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besides the safety issue, is there any other reason why you wouldnt want to live close to campus, forfeiting more friends, more study help, and saving gas ($3.00/gal at the cheapest…ummm yeah :p) amongst many other things? and the safety issue’s been addressed by someone with experience there…</p>
<p>traffic anywhere going away from the core of Downtown is almost definitely stop and go or syrupy at best for several hours a day, and most likely it would be during the times of day you would have to drive to get there. even surface streets get busy.</p>