E. Locust Ave in E Germantown

Looking for some advice as I contemplate moving My family of 7 to E Germantown.

I was born in Germantown, moved to Detroit at 5 and am now 37 with 5 kids. We live in metro detroit and I hate it.

My Aunt still owns the home I was born in which is a GORGEOUS turn of the century twin on E Locust Ave. She is aging and is begging me to buy it and I emotionally wanted to instantly. BUT …

Please help me bc I am clueless about the area in terms of

1. SAFETY, specifically on this block. The last time I visited in 2011 we walked to the train station and while it looked a bit run down in some spots in the hood i felt safe. My aunt has only had 1 attempted break in since moving there in 1980.

2 SCHOOLS, the local elemnatary; MLK, looks like it’s pretty awful. What are the charter/private options?

3 COMMUNITY, trulia shows a 72 for walk ability, but to what? Are there markets and decent parks in the area? Part of my wanting to leave/hating metro Detroit is the lack of wall ability unless you want to live in a cookie cutter suburb which I do not.

I’ve read a lot of subs on here and can see the area kind of varies block to block. I basically want to be able to walk my dog, go to the park, take the train to Philly without feeling unsafe. Is it possible in this area?

Thank you!!