Best Neighborhoods to live...in Chatt. ?!

[Justin Thyme]

A lot of the houses in Red Bank were built between 1935 and 1965. Styles change. There are newer houses in Red Bank but you are looking at an older neighborhood. People can butcher what were once nice looking houses over that length of time.

[RuneDeer]

Dec 20, 2009 19:45:03 GMT -5 Tsavodiner said:

Dec 20, 2009 18:03:15 GMT -5 RuneDeer said:

Another vote for Orchard Knob/Highland Park/Glenwood. It's easy for a white person to drive through and think "You're kidding, right?" but most of the people who live there don't appreciate it being called a ghetto and are working with non-profits to organize and form neighborhood associations. Just drive a few blocks into an area that ISN'T organized yet and you'll see an enormous difference. As long as you're not moving there with an eye toward being a house-flipper or an absentee landlord, you will be warmly welcomed and invited to participate. Yes, there is crime. But from what I've read, it's all over this city (this country, this world...), not just in some neighborhoods.

-Rune (Churchville resident, 2010 secretary, and non-homicide victim)

YOU'RE WELCOME, since I didin't get SQUAT from any of you for the 9 years total and the one life sacrificed for your paradise.
Judith can KMA also.

?Not sure who Judith is -- if it's the same person I'm thinking of, they don't come much nicer ... but anyway -- OK, riddle me this, then. If the sole reason, as you imply, for the improvement of our neighborhood is police presence rather than the concerted efforts of the residents, why is Wilson Street still the capital of LockYerDoorznRollupYerWindowsville, when it's only a few short blocks away from my neighborhood? Why is Roanoke north of Citico strewn with litter, throughout the year? Who was quick and prompt to spraypaint over the "Goon Squad" graffiti that defaced our neighborhood sign a couple of years ago without waiting for someone to do it for us? Who calls in when street lights are out? Deus ex Machina may have lived on our block at one time, but he done moved out. And when the house stood vacant for too long, Community Impact bought it and had it demolished, just like the former "goodtime house" at the corner of N. Willow and Garfield and about a dozen others.
G'day...

[caryc]

Dec 21, 2009 21:21:12 GMT -5 Justin Thyme said:

A lot of the houses in Red Bank were built between 1935 and 1965. Styles change. There are newer houses in Red Bank but you are looking at an older neighborhood. People can butcher what were once nice looking houses over that length of time.

JT, the older the better!Better built usually,more ventilation & cooler looking.

[Jay]

Dec 23, 2009 6:03:43 GMT -5 caryc said:

JT, the older the better!Better built usually,more ventilation & cooler looking.

Except for the falling apart bit...

[sewmaster]

I have lived in N Chatt., Hixson and Red Bank. Of the three I would choose Red Bank. I moved from Forrest Avenue. 12 years ago, because of the high crime and drugs. It is now the in place to live. Thanks to Coolidge Park and the revitalization of the area. Unfortunately the homes are way overpriced.
Red Bank is the best kept secret in Hamilton County. Like N. Chatt. it has the older homes. Young professionals are moving in the area, transforming neighborhoods. Homes are still affordable, the streets are safe with a top ranked Police and Fire Departments. Red Bank has passive and recreation parks, the small town has something to offer all ages. The streets are safe, crime is very low, the cameras are an issue with some people, but this frees our officers allowing them to patrol neighborhoods making them safer.
Located next door to N. Chatt., minutes from downtown Chattanooga, North gate and Signal Mountain. Thanks to a great City Manager, his staff, City Commissioners and the Red Bank Neighborhood Pride Association, Red Bank is slated to become the next N. Chatt. The difference is the small town atmosphere, low property taxes.

[caryc]

Thanks sewmaster! You must work for the Red Bank Welcome Wagon ?!
I am a liberal hippie who hates non-relevant building codes...who gets along with most everybody.

This your first post...keep it 'going'.

[LimitedRecourse]

"The difference is the small town atmosphere, low property taxes."

And a land-locked municipality that thrives on good-ole-boy politics. But the people are nice.

[sewmaster]

caryc, I do Not work for the Red Bank Welcome Wagon, but I would volunteer if they had one. I am a housewife who enjoys living in a small town environment. I can leave my front door open, play in the front yard with my Children. I feel safe walking down the street anytime day or night. And YES, the people are friendly!!!!!!! One of the many reasons I like living here. You didn't say if you planned to purchase or rent a home. I suggest you rent in one of the areas you liked for a year, get the feel of the area before making a permanent decision. Where ever you settle, " WELCOME TO THE GOOD OLE SOUTH."

[Scarlet&Gray]

Best advice don't move to Chattanooga. It's a terrible city with a corrupt police dept. Move too Ooltwewah or Cleveland. I lived in Nooga for two years and I didn't let the door hit me where the good lord split me. But you sound young and hip so give it a shot North Chatt. you're white with a decent looking car the fuzz might leave you alone. It's a terrible red state and they hate democrats and blacks.

