Nearby there's a zoo, a desert botanical garden, a golf course, a Chinese grocery, and a visitable archeological dig site. Not to mention it's just down the street (3 miles) from the university. And two of the best barbecue places in the city are right around the corner, as is an indoor go kart track. Not to mention it'll be less than a mile from the new light-rail system being installed.

But there was at least one murder on the street within walking distance of where I lived (found out about it on the news), and cars were broken into regularly in my apartment complex's parking lot or had their windshields smashed. Noisy neighbors were common and public transportation was awful. Though just down the street from the university (and the university transit center), it took an hour and a half and two buses to get there. Traffic is nearly always awful, thanks to the narrowing of the main street just to the south (Washington) for light-rail construction.