[quote=SD Realtor]I have had clients in San Carlos before. The neighborhoods vary over there CAR. I am not saying they are bad neighborhoods at all. However they did not have the same feel as mine in Scripps. Our cul de sac had friendly neighbors, bbqs, there would be alot going on at either park near my home. There was alot of community feel to it. I didn’t get that in San Carlos. Some other clients of mine bought a place in 92128 and when we drove to it to see it on a Monday in May at about 5:30 pm there were so many kids it was ridiculous. My clients were sold on the home before we walked in to see it. On the flip side when we lived off of Calle Cristobal in a cul de sac, it was not like that at all. The neighbors were nice enough but there was not as much…. neighborliness… We would walk the kids, (they were in strollers then) to the park at the end of calle cristobal and they would play there but again, it was not even close to the same as what goes on at cypress canyon or jerabak. It is just different. I don’t even really care about API scores because learning and teaching are all based on how you as parents work with your children. Looking at this thread you see people pushing neighborhoods and homes on Scarlett when in reality all they are doing is looking at API scores and home prices.
In the end that is not really the way the best way to evaluate your purchase.[/quote]
Thanks for your insights, SDR.
We’re looking for the same things you are, and friendly, active neighbors are important to us. That is definitely something you can’t know about without actively checking out the neighborhoods. We go for walks in the areas we’re interested in, to see if we like the “vibe” of the neighborhoods. API does not drive our decisions, either, and agree that what the parents put into their kids is the #1 influence affecting how kids turn out.