[ScarlettP]

I've got an old house on Culver Street you might be interested in. The plumbing is iffy. I think the Hot Water Heater had a hole in it, so we shut that off completely. It still uses old fashioned screw in glass fuses so don't think about putting in a power hog like a computer, microwave or window A/C unit. It has an old gas furnace that still kicks out heat like a blast furnace but no A/C other than window units (see problems with fuses - hope you like fans.) It's small but cool looking. Structurally, it's solid as a rock. In fact, a couple of years ago, a jackass running from the law jumped the ditch, clobbered a bush and slammed his car into my Rock Foundation. His car was totaled. Not a scratch on my house.

[Warkitty]

You know, I only paid about $1000 to switch my old house from a fuse box to a switch box....

[LimitedRecourse]

What Kitty said.

[sewmaster]

Scarlets house on Culver Street has been vacant for many years, located at Culver Street and Dayton Blvd. It would take a lot to renovate and update the house. The lot on the other hand is very nice. The rail road track is only used during the day to deliver brick to the brick yard a couple blocks up the highway. The neighbor hood is very nice, most of the homes have been renovated. It would be nice for the neighbors if someone purchased

[ScarlettP]

Yep. Vacant because it needs to be totally renovated for a modern family.

[Warkitty]

A flipper's dream.

[Justin Thyme]

I'm not so modern, Scarlet.

[LimitedRecourse]

Do you rent? My son is casually looking for a place to rent....cheap. (very, very cheap)

[Tsavodiner]

I moved from Forrest Avenue. 12 years ago, because of the high crime and drugs. It is now the in place to live.

Again, you're welcome. I SURE Coolidge Park had EVERYTHING to do with it since it's still about the only place around there you CAN and WILL get robbed at gunpoint.

But thank GAWDAMIGHTEEE for our social planners. And their 'visions'.

[Tsavodiner]

I lived in Nooga for two years and I didn't let the door hit me where the good lord split me.

See it stays that way. People come here from all over to fail.

you're no exception

[gridbug]

Move too Ooltwewah or Cleveland.

Ooltewah is just more Suburbia and Cleveland is anti-hip. I don't even think they let you drive into Cleveland unless the Bible in your car is KJV. I'm pretty sure having a Catholic Bible in your car is a stoning offense.

No, not like the stoning liberal folk are often looking for...

It's a terrible red state and they hate democrats and blacks.

There are more left-leaning folks in the hipper areas like N Chatt, Southside, and St Elmo

[Babs]

Ooltewah is practically in east Egypt. In spite of Tim Gobble's best efforts, Cleveland remains a good ol' boy place.

[sewmaster]

Having family in Ooltewah, I hate the drive, the traffic is terrible on the interstate and on the community's roads. It's apparent the County Planning Commission didn't do an accurate study on the traffic before allowing the developing of subdivisions. All the main roads need widening. Hunter Road is a Nightmare during rush hours. But on the positive side, the area is the best in Real Estate Investment Market in Hamilton County!

[ScarlettP]

I only work in Red Bank. I actually live just off Hixson Pike in the Rivermont area. I'm back in the house I grew up in - very Southern kind of thing to do. I have lived in several other places, including Atlanta, Augusta and Memphis. There really is no place like home. The funny thing was, when I first moved back into the old neighborhood, I was SHOCKED to see a black child riding his Big Wheel on my block. When I was growing up, this neighborhood was as white as Wonder Bread. It's actually kind of nice to see the "Old Boy" mentality easing up and having a little more diversity. I believe I was a teen when I first started to realize that there are good people and bad people in every color, religious, political or financial group. I have always tried to pass that belief on to my son. It would be very WRONG to try to teach a child that 'people are just people' if we were still living in an all white, middle income, republican, Baptist neighborhood. The houses in my neighborhood are mostly older, built in the 50's, and most started out in that 3 bedroom rancher style. Over the decades, those homes have been re-built many times and are now about as diverse as they can get. I would like to think that asside from all being sort of upper lower to middle income levels, all the people who live there are just plain old working class stiffs who just want to live and let live. That's a good thing.

[rstewart]

Jan 4, 2010 13:24:12 GMT -5 @gridbug said:

Move too Ooltwewah or Cleveland.

Ooltewah is just more Suburbia and Cleveland is anti-hip. I don't even think they let you drive into Cleveland unless the Bible in your car is KJV. I'm pretty sure having a Catholic Bible in your car is a stoning offense.

No, not like the stoning liberal folk are often looking for...

It's a terrible red state and they hate democrats and blacks.

There are more left-leaning folks in the hipper areas like N Chatt, Southside, and St Elmo

Not true at all, there is 1 Catholic church in Cleveland so we do know they allow Catholic bibles just not the Koran.

[Tookie]

I lived in an apartment downtown for six years in the late 70s, early 80s (before it became "fashionable") and walked to work and anywhere downtown I wanted (during the day). At night I just ventured down the hill to Davids, the BR or Vine Street Market. I moved from downtown to North Chattanooga when I decided I wanted a dog and needed a house and yard for it. I lived there for well over 20 years. I chose both areas because I did not want a long commute to work. I loved living in both areas. I took an early retirement incentive a couple of years ago and bought a condo in North Georgia (don't need to worry about a commute anymore). Now however, if I had to move back, I couldn't afford either. I'd choose Red Bank if I needed to move back closer to town. There are neat areas and not quite so neat areas, kind of like North Chattanooga used to be before its reincarnation as "the North Shore."