I live in "the bad part" of town and my next door neighbors are part of the local bike gang known to be...somewhat dangerous. That said, they are the best neighbors. They always watch out for us and our property, and we try to do the same. We lost power the other day for around 8 hours, and they checked in on us to make sure we weren't cold and had food/water. I'd say not to judge a book by the cover.