theres nagatives and positives to both of those, far from hospitals, joke of a sherriff, people like shelby are ur fire dept. Its fine and dandy and a glass of lemonade until something does go wrong. Even borughs closer to the city are a joke, all they do is write traffic tickets. Trashy crime people are everywhere too espcially small hick places.
the reason why shady side might have a higher crime rate is because its right next to east liberty which is the gateway to the citys shitties places.