Notable & Unique: Real Estate Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The Veeder Ave / Hamilton St neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
In addition, corner bodegas, stores on the first floor and apartments above, former grand Victorian residences converted into apartments, three-deckers built shoulder-to-shoulder, duplexes. Such building types define the real estate of neighborhoods dominated by small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. Many are in older core neighborhoods of Eastern and Midwestern cities, or historic town centers in their hinterlands. If you wax romantic about the look and feel of such neighborhoods, with fresh pizza, falafel and an independent florist at the corner, then you might find the Veeder Ave / Hamilton St neighborhood worth a close look. This neighborhood is an absolutely outstanding example of the dominance of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings compared to neighborhoods across the nation, as they make up a substantial portion of this neighborhood's real estate stock. In fact, no less than 46.8% of the real estate here is made up of such dwellings, which is higher than 97.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Furthermore, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the Veeder Ave / Hamilton St neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 83.1%, which is higher than 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.Notable & Unique: Occupations From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Veeder Ave / Hamilton St neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 95.1% of all American neighborhoods. The NeighborsThe Neighbors: Income How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Veeder Ave / Hamilton St neighborhood in Schenectady are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 60.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Surprised that the resident board poster who keeps claiming the city is in a renaissance, quite surprised he isn't investing in the hill, buying properties to be a landlord and make money. Oh, that's right, he's unemployed, no money to buy to begin with (maybe SSI).
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
If you put wealth (apartments for snobs) next to abject poverty, you always get high crime. That's something these 'planners' are willfully trying to ignore in their renaissance. They should be concentrating ALL their efforts on doing something about that human brownfield in our midst. Working together works? How about getting Cuomo, Schumer, Gillibrand, Obama, all the same- party officials involved in solving this problem, it isn't going away by itself. Why should a small group of Schenectady taxpayers be the only ones suffering from this? Aren't all the people involved New Yorkers and Americans as well?
If you put wealth (apartments for snobs) next to abject poverty, you always get high crime. That's something these 'planners' are willfully trying to ignore in their renaissance. They should be concentrating ALL their efforts on doing something about that human brownfield in our midst. Working together works? How about getting Cuomo, Schumer, Gillibrand, Obama, all the same- party officials involved in solving this problem, it isn't going away by itself. Why should a small group of Schenectady taxpayers be the only ones suffering from this? Aren't all the people involved New Yorkers and Americans as well?
I propose a citizen's initiative be put on the ballot.
That all future elected officials must reside in Mt Pleasant or Hamilton Hill for their first full year of their terms.
A second initiative would be that all new city employees hired must live within city limits and that moving would be grounds for termination.
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