<p>One thing that really worries me about Cal is that upperclassmen are forced to find housing off campus, and many times reasonably priced housing is more than just a ‘stone’s throw’ away. I stay up late working, and Oakland/Berkeley didn’t seem like the safest place to me at night. So, what do you do when it’s late, you were at the library and you need to get home? Is it a problem? Should I be worrying about this?</p>
<p>there are many services that UCPD provides that helps you to be safe at nite. i could explain them all here, but they’re all on the UCPD website.</p>
<p><a href=“http://police.berkeley.edu/programsandservices/campus_safety/index.html[/url]”>http://police.berkeley.edu/programsandservices/campus_safety/index.html</a></p>
<p>so Bearwalk and the Night Safety Shuttle are very good services at night…the services are there and it’s up to you to use them.</p>
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<p>What I get out of this is that you prefer to live in the residence halls for all 4 years. If you are willing to spend as much money on off campus housing as you do for on-campus housing, you can find some really nice places. Check into the luxury apartments owned by Library Gardens and Equity.</p>
<p>Also, Wada and Channing Bowditch are reserved for upper division students and owned by the university. Look into that (about $8-900 for a double each person).</p>
<p>About safety: I wasn’t afraid of walking alone at night my freshmen year with my $2000 laptop. i’ve done that many many times. But lately my friends have been mugged at night and now I’m getting scared too due to their experiences. Bearwalk is good, although it was quite funny when my friend told me he called and a short uniformed girl escorted him.</p>
<p>Students are not forced to find off-campus housing- they choose to do so. I haven’t heard of any student that tried to live on campus for all years and wasn’t able to do so.</p>
<p>Alright - thanks.</p>
<p>Not a lot live on campus for all four years. Trust me, you don’t want to live on campus for four years; a lot of people move out to apartments after their freshmen year.</p>
<p>Just FYI, all transfers who are admitted in Fall are guaranteed housing for their first year there.</p>
<p>Whats so scary about berkeley at night??? I used to walk home from visiting friends at foothill at like 3am, 4am in the morning all the time. I used to walk from foothill to the units and foothill to my apartment way down on university, so there shouldnt be anything to be afraid of.</p>
<p>Berkeley is in an urban setting, so the problems that are present in other cities like New York and Atlanta are present here as well. Just like you shouldn’t walk around by yourself at night in those places, you shouldn’t do it here either. People come to Berkeley from the surrounding areas of Richmond and Oakland as well as Downtown Berkeley itself with the intention of stealing someone’s property or money, possibly using force. Unfortunately, that is something that has become almost a part of the Berkeley experience since pretty much everyone knows someone who has been robbed or has been robbed him or herself. However, taking the correct precautions like walking in groups or using the services UCPD provides helps ensure that you don’t have to experience that side of Berkeley. Although some individuals have never had problems with safety, safety is still something that you should be aware of because it’s a very real problem on and around this campus.</p>
<p>use some effing common sense u white-washed pansies. if you’re that anal about studying late and wanting to walk home alone @ 2am on a weekday, carry some mace or something. Berkeley’s not the forbidden forest, there’s not lions and tigers and bears everywhere.</p>
<p>white-washed?</p>
<p>hey punkdedeus…
Have u ever got robbed at Berkeley before? Because from what I heard from my friends and people, people got robbed quite often. Berkeley is not a forbidden forest, but it is not a safe place… I hate the settings… Bums everywhere… down telegraphs kids dressed up as gangster, walked like gangster… ready to attack people… So personally for me, I would be really scared if I am going somewhere dark, especially the south side after 11. I really hope the the UCPD and the Berkeley Police would get rid of those trash and put them in the trash can…</p>
<p>dood, i got a solution for you…don’t walk southside alone at night…or carry some mace.</p>
<p>the homeless people won’t bother you if u don’t bother them. and either way, there’s common sense…walk with some balls, stay in well lit areas, telegraph at night isn’t that scary, stick around blondies and top dog, there’s always a crowd, or…get this…call bear walk. there’s plenty of options if you’re afraid. </p>
<p>And who’s to say that some cats on the street are “ready to attack people” that’s a virulent assumption, grow up and chill out. bad **** happens, sure, but you’ll lower your chance of any sort of harm coming to you if you use some common sense. Berkeley’s no different than ANY urban area, it’s much safer than oakland, even much safer than parts of my ritzy home town (pasadena, ca).</p>
<p>i’ve walked around campus and berkeley alone late at night, and i’ve never felt threatened. hell, i stumbled upon a homeless guy smoking a spliff late at night and partook with him. I’ve wandered all over campus with friends late at night, and have only encountered funny stories.</p>
<p>It just takes common sense, confidence, and some smarts to get used to an urban environment. If you don’t like it, go to some college in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>Also, i see very few people late night on telegraph, during the day, I love the strange characters everywhere, that’s what makes Berkeley unique, and special. tie-dye street vendors, incense makers. Reminds me of the way berkeley once was and hopefully is again, a center for counter-culture and creativity, free from squares who constantly fear for their lives.</p>
<p>yah i know people who’ve been robbed, everyone does, **** happens, but **** happens everywhere.</p>