@Geordy Rostad she was just lucky it wasnt a block house. 

In regard to items blocking defects (furniture hiding a hole in the wall for instance). 

I also grew up pretty poor in a town run by a major gang (shout out Fresno, California), so I have a strong functioning understanding of "rough" sides of town -- I know when a street is run by a gang, or when it's just a bunch of poor but wholesome families trying to get through their day, and how that can change from block to block.

It’s 2 blocks from city hall and the police station. 

If that is not the description, then you probably have a D area (where there's a boarded up building in every block or every other block). 

Sometimes even one block can make a huge difference.

That's money down the drain if you don't exercise your option. 

The area is about 2 blocks from the incoming Worcester Red Sox stadium coming in.

One block is run down, the next is Class B+, then back to C and back to B+ with some A class spots sprinkled in.

As you probably already know, Philly is a block by block city, and the Elmwood section certainly confirms this.