<p>Saying that New Haven is not safe is like saying there are Nazis in South America, or however that line goes from “The Boys From Brazil”. Anyone who has visited New Haven would notice that it is not like Princeton or Cambridge. There are many colleges in neighborhoods that are not so safe. Johns Hopkins has been having some real issues this year, though I considered the area around the school safer than New Haven (apparently not this year). Uof Chicago is in an area where you do have to be careful, though we lived in Hyde Park for years and would often take a stroll to the Co-op Bookstore or the Medici or other restaraunt in the evening. CMU is in Oakland, and the projects are within walking distance, the same for Pitt, they’re right outside of their athletic facility in fact. Again lots of students walking around in the evenings, but you do have to be aware. USC is not in ritziest area of LA, Penn is not in Main Line Philly, the list goes on. But one of the most shocking murders that occurred in the last few years at a college was the double murder of the professors at Dartmouth, one of the safest colleges in the country! You always need to take precautions whereever you live.</p>