Real Estate / Best area in Krakow to live? [43]

Thanks, Marsupial. I will share some of my thoughts that I have after having read some older posts. Stare Miasto and Kazimiers are too fancy, expensive and not exactly suited for family life I understand. All the neighbourhoods south of Wisla are out of question because of traffic on bridges on my way to work which is located north of Wisla. Nowa Huta has a bad reputation due to crime levels and general quality of life because it was built by communists who had a pretty awful vision on how to build things back in the day. That is according older posts, but I also read some recent articles that it is an up and coming neighbourhood with a reasonably priced accommodation available. So I am not sure what to think about Nowa Huta. What is left are Grzegorzki, Bienczyce, Mistrejowice, Pradnik Czerwony, Pradnik Bialy, Krowodrza, Bronowice. Though last 3 look pretty far from PMI but if there's a direct tram line, it may not be a problem. So can anyone shed some light on which of these (or other) neighbourhoods would fit my criteria best?

Real Estate / Best area in Krakow to live? [43]

Merged: Where to live in Krakow as an expat with family?

Hi, I will be moving to work and live in Krakow in a few days. I will be provided with temporary accommodation in Stare Miasto for first several months, but in Autumn I will be bringing my wife and two kids and will have to rent a permanent place to live in. There are many threads about Krakow neighbourhoods in this forum already and I explored them but most of them are old and posted by single people who obviously have different priorities when looking for a place to live. I will be working in PMI so I would like to know which area is the best to living in based on this criteria:

- Easy daily commute to PMI by public transport or on foot.
- Easy reach of city center.
- Car parking (I will be taking bus/tram to work but I still have a car).
- Green areas nearby.
- Kindergartens / schools nearby.
- Preferably has nice/new apartment buildings.

For some context I will let you know that I am currently living in a post-soviet country in a 50 m2 apartment in a building built in 1950's by soviets. My neighbourhood is swarming with bums, drunks and drug addicts and is a s***hole in general. So I am not affraid to live in less prestigous surroundings than Stare Miesto or Kazimiers as I am used to it, but I would definitely like an upgrade from where I live now. Any input on this topic would be much appreciated.