Are these the worst neighborhoods in San Antonio?

Cable-Westwood: Overall "livability" score - 61

Crime: The estimated crime index is 46% higher than the San Antonio average. Education: 61.4% completed high school compared to 76.9% for the city. Housing: Median home price was $63,820 compared to $113,100 for the city. less Cable-Westwood: Overall "livability" score - 61

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For all the good stories about San Antonio -- the rankings, successes and top 10 lists -- there are significant challenges facing the city's under-served areas.

We reviewed San Antonio neighborhoods on AreaVibes.com, a neighborhood rating site that crunches several categories of data to assign each area a "livability" score, and generated a list of what are the worst neighborhoods in San Antonio, according to the data.

These neighborhoods represent much of the core of the city and they need help.

Click through to see the worst-rated neighborhoods in San Antonio and get a quick look at why they scored the way they did.

AreaVibes weighs seven categories and each of the nighborhoods featured on this list scored high in amenities, cost of living and weather. But strikingly low figures in other areas like crime, education, employment and housing did significant damage to each neighborhood's final rating.

The crime index in these neighborhoods tended to be much higher than the city average, and high school graduation rates, while low compared to the city average, in some cases were dumbfounding.

But these areas aren't stuck.

There are community members, local groups and councilmembers working to help make a difference in these neighborhoods.

East Side neighborhoods also stand to benefit from the federal Promise Grants that were awarded this year, and on the West Side organizations like the Guadalupe Cultural Center are helping to stimulate addiditonal ecucational opportunities.

If you are from these communities then this story needs your voice. We know that there are as many positive stories in these neighborhoods are there are negative, so please share them.

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