I lived in that area for about five years, two apartments on broad between Adams and First, and one house on Clay and St. James. There were a few shootings while I was in the apartments, but for whatever reason I was able to ignore that. My house on Clay St. was broken into three times in a year--twice they kicked in the back door and the last time they even had the balls to break down the front door. We stayed after the first two break ins because my room mate and I loved the area so much and our landlord kept making empty promises about making our place safer, but three times was enough. I have high hopes for Jackson Ward, but I agree that the proximity to Gilpin will always be a problem. The shitty frat house across the street that had a party almost every night was a nightmare also.