Apartment in Riverside/Avondale

5PointsGuy · May 19, 2009, 01:41:02 PM

I've lived in Riverside, then Avondale, and now currently off of Forbes and Osceola. My Dad has a business on the corner of College and King and I have a coworker who lives a block or 2 closer to 5-points on College. Basically put, at my current location I feel as safe as I have in Avondale and Riverside. On the other hand, I use College as my line because my coworker had her door kicked in on a Sunday afternoon and my Dad's office has had plants dug up and stolen from the front lawn (PLANTS!?) in addition to the attempted breakins to the actual business. Now these are the bad stories I have heard of from the horses' mouthes. What seems to be the problem is people coming over into the areas looking to cause trouble. I can't count the number of times I've read/seen of tv/actually seen the cops chase someone down Stockton toward the other side of 95.

mtraininjax · May 20, 2009, 07:41:02 PM

Best Side is known for the tires squeeling at 3 AM in the morning in quiet Avondale. Gotta love Best side living!

ChriswUfGator · May 21, 2009, 11:29:13 AM

Quote from: mtraininjax on May 20, 2009, 07:41:02 PM
Best Side is known for the tires squeeling at 3 AM in the morning in quiet Avondale. Gotta love Best side living!

Who can afford to squeal tires anymore?

I had to buy two sets over the last month, and holy crap! I dunno WTF is going on, but the prices have gotten crazy. The price for the CSC 2's one car takes have more than doubled! The yoko geolanders for the suv weren't any better either. Easily a 200%+ increase in tire prices over the past two years. No squealing for me.

JaxNole · May 21, 2009, 04:01:05 PM

I have lived on Ernest, east of Stockton, for four years without incident. I know everyone on my block and we have had a few block parties. The other side of Stockton is improving.

I suggest checking hotpads.com. It is similar to zillow, but for rentals.

Traditions is new, but Atkinson & Knight and KW still maintain a presence in the gayborhood.

The Compound · May 21, 2009, 04:42:04 PM

Quote from: JaxNole on May 21, 2009, 04:01:05 PM
I have lived on Ernest, east of Stockton, for four years without incident. I know everyone on my block and we have had a few block parties. The other side of Stockton is improving.

I suggest checking hotpads.com. It is similar to zillow, but for rentals.

Traditions is new, but Atkinson & Knight and KW still maintain a presence in the gayborhood.

Traditions Realty was started by previous employees of Atkinson. About 90% of the employees of the Atkinson historic office are at Traditions now. Traditions is the new place to go if you want good people.

ohhkristin · May 23, 2009, 02:15:20 PM

Quote from: The Compound on May 21, 2009, 04:42:04 PM
Quote from: JaxNole on May 21, 2009, 04:01:05 PM
I have lived on Ernest, east of Stockton, for four years without incident. I know everyone on my block and we have had a few block parties. The other side of Stockton is improving.

I suggest checking hotpads.com. It is similar to zillow, but for rentals.

Traditions is new, but Atkinson & Knight and KW still maintain a presence in the gayborhood.

Traditions Realty was started by previous employees of Atkinson. About 90% of the employees of the Atkinson historic office are at Traditions now. Traditions is the new place to go if you want good people.

Yeah, my friend worked for Atkinson and now works for Traditions. I've been looking at places with her this week. This silly rain makes it very hard to check out apartments!

JaxNole · May 23, 2009, 02:56:52 PM

If anyone is interested in the Traditions property on Ernest, PM me.

JaxNole · May 23, 2009, 02:58:23 PM

Quote from: The Compound on May 21, 2009, 04:42:04 PM
Traditions Realty was started by previous employees of Atkinson. About 90% of the employees of the Atkinson historic office are at Traditions now. Traditions is the new place to go if you want good people.

I agree. I worked with one of the agents for my move into Riverside. There are two agents who I worked with at Lifestyles.

Good, solid group.

parabellum · June 16, 2009, 02:02:30 PM

I'll toss in a "+1" for Traditions. I recently rented a house from them, and it all went pretty smooth.

jaxlore · June 16, 2009, 02:16:24 PM

I live near Roosevelt and McDuff and my house has never had a problem but two folks on my street have had TVs stolen as of late. I think either school kids from Lee or the easy access to the highway did it. I have attack cats though so not much to worry about.

Shwaz · June 16, 2009, 04:22:39 PM

I have a couple friends living off Valencia that just had their tv(s) stolen last Friday.

parabellum · June 16, 2009, 04:30:01 PM

Quote from: Shwaz on June 16, 2009, 04:22:39 PM
I have a couple friends living off Valencia that just had their tv(s) stolen last Friday.

What part of Valencia?

Shwaz · June 16, 2009, 05:48:37 PM

2 blocks north of Boone Park.

parabellum · June 16, 2009, 05:51:40 PM

geez, that's right around where I live. Was it at night or during the day?

Shwaz · June 17, 2009, 10:54:46 AM

It was during the day. They came from the back alley, broke through a window and loaded everything out of the back door. The place was a complete mess. Closet's emptied into the halls and all their drawers were dumped out on the floor. They took 2 flat screen tv's, jewlery, 2 ipods and loose change. Luckily they left behing a spare set of key's and didn't take their p.c.'s.

There were no witnesses.