The Good , The Bad and The Ugly of Fairhope
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6/22/2008
First the Good: Very slow pace. People are extremely nice and friendly, think Stepford Wives nice in a good way. Tons of things for young children to do including swimming, baseball, football, cheerleading, soccer, golf, tennis, yachting. Very family oriented. Family Madri Gras parades, July 4th, tons of family events. Very Safe. Downtown area is lovely, Pier at the Bay is great. Schools and teachers are Fabulous. If you have small children move here immediately. Great place to raise a troubled teen because there is nothing to do in Fairhope except hang with your parents.
The Bad: If you are young and single you will be bored out of your mind. Houses are overly expensive for the area, but are slowly coming down in price, about 1/3 % over priced. Shopping is awful, Walmart only. Unless you like overpriced boutiques. Restuarants are Mom and Pop grease joints. Night life: zero
The Ugly: Zoning nightmare: There are only 4 nice subdivisions to live in and all are very very expensive average 500k. The rest of the housing areas are unzoned, surrounded by trashy trailers, or metal commercial buildings, or have the view of Walmart or the OLD small overpriced houses of the Fruit and Nut district. Mininum wage jobs only. Move here already employed.
Synopsis: Once the housing market becomes realisticly priced again Fairhope will be a family paradise.
connie | Fairhope, AL