Southwest York Home for Rent

Situated between the manicured green campuses of Penn Park and York College of Pennsylvania, Southwest York is a neighborhood set within walking distance of community schools and the city center. “There’s some multi-family properties and a lot of investors looking at Southwest York because of the college,” says Nathan Barshinger, an agent with eXp Realty who specializes in York County, where he was born and raised. “Then, in areas like around Penn Park, you get families looking for proximity to York city schools, so they can walk the kids to school and rely less on school buses.” Outside of its practical position within the county seat, however, Southwest York is also an understated repository of centuries of history, where modern residents live in the preserved 20th century architecture of the industrial age and explore a park where a Soldiers and Sailors Memorial immortalizes the city’s Civil War significance. Long, flat stretches and gently sloping grades make up the residential blocks of Southwest York, lined with sidewalks and closely packed rows of homes built in the early 20th century. Most are rowhomes, either in simple, boxy forms or Victorian-inspired designs with