<p>My daughter is a junior at SLU. I would have to agree with the above descriptions. The campus is beautiful and very safe, but the adjacent areas are rather sketchy, especially north, south and east of campus. On the other hand, there really isn’t anything located in those directions that students would want or need. </p>
<p>The area to the west leads up to Forest Park and just past that is Wash U. Walking in groups in daylight hours is relatively safe in that direction. Also, SLU provides shuttle busses on the weekends that take the students to the Galleria Mall in Brentwood, Target, a grocery chain, etc.</p>