I ' m a block from Prairieland , Stan ' s , and Mac ' s , been here for 5 years . Bought the house because it was cheap and on the east side . It ' s been fine , even during the Ex . I ' d say it ' s worse during Folk Fest and that awful EDM festival that ' s been put on the last few summers at Diefanbaker , lots of dickheads throwing trash around , but relatively harmless . On the other hand , it ' s awesome for folk fest as you can easily walk to the pavilions daily . One of our cars has been gone through a few times parked in our driveway it ' s been unlocked while my car parked on the dark street has never been touched locked . It ' s a beautiful area during summer , lots to do and it ' s close to main arteries of the city , I can get pretty much anywhere in less than 15 minutes . It ' s a commonsense area walking down alleys near the bars at midnight , yeah , you ' re probably more likely to get into an altercation than if you were pussyfooting around Willowgrove or Stonebridge . But your neighbours are probably down to earth , and friendly .