Before I bought my home, I lived in City Heights, I rented a 2br, 1 bath for $950 a month. I was in a small little “pocket” street that wasn’t half bad, but man some of the surrounding streets were god awful.
So, after 3 years of not seeing my old hood, I took a drive there a few months ago… Wow… It’s gone to hell. The area I lived was right next to the bus depot on University, and the Chevron gas station. When they built the Chevron gas station and the bus depot, that was supposed to be part of the “revitilization”.. Well, unfortunately, I hate to say it, the neighborhood looks so much worse now, bird poop litters the entire area, the paint is all faded, and the Chevron looks so ghetto…. So, you can revitalize all you want, BUT if the neighbors and property owners don’t keep it up after the so called revitilization, it will just turn into a dump once again.
As for the place I lived, the front door was boarded up and it looked empty… I think the buyer who bought from my landloard gave the keys back to the bank.. She bought at the high end, paid 1 million dollars for 4 houses on 2 lots, all of the houses around 700 square feet… Oops.
I’d stay far away from City Heights… The one good thing it has going for it, the lots seem to be bigger then North Park and other areas, so there’s room to expand if you buy one of the houses there.
