What to do?

So our current complex, in which we have rented our townhouse at for the past 4 1/2 years, is not the friendliest area anymore. All of the nice and pleasant people have moved as soon as their leases have expired, so pretty much we are left with questionable people, and there are no children that I trust to allow mine to play with. So we have been in the process of looking for a new rental, would much rather buy, but with John still involved in the hiring process with Michigan State Police it would just be stupid to buy right now, and then receive a placement on the other side of the state.

We have seen a couple of places that would work, and they have a yard, which is a plus for the kids, but their seems to be something with all of them that I am just not so sure about. I can't decide if its just my reluctance to have to do the moving thing for such a short time, or if just really need to stay where we are. We plan on buying a house within a year. So what would you do, would you just stay and suck it up or move even though it may only be for a year?