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There are always good people living in the crime ridden parts of town. Rents are cheap. My posts are not meant to disparage them in any way. My son lived for a year on the south side of Fort Worth because he worked there and had no car. The first night in his apartment near McCart and AltaMesa, there was a drug related murder a few doors down. He was awakened by the sounds of the shotgun. While he lived there, he let his hair grow long and tried to be careful not to wear anything that looked like he might have any money. No one bothered him much, but people regularly knocked on his door trying to sell stolen goods for some drug money.

North side and South side from downtown to the loop aren't much better. I would not meet anyone in any of those areas off craigslist. You could have a nasty surprise waiting or be buying stolen property.

That is a bad part of town. The east side area is where Ft.Worth PD trains their rookies because they will find all manner of crimes there most any day of the week.