todd Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 Another reason to like Rochester & WNY Fairport is right down the road from St. John Fisher College & training camp.
CJPearl2 Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 East Amherst (my hometown) was also on the list - 41 or something, I think.
Astrobot Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 I'm right next door in Penfield, and we'd love to live in Fairport. The older homes along Church Street and the neighboring streets, plus the homes along the Canal are picturesque. The downtown main drag is great, too, especially at holiday time, with the lights. They have a great amphitheatre, community center, etc. Penfield is trying. Very trying.
todd Posted July 11, 2005 Author Posted July 11, 2005 I'm right next door in Penfield, and we'd love to live in Fairport. The older homes along Church Street and the neighboring streets, plus the homes along the Canal are picturesque. The downtown main drag is great, too, especially at holiday time, with the lights. They have a great amphitheatre, community center, etc. Penfield is trying. Very trying. 378888[/snapback] We live in Brighton and I love it. Most of the houses were built in the 1930s and the streets are very homey and charming. Good school district, as well. Brighton is close to everything, too. Taxes are high, but I'll pay high taxes for good schools.
Astrobot Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 I teach in Brighton at an independent school. I'm amazed that we get any students from the Brighton-Pittsford-Fairport area, given the high quality of the public schools.
Alaska Darin Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 I teach in Brighton at an independent school. I'm amazed that we get any students from the Brighton-Pittsford-Fairport area, given the high quality of the public schools. 378896[/snapback] Alot of parents don't like public education and all the ridiculous rules, regardless of how nice the schools are.
stevewin Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 Ironically - scoring very high on this list can be one of the leading contributers to having it be a worse place to live in the future. Since the area where I live was in the top ten over 10 yrs ago there has been an explosion in population, home prices etc. BTW, my current town is #34
stuckincincy Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 We live in Brighton and I love it. Most of the houses were built in the 1930s and the streets are very homey and charming. Good school district, as well. Brighton is close to everything, too. Taxes are high, but I'll pay high taxes for good schools. 378894[/snapback] What about the oldsters who pay those high taxes for those schools and have to skimp on food and medication for your kids? No love for them?
todd Posted July 11, 2005 Author Posted July 11, 2005 What about the oldsters who pay those high taxes for old schools and have to skimp on food and medication for your kids? 378911[/snapback] Move. BTW - my wife & I don't have kids and don't plan on having any.
stuckincincy Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 Move. BTW - my wife & I don't have kids and don't plan on having any. 378913[/snapback] Where?
todd Posted July 11, 2005 Author Posted July 11, 2005 Where? 378914[/snapback] Greece, NY. A few years ago all the old people who live there voted to cancel funding for the school's football program because they thought it was too expensive.
stuckincincy Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 Greece, NY. A few years ago all the old people who live there voted to cancel funding for the school's football program because they thought it was too expensive. 378920[/snapback] So did the parents who had the precious ones come to the pump and fund the program themselves? Seems to be the right thing to do, in the absence of other people's money... Pretty simple yes or no question.
todd Posted July 11, 2005 Author Posted July 11, 2005 So did the parents who had the precious ones come to the pump and fund the program themselves? Seems to be the right thing to do, eh?, in the absence of other people's money. 378937[/snapback] Nope. They had a re-vote and a different budget was passed. What some people don't understand is the benefits -- beyond the obvious benefit of well-educated children -- a good school district brings to a town.
kegtapr Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 The downtown main drag is great, too, especially at holiday time, with the lights. 378888[/snapback] Except when you hit a train and then the lift bridge right in a row. I currently like Fairport. If they could do something about the traffic on the main drag i would love it.
IDBillzFan Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 #21. Read 'em and weep, boys. Read 'em and weep.
Astrobot Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 There's a nice feature in that article that lets you input your preferences, and then tells you where you ought to live. Well, I guess I'm off to Hawaii. Sure hope they have a professional team.
stuckincincy Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 Nope. They had a re-vote and a different budget was passed. What some people don't understand is the benefits -- beyond the obvious benefit of well-educated children -- a good school district brings to a town. 378950[/snapback] What benefit? Athletics have become a snooty, beat-the-daylights-out-of- anybody-else organism in the schools here. I agree that a decent academc school system is a plus, even for those that pay for it without direct benefit. I'm tired of school systems saying that athletics builds character - I have a bit of a problem with student's character these days, - cheating, sex, lying etc. - here, we suffer 3 or 4 bond issues every year; the recent school strategy is putting - literallly 1 cent issues on the ballot because Ohio state law can't touch them for 5 years hence...it's a new strategy, having had their pay raises repetedly rejected. After 3 failures, my local district was succesful (in a June last year vote) in passing their 300 buck property increase - the result? - even though they are an "acedamically challenged district" - was to sign a contract for 500K for a high school stadium and another $450,000 for "direct payments for teacher incentives". I can't say about your area, but mine have become the most crass of moneygrabbers.
JinVA Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 Ironically - scoring very high on this list can be one of the leading contributers to having it be a worse place to live in the future. Since the area where I live was in the top ten over 10 yrs ago there has been an explosion in population, home prices etc. BTW, my current town is #34 378905[/snapback] I was right in front of you at #33. I'd take Cary, NC over this place in a heartbeat. To each his own I guess.
KD in CA Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 #21. Read 'em and weep, boys. Read 'em and weep. 379028[/snapback] Step back.......#12
IDBillzFan Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 Step back.......#12 379040[/snapback] Oh, snap. (I have no idea what that means, but it seems to work here.) How do you have a median income of $103,000 and a median house price of $1.4M? Apparently they count the servants' income, and that probably skews the numbers a bit.
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