I feel very bad for the nice area way west of the Northern Lights/Minnesota intersection, but the neighborhood near that Carrs is a really terrible place and I don't know anyone in the better neighborhoods that actually shop there.  Homeless beggars at every intersection within a mile radius and cheap apartments and ratty rentals abound.  It's an area that needs renovation soon or it is going to become worse than Mountain View.  I feel for you all in Anchorage because that entire city is going down hill very quickly.