Philly Moms: Relocating from IL to PA - Need Help!

Updated on October 12, 2010
L.P. asks from Malvern, PA
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My husband has accepted a position at his corporate office located in downtown Philadelphia, PA. We currently reside in Plainfield, IL and need some insight to the neighborhoods in Philly and surrounding areas. We are looking to rent a house and want to be sure we start looking in good areas. He doesn't mind commuting (Septa) as long as the commute is no more than 30 minutes. Does anyone know of suburbs, towns, or neighborhoods we should be looking in?

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T.M.

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Hi L.,
I can't imagine how overwhelming it must be to totally relocate to an area that you don't already know. I grew up in Lower Bucks County. It is right on the border of Northeast Philadelphia. I worked in the northeast for several years before I became a mother. It's good that he doesn't mind commutings. I can tell you about some surrounding areas that he could commute from via train. You could look into Lower Bucks County, Lower Montgomery County, Delaware County in the Villanova area, there are lots of nice places on the Jersey side too. Not knowing your personally it's hard to know what type of home, neighborhood, community you might be looking for but there are a ton of options and lots of great school districts.

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S.R.

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Hi,
I have a home-based business that provides school, child care, recreation and general community info for metro areas across the U.S.. I don't yet have a Philadelphia area section up on my website (www.metroprofiles.com), but can work with you privately (email me at ____@____.com or call me at ###-###-####. For some immediate info about communities in that area, you may want to visit the census bureau website factfinder.census.gov. You can find out some basic info such as median home price, median rent, etc.

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J.C.

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The greater King of Prussia area is nice.

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C.C.

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I grew up in South Jersey. I loved where I grew up it was wonderful.

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