Don’t do north side alone. A lot of drugged up homeless (and crime activity that’s kinda isolated to neighborhoods and janky gas stations). I live on the North side and everybody minds their business it seems. My neighbors are kind and my street is clean. Two streets over its a nightmare. It all depends. Not a whole side of the city is bad. Just don’t go alone anywhere and act disinterested to any strange people approaching you. People who really need help and approach people I’ve noticed are cautious and respect someone else’s wariness and communicates their need well. Average wage I’d say is 14/hr. Temp jobs or food service jobs are minimum wage to 15 usually. Sofa City has a good payment program to help build your credit with no credit required to start. So gives some more furniture options. I really liked lowes for our dishwasher, warranty, delivery, and installation. You can find a lot of mom and pop places. Just check stars on google if you’re ever in doubt! If you’re in a pinch were renting out a room of our house. We’re close to the highway but cox is the opposite side of the city from north side if they’re closing down the north location like I heard.