Is North Central Phoenix A Good Place To Live?

Answering such a question is not so easy. Good means something else to each individual and a quick reply of yes or no would not really answer the question. On the other hand when most people ask that the easy default answer will most likely be yes rather then no. 

In fact, I can't think of a reason to say no in general terms: not unless, you want a pure urban lifestyle or you can't stand trees and green lawns or if you want all new stucco homes or you hate the view of mountains or people strolling or riding their bikes on the streets or kids playing in cul-de-saces or established neighborhoods of mixed home or ranch homes for that matter or being 15 minutes to midtown and downtown Phoenix or great restaurants or living in a central city area that feels suburban. If you don't like the above things then no it's not a good neighborhood. 

I'm being a big facetious here. There is a reason so few homes come up for sale, that people are willing to pay $500,000, $1,000,000 or in some cases $4-6,000,000 for homes in North Central Phoenix. They must consider it good.

They probably appreciate the history dating back to late 19th Century, or the historic Murphy's Bridle Path, or the access to both a busy urban city or the peace and views of North Mountain Park and the Phoenix Mountains Preserve or the Madison Schools or the Piestewa Freeway, the churches, the architecture from Tudor to modern to contemporary homes or the irrigated lots.

So the only person that can answer if North Central Phoenix is good or not is you, but if you have to ask others I'm willing to guess a 90%+ of the replies will be good.