[Stormieweather]

I live in an Oasis in the middle of commercial and ghetto. It's only 12 blocks and all of the streets are deadends (north and west). The neighborhood was originally created in the 20's and 30's by one of the city's first developers. The house styles are mostly colonial -Dutch, French, Georgian and some Victorian tidbits thrown in here and there. A few of the cottage/bungalow houses are newer, from the 50's and 60's. I live in one built in 1955. I used to own a colonial from 1926 a couple of streets over.

I love the neighborhood, but the zoned schools suck and house prices are extremely high (considering what it's surrounded by). So, I'm probably going to be moving on next summer in order to find a better school for my kindergartener (schools were closed last year, screwing up my 'plan'). I can get a lot more house for a lot less money, if I'm not married to this little 6 block long oasis.