Fh and I decided its time to start searching for a house. WE found some nice houses in Hicksville. Anybody know anything about the neighborhood?
hmm I'm not too sure about the area,but FH thinks its not the best area. The best advise I can give is once you pick an area you would like to look at, drive around the neighborhoods during the day and then at night. Observe whats going on. FH mom fell in love with a house practically put a downpayment on it and then they drove past it at night because they were so excited and had to see it again. Well it was like a different place and they saw things they didn't like, like kids hanging out right by the corner where the house was, stuff like that. Good luck, HTH
good luck
good luck!
Hey hey hey- don't be knocking Hicksville. I am from there. It's a good place to raise a family. The best parts of Hicksville are the Plainview Syosset border- where I live and the Levittown border as well. The houses are reasonable, property taxes are low. If you have more questions, FM me. Me personally, I don't want to live someplace where I am bombarded with high taxes and living in Hicksville, you will have low taxes.
i dont know anything about Hicksville - but good luck! i am so envious!
FH grew up in Hicksville - it depends on the area you are in and the school district is not good but supposidly they are working on changing it. But some of Hicksville is syosset school district which is good.
Posted by flairforfashion
Hey hey hey- don't be knocking Hicksville. I am from there. It's a good place to raise a family. The best parts of Hicksville are the Plainview Syosset border- where I live and the Levittown border as well. The houses are reasonable, property taxes are low. If you have more questions, FM me. Me personally, I don't want to live someplace where I am bombarded with high taxes and living in Hicksville, you will have low taxes.
I live in massapequa which also borders Hicksville, and some parts are good, some are not. If you are planning on raising kids there, I don't think I would buy there. If its a diff school district then I am sure it will be fine. We are looking in Merrick, Bellmore, Wantagh area
Posted by nicopico13
hmm I'm not too sure about the area,but FH thinks its not the best area. The best advise I can give is once you pick an area you would like to look at, drive around the neighborhoods during the day and then at night. Observe whats going on. FH mom fell in love with a house practically put a downpayment on it and then they drove past it at night because they were so excited and had to see it again. Well it was like a different place and they saw things they didn't like, like kids hanging out right by the corner where the house was, stuff like that. Good luck, HTH
Thank u Girls!!!
Posted by curiousgeorge
Posted by nicopico13
hmm I'm not too sure about the area,but FH thinks its not the best area. The best advise I can give is once you pick an area you would like to look at, drive around the neighborhoods during the day and then at night. Observe whats going on. FH mom fell in love with a house practically put a downpayment on it and then they drove past it at night because they were so excited and had to see it again. Well it was like a different place and they saw things they didn't like, like kids hanging out right by the corner where the house was, stuff like that. Good luck, HTH
Lived there for 3 years and sorry for those who disagree...but this is jmo...its so conjested, the area is so so...I dont think its gettin any better. Some parts are nice...but I couldnt wait to move...
We are looking at houses now as well and Hicksville is a town FH refuses to look at. Hicksville doesn't really have a good reputation for their schools. We are looking in Syosset and Jericho, although everything in Jericho is pretty much out of our price range. I wouldn't say it's a ghetto wasteland and that you would get knifed, but I wouldn't want to raise my children there.
Not for nothing but Jericho schools are award winning yes but I hung out with people from Jericho and they all were coke heads and druggies. I am not saying that Hicksville is award winning but it is diverse, school district has gotten better and it is slowly changing for the better. I went to Hicksville and got a 1400+ on my SATS. I had a good experience going there being exposed to different cultures and backgrounds. Not so shabby for a kid from Hicksville, huh? Go ahead- put your kids in Jericho / Syosset. Good areas- yes! But drugs are widespread and teachers want to keep their jobs so they pass all their kids! (I know this for a fact) And, places like that are 'bubbles'. BTW, I forgot to mention- I worked at Jericho in the SCOPE program. I ran the after school classes. Those kids are spoiled to $hit! I would never want my kids around that.
Posted by lealea
as with any town there are the good parts and the not so good parts. and honestly no matter where you go to school private, public, good, bad there are ALWAYS going to be drugs and bad influences around. It is how YOU raise your children and teache them morals, respect, and the difference between right from wrong that will make them sucessful in life! Im from dix hills and honestly yeah the schools were great but there were still the drug dealers, coke head, and ganster wanna bees. I dont necessarily think that it is the school that makes the children sucessful.. its the family home that does!
just my opinion...
Posted by flairforfashion
Not for nothing but Jericho schools are award winning yes but I hung out with people from Jericho and they all were coke heads and druggies. I am not saying that Hicksville is award winning but it is diverse, school district has gotten better and it is slowly changing for the better. I went to Hicksville and got a 1400+ on my SATS. I had a good experience going there being exposed to different cultures and backgrounds. Not so shabby for a kid from Hicksville, huh? Go ahead- put your kids in Jericho / Syosset. Good areas- yes! But drugs are widespread and teachers want to keep their jobs so they pass all their kids! (I know this for a fact) And, places like that are 'bubbles'. BTW, I forgot to mention- I worked at Jericho in the SCOPE program. I ran the after school classes. Those kids are spoiled to $hit! I would never want my kids around that.
