chesterfield valley, 20 minutes to downtown, reasonable property values, and practically zero crime.
2007-01-24 08:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by That Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hazelwood and Florissant are nice and Bridgeton used to live in those areas or you can go further out to St Charles, St Peters and O'Fallon, all nice areas
2007-01-24 16:24:38 · answer #8 · answered by Patricia S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
West county is Expensive i.e. Ladue, Clayton and St. Charles. you might consider living in Metro IL i.e Alton "the most haunted little town in America" but with all those ghosts it makes it the most inexpensive housing in the country.
2007-01-24 03:33:18 · answer #9 · answered by Czech_Mark 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