I'd say hop in the car and have dinner up in the NE and then do some cruising around blocks/neighbourhoods you're seeing listings/value in. See how safe you feel and what the neighbourhood is actually like during the evenings.
I have friends in the NE and there are some areas I feel perfectly safe in, and other's that seem a little sketchier after dark.
Or to put that in more PC terms, there's neighbourhoods I could see myself living in, and others I could not.
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