Apartment poll- cheaper price, bottom floor or a little more expensive, top floor?

Since I’m living on my own next year I’d like a top floor because it’s safer, but the only one they have available has high-vaulted ceilings so it’s 20 dollars more a month and who knows what that would do to the gas bill. There’s only two stories so I don’t even know how much safer the ground level would be. Any input appreciated!
good points– have you ever lived on the ground floor? I was wondering if it was noisy for you.

ground floor, groceries don’t have to go up stairs and quicker out in a fire.