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How to choose neighbourhoods
I live in a big city with a HCOL. My wife and I work demanding jobs, are in our early 30s, and we have 2 very young kids. We are starting to look for houses to buy and are trying to rationally weight the considerations to narrow down neighbourhoods. We used commute time, crime, and school quality to rule out most places, but for those that remain, what would you consider when planting roots for the next 10+ years?
So far, in addition to schools and commute, we've got:
Decent food (walkable groceries and take out restaurants). We spent some time without these amenities and it was rough.
Drive time out of the city. Its important to us to be near-ish to nature.
Census derived demographic data (income, race, poverty rate). I want the majority of our neighbours to be my race, class, and to the extent possible, my age and life circumstances (young families).
Distance from friends
What are we missing?
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