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Daily Real Estate News | June 18, 2003 | Site Helps Homebuyers Choose New Hometown NeighborhoodScout.com, an online database created by geographer and demographics specialist Andrew Schiller, helps relocating retirees and others find the neighborhood that best fits their needs. Using data from the Census Bureau, the Federal Housing Authority, the Department of Education, the US Geological Survey, and the FBI, the database locates prime neighborhoods with a simple ZIP Code search or by housing costs, education, language, and other criteria selected by the user. The site is helpful for retirees looking for warm locales as well as those who wish to stay close to their long-time homes. In determining the best retirement havens, Schiller looked at the country's biggest metropolitan areas and chose quiet communities with low crime rates, educated populations, a variety of age groups, a mix of housing types, and proximity to the urban core. Included in Schiller's list are Sandwich, Mass., and Hancock, N.H., just outside of Boston; Newtown Square and Willow Street near Philadelphia; and Kensington, Md., and Boyce, Va., in the Washington, D.C.-area.

Source: Christian Science Monitor (06/18/03); Savides, Steven