apartment.search.

I'm moving in september. Nowhere big, still in the boston area, but I'm moving in with (hopefully) two friends. We'll be the perfectly matched roommates (which means they're both flexible enough to let me be stubborn and inflexible), so I'm excited for it to work out. I've been scanning craigslist to get an idea of what's out there, even though everything that's available is for may 1st, not september. We're pretty flexible on where we live. As long as it's safe and there's parking, we're happy. The tricky thing is that there are a bunch of areas I don't know at all. Somerville, for example. I know that there are sketchy parts, and I know that there are cool parts. I just don't know what's where. Same goes for cambridge, charlestown, and, to lesser degrees, malden and medford. Pretty much anything that's north of the charles. I've got the areas south of the river down pat, I just need a little inside info on the rest. So any of you who can shed some light on these places- please let me know. I'd hate to end up living in a crack house.