I could not wait for my lease to end. If you have a maintenance problem you can NEVER talk to a human being. You have to leave a message and maybe someone will get back to you a few days later! There was even a unit that did not have heat for two WEEKS in the dead of winter! They will come into your apartment whenever they want if they decide they need to "fix" something, with no advance notice. I suppose it's not too noisy--but I was not in a building with dogs. Being relatively quiet and cheap is the only advantage. Safety is good--nothing ever happened. I never saw the police or fights or anything like that. Snow plowing in the winter is a pain in the butt because the lot is too small for them to do a decent job. If it's all you can afford suck it up and go for it but of course it's no luxury deal!