<p>I don’t think it is necessary to AVOID Utica. Yes it is a depressed city, but for a hotel stay for a night or a week, if you are going to and fom campus it is a good location. The route between campus and downtown Utica is quick (remember I’m from a large city) and all the shopping is close by also. As I am not a Bed & Breakfast kind of gal, I would stay at the Radisson again in a heartbeat. The rooms were newly redone, the bedding is nice with the sleep number beds and down comforters, and the buffet even filled up my husband!</p>