It is difficult to say where is the best place to live.Because the best place is that upscale or nice and safe?
The expensive quarters are: Paramaribo-Center, Paramaribo-Noord, Brokopondolaan. The rent is high.
If you don't like the drive, there are taxi's and local buses driving eveyrwhere, but with the best connections will be the center, and north of Paramaribo.
You can have a look on google for the high of the rent but if you are coming to Suriname, [Moderated: no free ad]