International Village/ Ruggles

neuchimie
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:48:25 +0000

Orange line can be sketchy riding it really late at night, but no one really does that unless they are with someone else. IV picks up their packages at Columbus, not Speare. Nearest CVS is the same CVS as the rest of campus uses, on Mass Ave, which is about 15 min walk depending on your speed. But Columbus/Tremont have a bunch of small grocery places to pick up essentials when needed. While you shouldn’t do it alone at night, walking south of campus is safe until you get past Washington, where it can turn a bit sketchy. Some people don’t like walking past Tremont without a large group, but I (a girl) have never had a problem and I know a lot of people who live in apartments in the Washington/Tremont stretch of Mass Ave that feel safe at all hours.

Seriously don’t be worried about IV. The way I look at it is this: if you feel scared living in IV because you have to walk on Columbus to get packages or walk 15/20 minutes to get packages or have to go through a train station at night (not saying you are, but if so) then you probably shouldn’t be moving to a city in the first place. Boston is remarkably safe, but if you aren’t comfortable doing simple living activities in a relatively safe area, then you won’t do well in a city at all. Yeah Ruggles is a little weird after 11 pm, but I promise you that at least once in your undergraduate career in Boston, you will have to wait for the last train at 12:45 am in some creepy station far away, quite possibly by yourself.

And stock up on all of your CVS essentials at Target when your parents have their car with them.