Good news if your home owner insurance is with Allstate

California insurance regulators have ordered Allstate Insurance Co. to cut rates for homeowners coverage by an average of 28.5 percent, representing a savings of $255 million for policyholders.

Allstate customers would save an average of $242 per policy per year, state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said in a news release Thursday.

Not safe neighborhoods in SF Bay Area

. East Palo Alto
. Area in East San Jose
. Some neighborhoods in and near Berkeley
. Oakland
. Richmond (oil refineries and crime rate)

Not nice neighborhoods in Seattle area

From a post at Yahoo and other sources:

North Seattle avoid Aurora Ave. within the general vicinity. Alot of cheap motels, pawn shops, etc... used to be a hot spot for drugs and prostitution been cleaned up in the past few years none the less still a seedy area.

Central Seattle or Central District this area has changed in the past 10 to 15 years from a low income area to middle class area due to gentrification still some seedy areas along 23rd Ave.

West Seattle avoid anything in the general vicinity of Delridge Way heading toward White Center and also South Park

South Seattle avoid the general vicinity of Rainer Ave/Columbia City

Renton - near Wal-Mart

Lynnwood