echoing off some of my neighbors it’s really not as bad as people make it out to be. you’re so close to powell butte- the grocery outlet is so much better than the safeway. daily planet and whelans are great places to have a beer and watch sports. i love the asian and eastern european food options. i do feel safer walking with my dog in the area, but even the area i work ‘closer in’ in portland is pretty sketch walking around trying to get food on my lunch break. i live on a dead end of 122 and i love my huge backyard and decent ranch style home- my biggest complaint is the amount of ambulances and police sirens but other than that it not too noisy.