when me and my bros were looking for palces, we really wanted a house, with a yard, etc.... We saw a few whithin our bidget, but all in fucked up places. Bottom line is that I want to be able to coem home feeling safe and not have to worry about my belongings inside the house, the neighbors being crackheads or my car parked outside the house. So we wound up going for an apartment in a better part of town.
Left on vacation for a few weeks, cars parked on the street, PC, flat screen ,TV, DVD and all that shit visible from the apartment windows with nothing but a thin screen keeping anyone from entering. Not once did I worry.