Hermina's place was in a prime location- about a 5 min walk to the T. The surrounding area was safe to walk around at night. There is a couple of fast food spots around for the late night snacks. Make sure that you note that the entire house has 1.5 bathrooms and all the other rooms in the house are also rented as Airbnb rooms so you will be sharing with those travellers as well- we had no problems with this and it all worked out fine!