A lot of people living in the Parramatta area are now talking about and moving to St Clair. Won't consider any other suburb out there as none of them stack up in comparison in terms of house quality and peace and quiet.
I haved lived in St Clair for about 5 years, and 2 weeks ago I moved away from the suburb and have bought in Erskine Park instead.
Two main reasons for the change of address
1) The regular fireworks/crackers most nights set off by bored kids in the football field carpark opposite the shops was driving my dog (and many others) to insanity, police knew all about it but said they had more important things to do... its become a running joke in St Clair about the ongoing fireworks.
2) General feeling of St Clair going a bit downhill.. at night there is plenty of tyre squeal from cars and noticably more black rubber on roads each month, litter etc.
Not saying its a bad suburb, I liked living there (and I am an ex north shore snob lol), its going through a bit of a phase at the moment that made me want to move. Being so well priced for so many years, I get the feeling that certain types of people are buying in from surrounding suburbs and bringing their certain type of behaviour with them. There seems to be an increasing number of beat up old commodores on the streets etc. Hopefully the recent price spikes correct that as houses in the 300's become scarcer.
Erskine Park is a more expensive suburb, smaller, with generally better housing stock... but you pay a 40-50k premium compared to the equivalent house in St Clair. Though that gap is narrowing as St Clair is in a house buying frenzy these days.
Where I am now is in a tucked away culdesac with reserve at the rear and end of street, at night you can hear a pin drop, and best of all no fireworks