Eddie Smith

Frankston is a big area with very different classes of people.Frankston South is the hilly expensive part with elite schools,close to beach & some grand houses with big blocks.Frankston central where the station & CBD area get a lot of blow ins which can cause trouble but generally speaking during the day it's OK.I avoid the area because of parking not because of safety issues.A new Frankston train station is being built soon as well as the metro train line extension.Frankston East,Karingal area is the middle class area with Karingal Hub shopping centre & cinemas & good new freeway links.Frankston North is the old housing commission area which is cheap but OK.All the Frankston areas are undervalued for what they are so if you're a buyer get in as quick as you can & if your a seller wait 5 years.Frankston of old has been getting transformed over the past 15 years or so & is continuing to be.Compared to 15 years ago the riff raff are being priced out of the market.Most of the problems are from blow ins.Graffitti is an issue & petty vandalism.Drugs I haven't seen much around.Lots of parkland & beach to walk your dog or take your kids to playground or go for a bike ride.Climate is 4 degrees cooler in Summer than the rest of Melbourne due to seabreeze.Council is always finding ways to make life difficult for people with dog bans & beach parking restrictions & in CBD & they wonder why people won't start a businesses or shop there.Never really had an intelligent business friendly council in my 23 years here.Becoming a more multi cultural area.People who live in Frankston are generally down to earth.