Columbia vs. NYU

Take3
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:07:23 +0000

bdl108:

Nice campus in a so so neighborhood.



Columbia’s neighborhood, Morningside Heights, is actually quite nice. I’ve been there quite a bit. Even late at night, I’ve never had problems there.

It’s just that it’s not in the “city”. But most New Yorkers don’t get to live in the “city”. It’s normal in New York to live in upper Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens or even New Jersey and have to ride the subway into the city.

If you go north of Columbia’s campus, you’re in Harlem. Even Harlem isn’t that dangerous nowadays. And you don’t have to go there unless you want to. You may want to. It’s an interesting place.



bdl108:

Also, NYU is a 15 minute subway ride away from Wall Street, while Columbia’s probably an hour or so.



I commuted to the Wall Street area from even farther up Manhattan than Morningside Heights. Even that didn’t take an hour. Taking the subway from Morningside Heights to Wall Street would probably take only 40 minutes.