Wood you rather live in a decked out house that's cheap in a chitty area or a nice area but chitty house? The chitty area is not surrounded by gangbangers, just lots of lower income folks

I already live in a nice area in a somewhat crappy house. I don't lock my doors at night and I leave my back door propped open all day for the dogs while I'm at work. Once Jamal starts moving in, I'm out.

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Sorta the same. Definitely don't have the nicest house in our little area but it's woods all around. I don't think no gang bangers would care to be where im at. Especially knowing that all the neighbors out gun them no matter what they bring. One well placed .308 > spray n pray w/ yo choppas

There shouldnt be 2 seconds of thought on this one. Nice are crappy area every time. The house can easily be upgraded, the area cannot.

Unless the decked out house was basically a fortress with 10 foot wall, barbed wire, heavy triple locked door...I would chose the crappy house in the nice area. You would enjoy a better quality of life, most likely have friendlier neighbours, would feel safer walking the streets etc.

op i rather live in a paid house

I live in a really nice town outside Chicago. I bought the house just after my divorce, so I didn't have a lot of money to spend. Now living there for 7 years, I'm not sure why I would move. Everything I want including access to Lake Michigan is here, the schools are top tier and that matters for resale. My house is just under 2K sq ft, and I have a 1300 sq ft basement with my gym in it, and it's on 1/2 acre. It has bedrooms for my kids. If I ever get married again, I will either put another level on it or move, but given what has happened with the real estate market, right now my best move would be a second level.

There's a big range of low income. Some are fine while others not at all. I think I would prefer higher income areas in most cases.