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[quote=Anonymous]I have not.

There are a number of factors I look at:
- crime statistics via crime maps
- location of course (proximity to park, places I need to go, highways, etc)
- schools
- how nice the place is / "curb appeal" of the neighborhood, not necessarily the house as that's easy to remedy

I ended up in a neighborhood in DC with a lot of Hispanics, mostly living in a dilapidated apartment building several blocks down the street.  That has its ups and downs, the primary down side being that they don't seem to value cleanliness.  I.e. I'm always finding trash in my yard - calling cards, food containers, dorito bags, newspapers, etc.  I dispose of the trash pretty quickly, as do my neighbors with the trash they find on their property, but it is annoying. (I wouldn't have noticed this before as the residents on my block ARE clean and dispose of trash they find on their property pretty quickly).

Yes I know it's them,  a lot of the trash is in Spanish.

Lesson learned- in the future, I will definitely take this into account.[/quote]

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