If it was just me, I would absolutely take Miller up on his offer of getting paid to live next to gang members.
Since you’ve now brought illegal immigrants into the conversation, I might as well mention that when I lived in one of the scary cities, I actually lived in the Hispanic area (who mostly kept to themselves), and about 2 blocks away from some seriously high-crime areas. Obviously there is always risk, but as I’ve said previously, there is far less risk of something happening to you or your family if you’re not a gang member or buying/selling drugs (although of course innocent family members can fall victim because of what their family is involved in). Me personally I never had any issues when I lived there, in fact my worst neighbor was the WT next door.