Parking at UNC

ldmom06
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:06:41 +0000

re: higher crime area. I think you must be talking about Carrboro, but I wouldn’t call it a high crime area. Pretty tame actually. It has more of a earthy ‘granola’ feel than the ‘million dollar’ drive coming into the UNC campus on Franklin from I-40. My d feels quite comfortable there actually (again, she is from Houston, so crime and safety are all relative…)

Just my 2 cents, but it is very difficult and can be downright frustrating to drive a car in the UNC campus area; the roads are narrow (historic hamlet thing) and pedestrians have the right of way. But, if having the car is strictly for commuting home on the weekends and your d doesn’t mind having to catch a bus to get to her car, go for it. (I wouldn’t encourage a freshman to make tooooo many visits home though…delays the ‘plate-breaking’ process.)