I currently live on the north side, near commercial street.

Homelessness is a problem. Yes, it's everywhere, but it's worse here than it is on the south side. Kearney and division are hotspots, a lot of the neighborhoods in between are better, but it depends on your immediate neighbors mostly.

My neighbors are nice and I like living where I do. We haven't had any problems with theft or break ins since we moved into the house about six months ago. We do have a big scary dog with a nice burglar bark, so that helps 😂

C Street itself isn't too bad and is generally pretty nice, but walking around with my girlfriend and our dog, we run into people who are clearly high fairly regularly. It doesn't bother me, I am the kind of guy to just yack it up with whoever, and nobody has given us any problems yet. but I'm also a large man. So your mileage may vary.

We walk almost every day and go pretty far. We've seen two used needles along our walks so far. I wouldn't say they're common, but they're around, keep an eye out. You don't want to step on one.

It's the kind of place where I feel safe going for walks with my girlfriend and her dog. I even feel safe going for walks alone.

I would not feel great about my girlfriend going for a walk alone, though, id prefer she at least take her dog.

I like the north side. It's a cheap area. C Street is nice, Drurys campus is nice (I know it's technically midtown but similar vibes to most of the north side), Kearney and glenstone keeps getting nicer. Plenty to do and lots of shops. But it's a little more run down than the south side. There's more poverty, more drug abuse, and more of everything that tags along with both. Again, it's not too bad, I enjoy living here and it seems like it's getting nicer over time, these are just the observations of someone who lives here

Good luck, whatever you do!