re: What’s the best way to know if a neighborhood is good?

Drive around the neighborhood at sundown and see how many attractive women are outside running.

Wow this wasn’t exactly what I was looking for but it’s close

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Drive around the neighborhood at sundown and see how many attractive women are outside running.

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I'd also suggest any early morning, Saturday would be best. In Birmingham, the social economics of the area is directly proportional to the number of people outside exercising on Saturday morning.

Someone else posted about sidewalk quality. Some of the best sidewalks in Birmingham are in the worst neighborhoods; Ensley, Central Park, Eastlake. Sidewalks everywhere.

Cars (if any are in driveway)
Yard appearance
Home appearance
Political signs in yards

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the place is either bad or will be bad soon.

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A good neighborhood is going to be so obvious that you will know from the second you enter (the same with a bad neighborhood). It all starts with the area and what surrounds the neighborhood. And then, what surrounds that.

New construction going on in the area?
What are the demographics?
Housing price points?
My budget?

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What’s the best way to know if a neighborhood is good?
Looking at houses in Houston area. What should I look for while I drive around to look at houses? To be specific I’m looking to avoid bad neighbors and select a more safe area.

I heard if near a Home Depot it’s a middle class area

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Most have covered the obvious about what to look for driving through the neighborhood, so I'll ve give the other best advice I can give...

The best best best answer i've found to know neighborhoods is by having a realtor you trust who has been a realtor in that area for a looooong time


When I moved to North Texas, it was actually a random TD poster who gave me a recommendation on my realtor, but he was an old dude who had been in the game in this area for 30+ years. Every house we looked at, he didn't even need to map it, he just knew where they were based on the street name, which is wild given how big this area is. But he just knew everything about every neighborhood and his experience/feedback on the HOAs and how they were. It was very impressive, tons of good info just from his experience I probably couldn't have gotten otherwise being new to the area

Any sign of more than 3 Taquaches on the street then move on.

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What’s the best way to know if a neighborhood is good?

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I know this sounds too simple and easy to do, but spend some time on googly earth looking at the neighborhood.

Pay attention to the backyards. You'll get a very good idea of the makeup of the neighborhood. Looking for pools, tennis courts, trampolines (& other kid equipment). General backyard upkeep. RV ports. General landscaping.

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Sugar Land has the Jester unit

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That's Pecan Grove/Richmond. Sugar Land's old prison area is called Telfair now.

When driving thru a neighborhood and you are finding that the cars parked in the driveway are probably worth more than the homes themselves you probably have entered a not so good neighborhood.