David Neal's Mortgage Blog

Forbes Magazine recently named Hamilton County the Best place to raise a family in the U.S., which is pretty cool! I am proud to be a long time resident and also to have my office located here.

I don't have to read the article to find out why, it's just a nice place to live. Hamilton county is clean and well kept. We have low crime, thanks to our wonderful police departments. Here in Carmel, Indiana we have the best school system in the state, but Zionsville, Westfield and Noblesville are all very good school systems.

On this Fourth of July weekend we had family over from out of town and one of the things they pointed out, was that Carmel was a very walking friendly city. I spoke with the Mayor Jim Brainard about eight years ago on how we really needed to focus on making our city more accessible to pedestrians, which I have to give him credit....boy did he listen. We now have one of the most walking and biking friendly cities in the country. The Monon Trail is also great, it's like a pedestrian superhighway that runs all the way to Westfield.

Some people in Indiana think that Hamilton county residents are stuck up or think we're better than everybody else. For the most part, I do not think that's true. What I do think though, is we have a strong sense of pride in our communities here in Hamilton County. Not to make our communities better than others, but simple to make them the best place to live that they can be and evidently it shows.

I am proud to be a resident and businessman in Hamilton County. It makes me think my Great Grandfather and Grandfather who moved here in the early 1900's really knew what they were doing. So, if you're thinking about moving and care to live in the best place to raise a family...come on down and check us out!