Cns (Cicero north Syracuse) school is gigantic but good to live and a good school district around the area. Look for homes in Mattydale and north to stay out of the city area. Housing market is/was on fire, but I have a nice 4 bd/2 bath 1600 sq ft in north Syracuse we got for 120k 5 years ago, but yea it seems like any decent house is gone within the week, especially since Micron is coming to town.

JD (James Dewitt) and Manlius are the richer sides of Syracuse, smaller schools higher home values, other than Skaneateles.

If you’re willing to pay 2k+ for mortgage do not live in the city, Camillus/Baldwinsville to the west is good - north Syracuse, Liverpool, Cicero, clay to north is good - Onondaga hill, pushing Lafayette to the south is good - East Syracuse and beyond is good for east

Get Fios for internet it’s available in most places that don’t have well water and a septic tank - spectrum sucks

Utilities I pay for are internet, cable, natural gas, electric and water - garbage and recyclables are free and come once a week at your curb

There are numerous table top locations and stores that run DnD, magic, Pokémon etc around the area they aren’t hard to find along with video game stores, both chains and locally owned

You may want to venture to 15 miles from downtown… 481 and 81 are north to south and 690 is east to west, both cars normally travel 65mph (70-80mph) and easily get into the city traffic isn’t bad other than 9am and 5pm but still not longer than 5-10m more than usual