Thank you for your input. But I've lived in bad neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Philly, and Jersey. To me, a little danger is worth living somewhere I can walk to bars/shops/restaurants etc.

Plus, even though I have been a professional software engineer for 11 years, in my youth I used to get arrested a lot. Mostly as a juvenile, but I had one adult conviction too, a felony cocaine distribution kerfuffle I got wrapped up in at age 18.

So I might fit in just fine, even if it is a bit scary. Heck, 17 years ago, you might have considered me a scary guy.