Sentences with phrase «not in the best neighborhood»

It isn't in the best neighborhood but my kids still go to a great school and we are happy.

Presumably they are not in the best neighborhood, but I'm assuming you don't share the previous owner's business model?

The seller refuses to carry the financing and I am finding mortgage lenders reluctant to make a loan on this property because it is 35 years old and not in the best neighborhood.

Not exact matches

Christin Evans and her husband Praveen Madan bought Booksmith in the Haight - Asbury neighborhood of San Francisco in 2007 — not exactly the best year for launching a business.

I also do not want to immediately purchase and have negative equity since prices in the neighborhood could fall a good amount.

Ashley opened up her first studio in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood this past November and can not wait to bring the technique to the Willowbrook area as well.

Writing as a devil, he pointed out with grim savvy in The Screwtape Letters, «If a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighborhood looking for the church that «suits him,» until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches.»

It isn't bad, but I went to another market in a nearby neighborhood and found someone who always seems to have fresher, better eggplant.

Not just Russia or the Bible Belt, but in your neighborhood as well.

Instead of waiting for others to welcome us to the neighborhood, we thought we might bake cookies (well, she would do the baking, wouldn't want to poison the neighbors), and drop by each of our neighbor's homes and give them «we're new in the neighborhood» cookies.

Especially in the latter case but also in the former, however, it's not typical for whole neighborhoods to be targeted in fraudulent cases, as that is (a) a lot riskier than doing something to your own property both in terms of getting caught in the first place as well as the penalties you will incur, (b) makes you at most part of something apparently bigger and denies the fraudster of the unique victimhood they seek and (c) in the case of insurance fraud, involves damaging things you can't collect on.

We often bemoan the fact that we don't know the families in our neighborhoods better, but Halloween is one night of the year where most of the neighborhood families will be knocking on your door.

West Presbyterian is not a magnificent, eye - catching building — in fact, it is a little quirky — but it is eminently well suited for its congregation and its neighborhood.

Well, Marty tells us, that phrase — which is not found in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights but comes from a letter that Thomas Jefferson sent to a group of Connecticut Baptists — will not be of much help to a congregation that needs to challenge a local zoning ordinance, or to ask the city police force for help in keeping the neighborhood noise level down during Sunday morning worship hours.

African - Americans, he writes, «should stop undermining their own best interests by misguidedly favoring policies that preserve their ghetto neighborhoods, especially in light of the fact that the «hood» itself is not what it has been made out to be.»

Not in the form of some «how to» guide or some «five step» program, but, first and foremost, by way of metaphor: «If the state of contemporary Catholic literary culture can best be conveyed by the image of a crumbling, old, immigrant neighborhood, then let me suggest that it is time for Catholic writers and intellectuals to leave the homogeneous, characterless suburbs of the imagination, and move back to the big city — where we can renovate these remarkable districts which have such grace and personality, such strength and tradition.»

I am starting to understand that but on a good note we know it won't be living in our neighborhoods.

Tom Tom makes too many as sumptions about others.No wonder it can't make a valid argument and why does it have to think that it is only one that lives in a good neighborhood and that everyone else lives in a trailor?

As for Hezekiab, the Jew, who did not submit to my yoke, 46 of his strong, walled cities, as well as the small cities in their neighborhood, which were without number, — by escalade and by bringing up siege engines, by attacking and storming on foot, by mines, tunnels and breaches, I besieged and took.

I know of many groups who are very exclusive, meaning they exclude anyone who does not meet their standards, such as you need to be at least upper middle class, white and live in a good neighborhood to be part of the group.

We are now paying the price of that blind and irresponsible folly — in a drug war that we are not winning, in burgeoning crime that has made city neighborhoods uninhabitable, in teenage pregnancies and «children having children,» in rampant abortions, swelling welfare roles, sexually transmitted diseases, self - indulgent neglect of community good, and countless ruined lives.

Nestled in the hills of one of the most coveted neighborhoods in the Valley, a better location you will not find.

There are so many good choices that you almost can't go wrong; pick one and stick with it, and you won't be sorry.Situated on the eastern end of Hollywood boulevard between Interstate 101 and the neighborhood of Los Feliz, L.A.'s Thai Town is the only one of its kind in the United States.

Even then, I know, the shoes won't be consumed in some great final incinerator fire but will eternally appear and reappear in my neighborhood on the tired, shuffling feet of drifters and derelicts, who sample each house's garbage as though it were the best bargain counter in town.

It upset her to think that these perfectly good toys were being thrown away when at the same time there were so many kids in the same and other neighborhoods who couldn't afford to have toys.

Well moving on is sometimes a hard matter for kids who may have grown a big group of friends, for instance 2 years ago when I had to go under a similar situation, one of my kids who as a consequence of me introducing him to a k 12 homeschool curriculum, had grow a good group of friends around the neighborhood, when time came for us to move on he did not want to move on and let behind his friends, so we had to explain him a lot about what we were doing and promise to bring him back so that he could keep in contact with his friends!

