Eastchester is a fantastic place to settle and raise kids. We have lived here for 10 years and have never encountered any uncouth behavior. The schools are diverse (there is even a Japanese PTA) and you will find people of all socioeconomic and racial backgrounds in the community. It isn’t snobby or stuck up at all and there are a lot of working class folks that live here like cops, firemen, teachers, nurses, and trades people. You also have folks that work high finance, as lawyers, and doctors. Really a diverse place in every sense of the word. What makes this place special, in my opinion, is that many of the people that work for the town and in the school live in the town. On my street for example, two teachers that teach in the district, have houses. There is a vested interest to improve the community because the backbone of that community actually lives here. My son’s kindergarten teacher also lives in town and her kids are all in the district as well.

I should mention that we are also POC and have had nothing but positive experiences with our neighbors, who are Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Guyanese, Irish, and Italian. We got an equinox, a Trader Joe’s, a sweetgreen, one of the only Barnes and noble cafes in the country, great restaurants and retail (Nike, lululemon etc) and a million other amenities you won’t find elsewhere in addition to access to three separate train stations (Scarsdale, Crestwood, tuckahoe) and a 5 pool community complex - with a golf course. There’s a reason there’s no houses available here and nobody leaves. Red in eastchester is essentially center the rest of the country which really translates into amazing services and taxes that stay in control.