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America's Changing
Address
What do today's families look for in a
location?
- Low crime
- Good schools
- Affordable housing
- Easy commute
- Restaurants
- Shopping
- Cultural activities
Although living in the
suburbs took a hit over the past few decades, due
in part to high fuel costs and lack of certain
amenities, the suburbs are beginning to make a
comeback as people seek lower crime rates, smaller
house payments, easy commutes, and better schools.
The key is finding a suburb that's relatively
close to a major urban area with affordable
housing, good schools, safety, and access to
cultural events.
An impossible dream, you say? Not if you know
where to look. For instance, here are three
suburbs that feature housing that's affordable to
families making $50,000 to $60,000 a year--without
having to live in the middle of nowhere, as the
saying goes. All of these suburbs are less than an
hour's drive of a major city and have vigorous
downtown areas with excellent eating
establishments, lots of shopping, and cultural
festivals throughout the year.
New York Suburb
Our first great suburb is
West Nyack, New York, only about thirty minutes
from Manhattan. Actually, West Nyack is one of
five villages that comprise an area on the west
banks of the Hudson River known as The Nyacks. The
median price of a West Nyack home is $605,700,
which is about a third as much as the median in
New York City ($963,700). West Nyack is also home
to the largest shopping mall in the New York metro
area.
Boston Suburb
Another suburb that meets
our criteria is Sharon, Massachusetts, just a
scant twenty minutes by commuter rail from Boston.
Sharon offers excellent swimming, fishing, and
boating opportunities in Lake Massapoag. With a
median home price of $493,900, the area hosts a
huge Fourth of July fireworks display and regular
musical festivities. Area schools are also
excellent.
Albuquerque
Suburb
The third affordable
suburb is Sandia Heights, New Mexico, near
Albuquerque. There are many homes available in the
area in the $300,000 to $400,000 price range, well
within the budget of our target families. It’s has
a well-educated population, and some 65% of the
area’s homeowners have graduate degrees, since
many of them work for federal defense laboratories
in the area. Sandia Heights also has a property
tax rate of only 7%, which makes living in the
area even more affordable.
Since they offer excellent alternatives to high
home prices, crime, and crumbling big city
schools, it appears that the suburbs are coming
back--or should we say that people are coming back
to the suburbs.
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