I was just on the phone with my 18 year old freshman daughter. She was walking from campus to her sorority house (the same one as the poster above) while we talked. And I asked her… as a teen who grew up in the Florida suburbs, have you ever felt unsafe there in and around campus within that urban environment? Her reply was, while sort of laughing… “nope… of course not… at least nowhere within the DPS area”. She added that she does not even think of it as strictly urban. Its just mainly a lower to middle class residential area that is sort of a urban hybrid… comprised of homes, apartment buildings and businesses serving the local community. She added… “compared to some of the colleges you made me consider, this place is idyllic”.
All my other thoughts on this topic of location/safety were already stated within…
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/2045839-usc-location-p1.html