October 15th, 2008

The goal of our neighborhoods section will be to spotlight the most desireable locations to live in the Fort Worth area. It’s the contention of Fort Worth Renaissance that the ideal place to live in Fort Worth is in the city proper. We’re assuming that those who read the blog want to enjoy our civic treasures such as the art museums and private schools, and in order to do so, you’ll want to live close, probably west of the 35W and within the circle of the 820, to make reaching those places easy. 

We’ve chosen a few neighborhoods to spotlight in coming weeks. These will be profiled in terms of housing type, price, location, and transit options (certainly freeway access, but also access to the “T” our bus system, and proximity to proposed Fort Worth streetcar corridors). 

“Curb appeal,” or the way a house looks from the street — and to your neighbors — will be considered. But so will location, location, location. When you’ve lived there a while, it’s more and more the L word.

You’ll notice on our list that almost none of these areas were built up after 1980. That’s because, in Fort Worth as everywhere else, the best locations for real estate are snapped up first. If the neighborhood was built after 1980, probably it’s “belond the pale” and, quite simply, it’s a “hike” using your automobile, and that’s becoming less and less and less hip these days — and more expensive. 

The Neighborhoods:

South Hills

Tanglewood

Monticello

Fairmont

Fort Worth South

Wedgewood/Candleridge

Arlington Heights

Bluebonnet

Texas Christian University

Forest Park

Mistletoe Hights/Berkeley Place

Ryan Place

Ridgelea

Benbrook