Have to say Mack - in your recent post (#180) I basically agree with you!
We are coming up to look. As in ANY neighborhood one should view the surrounding areas to see what is there. This may mean going to that neighborhood at night to see if the music is too loud etc.
If you don't - OH WELL! (No offense OP). Maybe you can deal with certain things that you uncover - MAYBE YOU CAN'T. These are the coices one must make in life.
Coming up there we don't expect everything to be perfect. We will, however, try to ascertain what goes on where, what is near our potential new home/neighborhood etc. Can we make a mistake? Of course! but hopefully we will have done our due diligence and we will be happy.
I have gotten some good information from this forum. A lot of questions have been answered and some answers have led to some confusion on my part. I do feel that some people do come on here to vent their frustrations. Maybe they just need to get it off their chest. Who knows.
NO PLACE IS PERFECT! However, IF and I repeat IF my wife and I love what we see when we come up there then we will start to "speak in FROG!"