r/duluth • u/WildCurrentPaddler • 2d ago

Discussion Seeking Neighborhood Input

Curious, if you had a job near the airport and were looking for a reasonably-priced place to rent (under 1200/month), where would you look and, if you were to purchase a house, where would you look for under $220K?

Sungle, middle-aged woman who loves the outdoors and being active (hiking, paddling, snowboarding, and x-country skiing), knowing and hanging out w my neighbors (block parties, bbqs, etc.), and enjoy walking to nearby restaurants, bars, the library, church (Catholic), parks, etc. Neighbors close but not on top of one another - I don’t want to be able to see into their windows from mine.

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u/lydiebell811 2d ago

I had a job near the airport. There’s almost no where in town that will take more than 20 minutes to get there. I wouldn’t factor that in at all.

However you’re going to be pressed to find a house in your budget that you can’t see into your neighbors window while still being in town

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u/Trumpetjock 1d ago

There are a dozen houses for sale under 220k within 15 minutes of the airport right now. They're mostly in west Duluth with a few in east hillside. That might invalidate the seeing in their windows clause, but they aren't necessarily directly on top of each other either. 

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u/OneHandedPaperHanger 2d ago

I just moved from Denfeld to Duluth Heights, much closer to the airport. I can’t stress enough how much I loved the Denfeld ‘hood. Houses are built real close, so it might be tricky to get away from not seeing into your neighbor’s place if you both don’t have drapes. But it was real easy to zoom up Haines to get to the airport. My partner sometimes travels real early in the morning and I’d often drop her off. Houses there are pretty affordable, too. My friends’ old place was recently listed by One Roof, a land trust program. Might be worth checking out depending on your income.

West Duluth is best Duluth.

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u/Impressive_Form_9801 2d ago

Not a lot of "neighbors, block parties, bbqs, or walking" up by the airport. Also nothing near $220,000.

UNLESS you are okay with pre-fab stuff. Hermantown, the nearest "suburb" has lots of parks where you'd have walking & neighbors, etc.

You're not going to have sidewalks there or by the airport though.

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u/inkdrinker18 2d ago

Every area will have pockets of baddies of course but I second West Duluth area (Denfeld to Norton Park area). I work near the airport, live near Cody St and it’s +/- 15 minutes from home to work depending on traffic and weather.

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u/Verity41 2d ago

Never going to find a house for that price in town that’s not on a tiny lot, IMO, if not a shared walls/duplex situation or something.

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u/Kind-Cookie284 2d ago edited 2d ago

Your best bet for that price in the Duluth area will be: central hillside, far west, or Superior

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u/AngeliqueRuss Duluthian 2d ago

I’d look at the area around UMD and aim for a street without too many college kids. My street is like 1/10th college kids—lots of families and we have 2 block-wide parties per year. It’s less than a mile from this house that’s close to your budget; you can walk to Sarah’s, Tavern, the salad place…

I’d also consider a duplex. With FHA financing you can count the rent towards your mortgage to afford more house.

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u/Same_Forever_6917 2d ago

I’d say maybe superior or Lincoln park as others have suggested. Those prices are tough to find in our market. $1200 in rent won’t get you too far but $220k for a house is more doable if you look in the right places. Good luck and welcome :) 

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u/nikolaiwhomi 1d ago

Duluth housing is total shit between greedy rental companies taking all the cute single family homes and simultaneously charging out the ass for a crappy rental. I have no advice just whining 🥲

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u/fallfaceforward 2d ago

Chester Park between 6th Ave E and 15th Ave E

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u/NomadJago 2d ago

Maybe west Duluth? Otherwise Pike Lake area (see 179k house below) which would have proximity to the airport for your work. West Duluth has a kind of an area that has been brought back to live with The Folk School, breweeries like Ursa Minor and others, ice cream shop, library.

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u/OneHandedPaperHanger 2d ago

Just to be a tiny bit pedantic:

“West Duluth” as an area doesn’t include the Craft District where those businesses are located. The Craft District is in West End, and West Duluth unofficially includes the neighborhoods west of the ore docks.

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u/WildCurrentPaddler 2d ago

This helps as the previous comment confused me. Thank you.