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Relocating for work to Akron area


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Going to be needing a 6-7 month apartment to live out of during the week, then move the family up at the end of the school year.

 

If anyone has a line on a safe, clean place to live for cheap that'd be cool with a month to month or short term lease option, please let me know.

Thanks!

 

 

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Can't think of anything off hand but some landlords will do a 6 mo around there...hard part is finding one in a decent neighborhood...if you can afford it I'd recommend renting out of akron proper...aim for green, uniontown, springfield, tallmadge, cuy falls...there really aren't very many decent neighborhoods in akron anymore...certain parts of Goodyear heights are ok but others are horrible. Ellet is still pretty good as are parts of North hill and west akron, but as a former resident of akron I suggest you go to the suburbs if you can help it.

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Can't think of anything off hand but some landlords will do a 6 mo around there...hard part is finding one in a decent neighborhood...if you can afford it I'd recommend renting out of akron proper...aim for green, uniontown, springfield, tallmadge, cuy falls...there really aren't very many decent neighborhoods in akron anymore...certain parts of Goodyear heights are ok but others are horrible. Ellet is still pretty good as are parts of North hill and west akron, but as a former resident of akron I suggest you go to the suburbs if you can help it.

 

This +10000000. Goodyear Hts, North Hill and West Akron I would avoid - as CSC said, some parts are ok but there is a lot of overlap with the bad parts. Ellet (east side of akron, bordering Tallmadge and Springfield) or the Merriman valley (bordering cuy falls/Bath) are really the only places I'd live within Akron proper. I'd look in the suburbs suggested above. If you find a specific place and want to know about the area, shoot me a PM.

 

Source: Grew up in Akron and lived in Ellet for 3 years

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West Akron is perfectly safe. Its east Akron to avoid

 

This is false

 

 

I had an office near Fairlawn. Seemed nice to me.

 

Fairlawn is nice. Apartments can be pricey in that area. Then again, if you're coming from Columbus they might not seem all that bad. I guess it depends on how cheap you're looking to go.

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The entirety of Akron is a dump. I would avoid Ellet, Canton and the like, simply because the Central is bullshit at rush hour. Stick to someplace north of Akron. I believe the commute will be far better.

 

Ehh it sucks all around. I drive from Stow to Canton every day and coming from the north into Akron is terrible.

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Ok, go live on Oakdale or crosby....west akron is pretty bad with the exception of highland square and Merriman /portage.

that's basically downtown.

West of Akron such as fairlawn and Copley are safe. And hell technically Copley is Akron.

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that's basically downtown.

West of Akron such as fairlawn and Copley are safe. And hell technically Copley is Akron.

It's miles from downtown dude. Oakdale is basically highland square east...it's also full of crack and hookers. Sure if you go far enough west (like Fairlawn and copley) it's better... but that's beyond west akron

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It's miles from downtown dude. Oakdale is basically highland square east...it's also full of crack and hookers. Sure if you go far enough west (like Fairlawn and copley) it's better... but that's beyond west akron

Stop talking like Akron is some giant city. It's not. I live in Copley. 8 miles from downtown and takes me 12'minutes at most to hit the end of 59.

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Where is the office located? Considering most of these buffoons don't have the excellent taste I do in real estate I can point you in the proper direction of what you should look for :D

 

A rather well known tire manufacturer :)

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What's your budget? Set on just an apartment or looking at townhouses and the like. These are my stomping grounds so I know it well

 

Nice, thanks for your help man - Not much at all. Plan is to do a $600ish apartment for like 6-7 months, then we'll sell our columbus house and buy something somewhere up there. I'll know the area better at that point, from having worked during the week up there and we'll be better educated to house shop.

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