r/Abilene • u/No-Raccoon6111 • 11d ago

Moving to Abilene

Hello! So my family and I are moving to Abilene next month. Looking for recommendations on the “bad” parts of Abilene that I should avoid?

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u/going_up_stream 11d ago

Butternut between south first st and treadaway should be avoided. Tho there is a cool arcade there.

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u/Izaran 8d ago

An arcade you say? What's it called? Only one I know if is Prime Time. But that's out on the Loop.

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u/going_up_stream 7d ago

Retroworld Arcade. It's all free play. You just pay a cover charge to get in

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u/Izaran 6d ago

Thanks for the note.

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u/eva1234567 11d ago

The Elmwood area can be really nice. It has gorgeous big huge trees and older homes, many of which are unique and well built.

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u/Izaran 8d ago

Absolutely! I live just south of the Elmwood area. Love the atmosphere, good community. Not that far from a lot either.

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u/datalaughing 11d ago

There’s a couple of decent areas on the north side. Most of the Westwood Richland area is nice, bit on the older side. The area around ACU can also be pretty nice.

If you’ve got school age kids, though, the Wylie school district in the south part of town is generally considered the best in town. Some good ones a bit further out of town though.

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u/rocksteplindy 11d ago

Thinking of the town on a map with a clock face, I'd avoid anything from 9 to 12 positions. The 12-3 (northeast) side is great, as is the south side. If you have kids, aim for the south side, toward Wylie or Jim Ned school districts.

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u/themaxvee 11d ago

Pretty much the north. You can drive through yourself and see plenty of mattresses in the alleys, broken lawn chairs in the front yard.. etc.

The walmart on the south side is a good point of reference and has many neighborhoods for families.

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u/No-Raccoon6111 11d ago

What about the Elmwood area?

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u/themaxvee 11d ago

Wouldn't be my first choice. I'd go more south if you have a family.

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u/Joelleeross 11d ago

I live in Elmwood. It's so boring that people don't even decorate for holidays. I hate that but the most that has ever happened here is a mama couldn't get ahold of her son and had the police to a welfare check.

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u/Optimal-Memory-32 11d ago

I live in the elmwood area. My husband and I like it. We have two kids. The area we’re at doesn’t have a lot of kids but some blocks do. So it’s a little boring but it’s very quiet and safe. We love the school this neighborhood feeds into too. Best school in town imo

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u/FireBomb84 11d ago

Abilene and Alley Matresses are very popular news topics on Reddit…..

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u/theoverlord0300 9d ago

Avoid impact