Is Philadelphia "unsafe"?

thepopsicle
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:30:12 +0000

I live about 10 minutes out of Philadelphia and visit it very often.

The most I can say about campus security (I’ve been around the campus a lot and was recently accepted) is that I feel quite safe there. There are a lot of those campus security phone booths and the campus itself is in a generally good area. You probably won’t want to be walking around the streets alone late at night, but that can be said about most big cities.

On the other hand, there are several parts of Philadelphia that could be considered unsafe. The area just blocks from Drexel and UPenn isn’t the best neighborhood. If there is one place you want to watch out for, I think it would be North Philadelphia (up around Temple’s campus). That area is notorious for robberies and other crimes.

My best advice about the city would come down to this: Just stay aware of your surroundings and know where and where not to go. This is pretty much true with any large city.

If you want more details, just ask. I’ll be here!