KahiK

I've lived here for 3 years and I like it. Stanhope Gardens, Farnham Road, Rouse Hill shops are all a short drive away. There are a lot of takeaway options but it's true that you'll probably have to drive to get them. It's not a very walkable suburb. The suburb is divided into two, with the parkway as the divider. The north side is much nicer and pricier than the south side but is also safer. There are sports fields and parks, and I regularly jog around the streets in the evening.

Transport is getting better and it takes less than an hour to get into the city - about 51 minutes. The upside is that the trains are very reliable and in 3 years I can count on one hand the number of late trains I've had.

There's schools and heaps of daycare centres, especially near the station. The suburb is best for families rather than singles, in my opinion.

It's not that friendly of a suburb. People usually cross the road rather than walk past you, and not too many people respond when I say hello, but this is probably an individual thing. There's also a cultural element of conflict, with most families being either Indian or white Australian, and there's not much mixing going on. I've been pushed off the footpath several times by elderly Indian men who think they have more of a right to the foothpath than a woman does, but again, that's probably an individual thing.

The suburb's reputation for crime is more due to being part of the Blacktown Council area. I take the train to the city every day and have never had a problem. However I definitely don't travel or walk home at night. There are often young people wandering around at night and the houses near the train station have trouble keeping nice gardens because the youths destroy them, though this is also due to the high school kids.