I typically tell people to look at the school districts, you can usually tell what kind of people make up an area by the schools. A good site to compare schools is www.schoolmatters.com
I’m an Allison Park (on the Shaler/Hampton border) but plan to move back to North Allegheny before the kids start grade school. The wife works downtown, and loves the easy commute. However she did work at Bechtel Bettis out in West Mifflin for a while and almost went crazy going to West Mifflin everyday. I work all over and like how easy it is for me to get wherever I need to go…
I’d be glad to help as a Realtor, and I also do rental properties if they decide to build, or rent until they decide.
I’ve set up auto-searches for a lot of people that would e-mail them new listings without having to do as many searches. No obligation to work with me, just glad to help out…
Thanks! I will definitely keep this in mind when they ask me for suggestions. They had toyed around with the idea of building instead of buying, but I don’t think any thing was ever decided on that one.