Troost Ave, Eastern 49-63

Troost Ave is a reasonably safe street, but the look of it from Cleaver Blvd toward the North would make you wonder if some kind of disease had decimated the population. Vacant buildings and houses litter the street and there is always plenty of trash simply sitting about, not to mention the lack of upkeep by the city. It is safer than it looks, however.

Travel South of Cleaver Blvd and it is a completely different story, at least mostly. The street runs right through a beautifully kept Rockhurst University. As it travels into the outskirts of the city, it remains reasonably well maintained and safe.