$604/month? I honestly don't know anywhere in town a family of 4 could safely live on that, unless it's some little depressed midwest farming town. If your looking for a "safe" neighborhood, not California, not even Arizona or Nevada, I'm sure almost no where on the East Coast.
LOLOLOL! I'm rolling on the floor! I live very nicely on a very similar budget but I guess I live in one of those "little depressed midwest farming towns" so what would a hillbilly like ME know???????????????
Oh, I know! I live in very safe community where I can actually send my children to a safe and GOOD public school. I also know that the COL is low so I can afford a modest quality home without paying half a million for it! I also know that I live within the midst of many good, honest, hard workers that don't care so much about what kind of car the Joneses drive.
Hmmmm. I guess I DO know a few things, even though I live in a little depressed midwest farming town
Stepping down off of my soapbox now....