good afternoonI have been living in the Winter Park college park area for 22 years. I have 2 kids ages 3 and 7. the area is very safe and a lot of the the home in this area are solid block. there is shopping churches schools as well. the downtown college park area is like a sleepy town with nice small shops restaurants and more. your very close to Downtown area and close to the local attractions. the average home price is from mid 150 s and up. if I can be of anymore assistance please contact me thru my profile.
My in-laws live in Ocoee, FL and they love it. They used to live in Winter Park - and said it was very nice as well. I think both of these have good schools. Ocoee is about 30-45 min away from Disney. There is a new really nice shopping area off of 429 (the toll road). It s the W. Colonial Drive exit. Has Target, Party City, Coldwater Creek, Barnes Nobel, JoAnn s, and a whole bunch of other stores resturants. You might some apartments near there. Below is the Target s address - try searching near it or by that zip code.New Target off of 429:7501 W Colonial DrOrlando, FL 32818Sorry I can t give you more info. I don t live down there - I just know where they live and that they really like it. :) Good luck.
It is hard to beat the UCF area on the east side. There are neighborhoods in all price ranges and the schools my kids go to are A rated.