A few more questions for current students =)

unalove
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:13:27 +0000

Yes I have traveled in these “unsafe” areas by foot. I’ve done so with a group, at an hour where we were not the only ones on the street, and nothing has happened to me. That’s not to say that these neigborhoods are hermetically sealed… it’s just that where I was (Cottage Grove and 63rd to catch the Green Line) was in the coverage area of the UCPD.

I mean, most of these neighborhoods are not going to be travel destinations for you. If there’s something you want to go to, it will most likely be in an area where you won’t be “unsafe.” (Quotation marks because I know more people who were held at gunpoint on the Upper East Side than I know people who were held at gunpoint here in Hyde Park).

Drugs…? Alcohol is plentiful, and I’d say pot varies. Some of my friends smoke very occasionally (about once a quarter), some smoke once a week, some people I know smoke multiple times a week. Some don’t smoke at all. Most of my friends either don’t smoke at all or smoke very occasionally, but I don’t know what holds true for University students as a whole.

I haven’t heard about coke/heroin. I don’t think those are the habits you want to take away from college…