Bad Neighborhoods in Concord and/or Vallejo?

[Nella925]

Originally Posted by JW50

If you love Concord great, if you hate it great, but when people ask for information about a city, tell the truth, dont mislead simply because you love it so much. Concord has a lot of crime and there are certain areas to avoid, so dont make it sound like it's not as bad as it is. It is a fact that you have to watch what you wear, it is a fact that the brendan theater is run down and it's not that old. It is also a fact that depending on which street you are stolling down you are very likely to come across some wanna be thugs and a whole bunch of tweekers! I would rather know those kinds of things before I make a decision to move there.

I live near monument, and I never had a problem.
I think people like to scare people, so the truth can be stretched both ways.
But who would want to live on monument anyway???? There are so many other areas of concord that are way better.
Concord is the biggest city in contra costa county with many different neighborhoods, please stop generalizing the whole town, just because of the monument/detroit area.

[michaelsa]

Is this a bad area of Vallejo? It seems South and near the water, which I heard is good, but I'm not sure. Where is the "crest" area that's so bad?

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[gogetta]

leonard street vallejo - Google Maps

this is the crestside of vallejo around north vallejo park.

[Puddy4LyF]

We're putting in an offer on a Vallejo home this weekend so we've spent a considerable amount of time recently in Vallejo. It's definitely an interesting city, but don't listen to anyone who says not to move there because it's a horrible city, because that's so far generalized.

There are definitely good neighborhoods with good buys in Vallejo. Hiddenbrooke is a bit overpriced but being surrounded by hills on all sides is quite neat. You could leave your doors unlocked there...

Glen Cove is also safe, but you'll have the occasional issue as it's not enclosed like Hiddenbrooke - check crime maps.

The area around 37/Columbus Parkway/Marine World has some interesting things but it's a bit more hit and miss in some neighborhoods.

Mare Island could be very interesting in a few years...

Where to stay away from? I wouldn't really move anywhere aside from the areas I posted. Everything west of I-80 is so hit or miss that I wasn't really able to differentiate what was safe and what wasn't. A lot of poverty.

Random thought: Can someone explain why there are so many goddamn flies downtown? lol

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by Puddy4LyF

Hiddenbrooke is a bit overpriced but being surrounded by hills on all sides is quite neat. You could leave your doors unlocked there...

I realize what you're trying to say here, but in all honesty, nowadays, anyone anywhere who doesn't lock their doors is INSANE.

And I come from Norman Rockwell like area of Pennsylvania. Sure as shoot we locked our doors there....