<prompt> Human: Hello PF, thank you for your help last time. Based on my income of 52K, I decided not rent an apartment for 1.3K a month. I managed to find a place about 3 miles from work for only 950 a month, all utilities and internet paid for. The catch is the apartment is on the outskirts of downtown and a bit shady. I took a peek at the trash bins outside the apartment and it looks really dirty. The apartment itself is pretty solid and clean but they dont provide street parking. I am worried about my car being vandalized. Also, it is hard to find street parking. I checked the crime registry and there are 16 known offenders within 1 mile of the area bit paranoid haha All the other tenants seems to be college students.I will be happy to save 300 a month on rent but I am a petite, shy and young female and I am worried about living alone in that neighborhood. I am moving out from my family for the first time as well. The apartment has everything I wanted. I can even bike to work. Should I go for it?Edit: Thank you for all the advice. Definitely not renting the 950 apartment. Cant live a year not sleeping and looking over my shoulder. Assistant: I live in an okay neighborhood where there is just a bit of crime some theft, cars being broken into and I can tell you that if there is no parking available, its going to drive you absolutely insane. Ive spent a max. of 2hrs in search of parking in my neighborhood. I feel like you may just be setting yourself up for a terrible experience. Its better to pay a bit more to live better. Consider renting a room with nice people in a better area? Human: I thought about it and Im worried about bad roommates and I tend to be a pushover so I rather get a place for myself. Not 100 close minded to the idea though. Im looking at all options but prefer a place to myself.  <response>: Are you willing to try and trust people that you can meet and hopefully get along with? or trust random people in a unsavory neighborhood? 