What makes a neighbourhood a nice place live?
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where people look out for each other are considerate,and friendly.its the people who matter
Quiet friendly neighbours and nice looking well kept houses and gardens.
having me live next door.
Quiet & pleasant neighbours with children being polite & not wreck everything that is around them.
The same thing that makes a house a home.
The love of one person for another.
In neighbourhoods it is slightly less personal but the same principle applies.
Then it does not matter so much if the area is otherwise a bit down at heel.
Exclusive suburban estates are not neighbourhoods generally I think. Someone will correct me no doubt !
Quiet, friendly, tidy neighbours; people who know each other well and will stop for a chat.Not too many noisy children. No drunks shouting, swearing and puking on a weekend.No burglaries.
A bit like our village really.
The people who live in it. If people are open and receptive
to having a nice neighborood they are the best assets.
Communication between neighbors is most important.
People generally want to live in nice places, and those who do usually are open to diversity, style & communication.
When people can come together and discuss whatever is
going on in there neighborhood, in a neighborly fashion, a lot can be accomplished. Good luck.
From my experience:
No schools (bratty kids destroy your yard on the way home)
Lots of trees and a creek nearby
No reason to have helicopters/parachutists landing on your street/lawn
No fighter jets
Dedicated parking spots
No marching bands practicing their street turns at 4AM
Walking distance to a store
Lots of birds
Friendly neighbors/neighbors pets
Neighbors who care about their house and property
As well as friendly neighbours and houses/streets that look cared for, I think it helps to have a sense of community arising from being a neighbourhood where you feel like you fit in.
Different areas attract different kinds of people. We're a young family who live in a street where there are a lot of young families, partly because the area suits family life; if you're a student or young single you'll be looking for different things in your neighbourhood to us.
I am a Realtor/Broker in Florida. That is a question I answer every day. The first and most important reason that makes a place nice to live is - it FEELS right. That is the component that cannot be measured, planned on, or set up - yet no matter if all the other 'nice' components exist, it is an intangible something that only you can say that speaks to you.
In fact, in my experience, there have been neighborhoods that do not meet all the 'nice' components that certain people will still swear does not matter - because for them, a place just has that certain something that you cannot put your finger on - that makes it perfect for them.
Having said that - let me move on to the components that clients do look for as a pre-screening tool to help them narrow their search for that special neighborhood:
(a) it meets their needs. For example, singles sometimes want to be near the social hot spots - clubs, beaches etc - like near the South Beach strip in Miami etc. Or for families - the neighborhood is in an 'A' rated school district.
(b) there are nearby local amenities: fitness centers, parks, coffee shops, shopping areas etc.
(c) the neighborhood is clean and well kept. Easier to accomplish in subdivisions with Home Owner Associations (HOA), but there are many areas where the general ownership population does not need a to make them take care of their place.
(d) there are local meeting hang-outs that encourage neighbors to become friends. Skate/community parks, community centers, dog parks.
(e) low crime rates.
(f) no obvious noise/traffic/problem areas. For example, neighborhoods near airports have noise. Neighborhoods near busy highways have trucks. Neighborhoods near continuous growth have unsightly construction zones, plus noise, excessive dust, and trucks.
(g) general population of the neighborhood. In Real Estate, it is illegal to steer - that means, we cannot suggest a hispanic live in a neighborhood because the neighborhood is mainly hispanic, or a family avoid a neighborhood because it hardly has children. That being said, the human tendency is to congregate into like kind. We follow our friends and family and very often, a neighborhood ends up looking like that group that has followed each other to that spot. The official government city website will usually give you census info - so if you want to know the average salary, racial mix, employment opportunities in a neighborhood, the official city website might be a good resource in helping you decide if that is a match for you.
There are many nice neighborhoods, but not all are nice for you. Having pre-screened a neighborhood for the things you can look for, then it is up to you to decide if the label 'nice place to live' is appropriate - and that is not something anyone but you can decide.
Hope this helps!
The neighbors...nice people, weather,if you live by water like I do.
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