Help! Town of Rockland- Reviews Anyone?

[The Dad Fisherman]

Call the Police Department and ask them for the skinny on the areas you are looking at. I did that when I moved to G'town. they told me where the "Problem" area(s) were.

Pick up the local paper and go through it to see what the current political issues are. Things like the Schools and Government concerns should be in there.

lastly go hang out there a little.....not just to look at a house....little neighborhood restaurants/pubs usually have guys sitting around the bar talking about the towns problems....you don't need to take what they say as gospel but if something gets your attention you can research it a little.

remember you'r spending 3/4's of a million dollars (wait until you read that Truth in Lending Statement ) do some research.

If your planning on having kids...schools are a big deal. research those. Also look at the breakdown of the ages living in town.....larger population of people over 50 usually means that less tax money gets funneled into the school system....more people under 40 usually means more tax money gets funneled there.

[fishbones]

Luds,
Check out this site. Also, there are plenty of others that compare cities and towns by categories like housing, crime, education, etc...

http://merlot.caliper.com/maptitude/...sf2))/Map.aspx

[BigBo]

Yeah, I live in Rockland. Been here for 28 years now. I would pretty much agree what what everyone has input so far about the town. We raised a daughter here and put her through the local school system and now she is doing the same with her son. The close proximity to everything as well as the cost of living is what has kept us here. Easy town to live in for commuting.
The one bad residential area is the government subsidized housing behind the Luke's Liquor Plaza.
If there are other more specific questions you might have, feel free to ask.

[luds]

Originally Posted by BigBo

Yeah, I live in Rockland. Been here for 28 years now. I would pretty much agree what what everyone has input so far about the town. We raised a daughter here and put her through the local school system and now she is doing the same with her son. The close proximity to everything as well as the cost of living is what has kept us here. Easy town to live in for commuting.
The one bad residential area is the government subsidized housing behind the Luke's Liquor Plaza.
If there are other more specific questions you might have, feel free to ask.

Bo,
That's helpful and of course one of the houses I was looking at was basically in between the old base in Weymouth and market street. The neighborhood looked good but I did not do much driving around. I'll look again today. It's on Lincoln St. Any additional info would be really helpful. Here's the link to the address that I was looking at in that area.

Thanks again. I appreciate the help.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ta...0rd%20rockland

[BigBo]

That's a decent quiet area. Easy access to the highway. I'm just up the street from there on the other side of Union St.

[luds]

BigFish,
The base is apparently going to be a new housing development of single family homes. I guess it will have it's own new school and just about everything that is needed to support a community of that size. Sounds like alot of work. Hopefully it will end up being more successfull than the supposed sports complex that was supposed to be built on the old football field in Weymouth. Originaly it was going to be some kind of shopping plaza but the town shot that down.

BigBo,
Any neighborhoods that are particulary nice? You can pm me if you prefer.

-Luds

[fishsmith]

Looks like a nice spot, but just to play devils advocate, that is close to the air station, and what if that side of the air station was to become the sewage treatment area for whatever is going to built there? how long is the construction going to be on the airstation? where are the new outlet roads going to go? What will become of that property? There is tons of property for sale, if you're not in a rush, consider renting the market may still soften.

Good luck on your hunt.