Actually I like the Penridge better too. However, my wife, likes the newer New Salem home. We haven’t pay much attention to the traffic and noise in the New Salem area because a few times I were there it wasn’t that crowded or noisy. But now you guys mention it I think it could get rowdy with people going to the park on the weekend.
Right now we have no idea where we will buy. If we buy in MM, hopefully a house similar to Penridge will cost around $350K which makes the payments very affordable. We could survive with my salary alone. On the other hand, if we choose an area with nicer schools and max out we probably could buy in CV in 2009 for around ~550K.