Would you say 20th Street and Bell Rd. Is a decent area to live?

[yukon]

While the fear of the area may be far overblown, crime still appears to be concentrated there. I had to go through there to drop a check off to my tile guy and to say it is run down is an understatement. It showed a complete lack of pride and care with garbage, vehicles and crap all over. The only difference between it and a typical inner-city Detroit neighborhood is that most of the houses appeared occupied in the square.

I don't think it's the residents, I think the run down look is from the landlords. There are a lot of rentals in that area, owned by absentee landlords using property management firms that don't seem to care. Or that's been my take as a regular, out of state shopper and future prospective renter to the area.

[Ztonyg]

Originally Posted by yukon

While the fear of the area may be far overblown, crime still appears to be concentrated there. I had to go through there to drop a check off to my tile guy and to say it is run down is an understatement. It showed a complete lack of pride and care with garbage, vehicles and crap all over. The only difference between it and a typical inner-city Detroit neighborhood is that most of the houses appeared occupied in the square.

I don't think it's the residents, I think the run down look is from the landlords. There are a lot of rentals in that area, owned by absentee landlords using property management firms that don't seem to care. Or that's been my take as a regular, out of state shopper and future prospective renter to the area.

That epidemic is not concentrated to just this area. I live in Peoria (87h Ave. / Cactus) and many of the properties here are rentals as well (including my own). The neighborhood does look somewhat run down.

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by yukon

While the fear of the area may be far overblown, crime still appears to be concentrated there. I had to go through there to drop a check off to my tile guy and to say it is run down is an understatement. It showed a complete lack of pride and care with garbage, vehicles and crap all over. The only difference between it and a typical inner-city Detroit neighborhood is that most of the houses appeared occupied in the square.

I don't think it's the residents, I think the run down look is from the landlords. There are a lot of rentals in that area, owned by absentee landlords using property management firms that don't seem to care. Or that's been my take as a regular, out of state shopper and future prospective renter to the area.

The landlords left cars on blocks, garbage and old couches in the front yards? That seems to be a bit of a stretch.