Best and worst places to live in Columbia SC?

What are the best places to live and the places to avoid in Columbia SC? Commuting time is not a problem with me. I’m particularly trying to avoid areas with high crime rates in the area…

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1. Best way I know how is to check the details and statistics provided by the entities that keep track of those things. Here are the links you need to do your research in: Locating Sex offenders and other felons living in your area http://www.familywatchdog.us/Default.asp DEA Website on methamphetamine homes all states http://searchjustice.usdoj.gov/search?q=National+Clandestine+Laboratory+Register&q=site%3Awww.usdoj.gov%2Fdea&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection Information on any city in the USA: http://www.bestplaces.net/ Information on any school: http://www.greatschools.net/ Rating an apartment (private site) What consumers say about specific apartments throughout the nation http://www.apartmentratings.com/ Law enforcement agencies throughout the US: http://www.usacops.com/ US Census Bureau for real estate information all states: http://www.census.gov/ EPA: Finding out about your local drinking water quality: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html EPA: Drinking water in Schools and Child Care Facilities: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/schools/index.html Those should give you a pretty good sense of the area. Buena Suerte