Cybe has summed up the area pretty well.
I lived at the corner of Maize and Garden for 5 years from 2006-2011. I still own that house, one beside it, and a duplex in the area. It's not a bad area really, but I won't buy any more property there, because taxes are out of control, schools suck, and the police really don't investigate "minor" crimes which leads to lots of minor crimes.