I've delivered a lot of pizza in that area to say this. The apartments in that area are super hit and miss but none are anything great. The neighborhood itself isn't as bad as it's made out to be. If you want to find something in that area there's apartments off Exposition that I'd say are better. You can also go further up into Arden and find better places as well. All the main roads in the area move fairly quick and you wouldn't be adding a ton to your commute