Neighborhood Classification Question.

[Steve Kim]

How do you determine what is a "war zone"? When researching a neighborhood I've been using Trulia's crime heat map, but even if its green the types of crime in an area are violent. My guess is Trulia uses volume as a criteria and maybe not the types of crimes. So, how do you experts evaluate if it's a class D or class C neighborhood without living there? I've driven in some neighborhoods and they seem fine, but in Chicago it's really street by street where places are "safe". How do you experienced people choose the neighborhood classification without personally living there?