Washington University in St. Louis - Area Immediately Around Campus

Rating	Posted By	Comment
4 - Very Good	jsm1ley August 12 2012	There's a park literally across the street from campus with free attractions. The other surrounding areas are pretty much residential. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	beadymom July 20 2012	Very nice and safe looking. Forest Park immediately to the North with lots of attractions for free (zoo, museum, planetarium). Restaurant/entertainment district within walking area. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	missmbv April 01 2012	Walked to a shopping/eating area and visited the nearby Forest Park area, which had a great art museum and zoo, both free. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	six360 February 21 2012	Everything is set up to cater to the University even though WUSTL is in a big city. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	MrAPMan August 24 2011	Like the Hyde Park of Chicago [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	noimagination April 02 2011	Clayton is the nicest neighborhood in STL proper. Forest Park is a great place too. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	ACtheLight September 09 2010	Forest park is right across the street! [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	finnah September 02 2010	Forest Park (a huge park bigger than central park with a zoo, museums, and more), the loop (a few blocks of restaurants, movies, etc., within walking distance), and downtown st. louis! [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	givings August 07 2010	The park next door looks like fun, and the Clayton area is quite pretty. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	FallenAngel9 June 09 2010	There is a lot to do and see in the area. Downtown StL (Arch, etc) is only minutes away, and Forest Park is great also. If you can find transportation, Six Flags StL is only about 45 mins away too. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	cosine45 April 10 2010	Wash U is located just outside of St. Louis in an affluent suburb called Clayton. The neighborhoods around the campus are VERY wealthy, many of the houses are ginormous and have three levels. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	sixstring91 April 09 2010	Really nice homes with really nice cars (caddies, BMWs, Lexes) [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	VeggieMonster February 04 2010	Went down to the loop which is just a short bus ride away from WUSTL. It was awesome: lots of cool shops, an old-fashioned movie theater, and ethnic restaurants. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	IvanKaramozov January 01 2010	A number of parks surround the campus, which makes for an enjoyable place for biking or walking. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	Okashii December 30 2009	The Loop, which is a quick walk from campus, is a great place to go after class or on the weekends. There is also a bus stop and a subway stop right outside the doors of some of the dorms. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	applicannot September 27 2009	I didn't actually go off campus, but WashU is surrounded on three sides by residential areas and then by Forest Park - bigger than Central Park with tons of free stuff. Then there's The Lo [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	TheAscendancy July 01 2009	Somewhat difficult to navigate, but overall nice attractions and plenty of things to do. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	HereToSucceed92 April 08 2009	The Loop (the popular area for students) was right around the corner and had great food and shopping. Forest Park was right across the street and WASHU students get free admission to the zoo, park, et [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	xlifeforgod March 21 2009	Not too much to do. But the park is amazing. Free art museum, history museum, and zoo. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	dadd March 10 2009	The loop is a few blocks away and an easy walk. Lots of sidewalk eateries and businesses for college kids to enjoy. Metro is free to students and is steps away to reach ALL of St. Louis attractions. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	beyond_stressed February 27 2009	Safe, residential suburb neighborhood. There could be more stores and shops around the campus, but the campus has so much already it's not very needed. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	hookem168 November 11 2008	Didn't get a chance to explore, but "The Loop" is supposedly fantastic. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	obeythecougar July 25 2008	Shopping are is everything you'd want. Plenty of bars, shops, restaurants you name it. Forest Park is all free, it's way bigger than Central Park, and it borders campus. Seriously, it has it [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	pmrlcomm July 13 2008	Not much to do immediately adjacent to campus. Forest Park is the exception. Very nice. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	chezdan27 July 02 2008	Right next to campus is Forest Park, which is one of the countries largest public parks and is loaded with free stuff to do (science museum, zoo, etc) [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	inthemistylight June 26 2008	I only ever saw the park, and i like parks [View Full Report]
3 - Good	spazattack March 17 2008	The area around campus isn't too exciting compared to New York. We didn't go down the loop but we drove around the village and some small bistros. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	jgladiator January 21 2008	Clayton is not anything close to my opinion of St.Louis. It's like a small city by itself. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	sanjenferrer November 23 2007	"The Loop" area has everything a college student could need. If not, you could easily take the Metro to Wal-Mart or Downtown St. Louis w/ your free train/bus pass. [View Full Report]
	PhogHawk October 25 2007	I didn't really get to see the area that much, but apparently there's an area called "The Loop" with lots of college-town type restaurants and shops. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	arkitex August 07 2007	Forest Park is nearby - lots of free amenities for those days when you need a break or want some exercise or a museum or the zoo. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	thereugo June 12 2007	They were OK. I didn't really get a chance to look outside of campus. But right next to WashU, I saw a park which I heard was the largest park in the US. There is a zoo i heard..sounds great. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	prestige_factor7 September 17 2006	Seems to be pretty suburban and safe, but I'm not exactly sure. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	Gandalf_GCN August 16 2006	The campus is very self contained, but across the street (literally) is a park bigger than central park and very beautiful. They also just built a metro station on the corner of campus and they give students access to the metro for free! It goes downtow [View Full Report]