Does anyone live in Bala Cynwood?

designer303

We are currently living in Old City and trying to figure out where to move and settle our family.  We want to be very close to the city if we dont stay in the city, but would like to have a backyard and neighborhood feel for our son.  I was wondering does anyone live in Bala Cynwood?  If so, do you like it? Are there many other families there?  Do the kids play outside?  Sorry if I sound stupid, but we have lived in the city so long that anything else seems very foreign to us.  Any experiences are greatly appreciated. 

alibat421

We live in Narberth, which is 2 mins from bala cynwyd and I grew up in the area too.  There are tons of families, schools are fantastic, and overall a great place to grow up.  My husband and I are renting in Narberth now, but hope to be able to eventually afford a house in the area (bala cynwyd, Narberth, wynnewood).  It is a very expensive area.  

eaglesfan700

We lived in the city for a long time too, both our kids were born there.  We considered Bala, but for us, it was a little too close to the city and specifically City Line Ave and it is expensive considering.

We bought in Havertown and LOVE it.  We are on an awesome block with a great mix of neighbors with young kids and a few older couples whose children are grown.  Every day there are kids out and running around, playing in each other's yards, and the parents are all super nice.  We even switch off babysitting for each other and the moms on the block will go out on occasion.  We love it here

It is still close to the city and I can still walk a lot of places too - the library is around the corner as well as the middle and high schools, and a few stores.

Narberth is awesome and their little downtown is so cute. It is just really expensive.  I would also look at Ardmore 

designer303

Thanks for the input- we actually went house hunting yesterday in Narberth, Wynnewood and Bala.  There wasn't much that would work us at the moment so we going to see what comes along...

NewQueen

I live in East Falls and love the area. We're walking distance to the library, a play ground, the train (which is a 15 min ride to center city) and we have a back yard. I work in Bala and it takes me under ten min to get to work if things aren't backed up on the bridge. The only issue is I would never send my kids to the public schools in this area so if you're unable to pay for alternative schooling, I'd personally look elsewhere.