Poised to be great - 4/21/2019

I moved here from Delco, and have been here about 8 years. Claymont is a funny area in that it much cheaper to live here then Delco, there are some drawbacks. 1. No local police. Because there are no local police, they don't seem to know the repeat offenders and you see a lot of nonsense (like kids on dirtbikes, house parties or just trashy repeat offenders that usually would get flagged in smaller municipalities). 2. The schools would be better if they were smaller. The districts are equivalent in size to 3 districts in Delco. Which means you may have 2 nice areas get infected by one bad district. 3. Still stubborn pockets of low income and section 8. While a lot of this has changed with the Darley Green development, there are still some stubborn areas that are clinging on, but they may be on the outs too as the land becomes valuable.

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Rising crime - 4/29/2015

I have lived in this area for 40 years and I want to get out. I am 7 miles from Wilmington and 25 from Phila. I have been looking into places in Florida, Georgia, and other Southeast states. Crime here is higher than anyplace in the East. Cancer rate is very high and air quality is poor. Also allergy ratings are poor. My area does have good employment but I am age 67 and this is no longer a factor for me. I hope to get good advice from this website. TJP

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