I needed her in my bed because we were in a strange new town and did nt know the neighborhood so I just felt better having her with me for safety reasons.

With that in mind, we've handpicked a selection of the very best ride - on toys for 8 - year - olds, because we're firm believers that you can't cruise around the neighborhood on just any old thing.

Since the good doctor lived in our neighborhood, he wasn't averse to making a house call for the purpose of helping me learn to cope.

Juhlin, who raised four children in Rogers Park and who now lives along Sheridan Road in Edgewater, says that although much of the neighborhood has changed — and not for the better — «you've still got the beach.»

My complaints about the Phil and Ted's were: extremely difficult to fold to the point that I was not motivated to use it for anything other than walks around the neighborhood, horrible sunshade and no shade for the baby in the back (a must in Alabama), didn't steer well with the doubles attachment, and my 11 month old was almost too tall for the 2nd seat.

Though I wrote these words eight years ago, I don't think the concerns of sports moms have changed all that much and that what I said then largely still hold true today, although I think, if I were to update the list of concerns, I would probably add two more: fifth, that mothers want a more inclusive youth sports experience that is affordable to all families, regardless of socio - economic status or whether they live in a wealthy suburb or an economically disadvantaged inner city neighborhood, and sixth, that mothers want a better balance between sports and family life (a problem I explored in the book and on these pages, but that, if anything, has gotten worse, not better, in the last eight years).

-- Handy toy store locator with information on where to find the best toys in your neighborhood (Don't forget: local, independent toy stores support the community and tend to offer many high - quality, specialty products not typically found at a big box store!)

Our bundle of joy hasn't arrived yet, but we plan to stroll a lot in our neighborhood, and I think this will work well.

If things are not going well in your family, if you need help finding groups in your neighborhood, or if you are worried about your baby, talk with your pediatrician.

This wouldn't be a good stroller if you were trying to lug it up and down steps to your apartment or get it in and out of the trunk with a baby in one arm, but if you just want to use it for trips around your neighborhood AND can keep it in a convenient place, AND you're planning on covering reasonably flat / smooth terrain, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

A handful of the petitioners stood outside the senator's office waving signs that read «Jews Against Trump,» which, according to a press release from Felder's office, did not sit well with passersby in the Jewish - dominated neighborhood.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

I doubt that there is such a case; well pads generally require around 5 acres of land not including access roads and setbacks; I seriously doubt that this sort of space is available in the usual quarter acre residential neighborhood.

The Health Effects Institute states that the neighborhoods by the Peace Bridge are not an air quality hot spot because emissions levels are similar or even better than in other urban areas.

«This is not only a great opportunity to help the neighborhood to continue to develop commercial space as well as affordable housing for all,» Diaz said in a statement, «but this plan could allow one of the best colleges in our city, Lehman College, the opportunity for expansion it deserves.»

He also spoke of a need for unity in New York City, where the privileged and disadvantaged alike are given a fair shot at economic success, good schools, affordable housing, and safe neighborhoods, and where people «don't have to worry about being stopped and frisked because you happen to be the wrong color.»

That Harlem was the only stop the cyclists made in New York City was a fact not lost on those in attendance, as the neighborhood knows well the scourge of gun violence.

The wells will give firefighters access to water in neighborhoods that don't have fire hydrants.

«Mayor de Blasio claims he's making schools better, but I'm just not seeing that in my neighborhood.

«Bike lanes work great in some neighborhoods and don't work well in others.»

«In stark contrast, under Mayor Lovely Warren's leadership our city has seen an unprecedented period of growth and progress with construction and investment, not only throughout downtown and our center city, but more importantly throughout our neighborhoods as well... Mayor Warren's careful fiscal stewardship has resulted in two bond rating upgrades for the City, she has brought hundreds of millions of dollars in investment by the state and federal governments along with progressive policies always focused on bringing more jobs, safer more vibrant neighborhoods and better educational opportunities to every resident of Rochester.&raquIn stark contrast, under Mayor Lovely Warren's leadership our city has seen an unprecedented period of growth and progress with construction and investment, not only throughout downtown and our center city, but more importantly throughout our neighborhoods as well... Mayor Warren's careful fiscal stewardship has resulted in two bond rating upgrades for the City, she has brought hundreds of millions of dollars in investment by the state and federal governments along with progressive policies always focused on bringing more jobs, safer more vibrant neighborhoods and better educational opportunities to every resident of Rochester.&raquin two bond rating upgrades for the City, she has brought hundreds of millions of dollars in investment by the state and federal governments along with progressive policies always focused on bringing more jobs, safer more vibrant neighborhoods and better educational opportunities to every resident of Rochester.&raquin investment by the state and federal governments along with progressive policies always focused on bringing more jobs, safer more vibrant neighborhoods and better educational opportunities to every resident of Rochester.»

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In the last four years, our neighborhoods have not gotten safer, our schools have not performed better and our fiscal strength has not increased.

I know I and the people in my neighborhood and all the others like us across the country are all part of the problem, but we can't help make these kinds of failing school district better by sending our children to them even if we wanted to, because we'd have to risk our children's futures to do it.