Best Places to Raise Your Kids…

If you have children then this information may be very helpful. Have you ever wondered where are the best places to raise a family? Well the results are in and listed below. Looking at school performance, number of schools, crime rates, air quality, job growth, family income, parks, theaters and other aspects analyzed each city. After looking at many locations here is what was found out:

1. Huntsville, Alabama- This town is known for having more then enough activities for families to do together. You do not have to leave town to find fun things to do, you just walk right out your front door.

2.Anchorage, Alaska- This town offers a strong economy, amazing wildlife, great air quality and low crime rates. What more could you ask for except a heater!

3.Gilbert, Arizona- This town has water parks, theaters galore, skate parks, and over 200 species of birds.

4.Springdale, Arkansas- With parks, rodeo’s, a minor league baseball stadium, hunting and fishing right in your back yard what more could you ask for?

5. Arcadis, California- Coming in at number 5 offers the best schools in California, parks, and live peacocks for all to see from there own front yard!

These are the top 5 stay tuned for the rest of the runners up

My Neighborhood

I live in a neighborhood where a lot of my family also live. My fiancé and I own our home, his brother and wife own the house next door to us and my fiancé’s parents own the house 4 houses up on the opposite side of the street. It is neat to have everyone so close and in walking distance! Currently there are a lot of houses for sale on our block. The house right next door to us on the opposite side of my brother in laws house is for sale. Then the house 2 houses down from us are for sale. I would say out of 20 homes on our block about one forth of them are for sale. With the economy the way it is I would never try to sell our home right now.

The unfortunate fact is that some people have no choice but to sell there home. Either they cannot afford to have a home, or they are trying to downgrade to save money. It is a scary time for everyone and I can feel it more and more everyday. My fiancé and I are fortunate to be able to afford our home but we always have to plan ahead.

Hopefully the economy will get better soon but it does not look good for a while ☹