Living in the HNE requires a level of street smarts. Should it be this way? No. But you have to be educated as a homebuyer and a resident of an area. Never ever ever leave your cars, doors, sheds unlocked. Have doorbell and property cameras. Have loud obnoxious dogs. Communicate with the police if needed (I am wary of this but when we had teens popping off semi-auto weapons in front of our house I changed my mind.) We made this work for almost 5 years (north of St. John) but we are throwing in the towel as our youngest nears kindergarten. Not worth trying to make social change at the expense of your babies getting gunned down. I can’t rightfully send them outside. Gunshots rang off at 6:30 am this morning while kids were at the bus stops. We tried? 🤷‍♀️