<p>We just came back from the Experience Lafayette program and Had an opportunity to explore Easton for the first time after several visits to Lafayette. I have seen that periodically when Lafayette comes up on the message boards that someone inevitably talks about Easton being a little “sketchy.” Now that I’ve seen the city all I can think is that the posters who have described it as “sketchy” must live in Katonah, NY, Summit, NJ, Lake Forest, Ill or other such insular (an upscale) community.</p>
<p>True, Easton has some worn at the heels neighborhoods, and among the residents are some low-income families and minorities. I don’t think I’d necessarily want my daughter wandering around city centre at 2 am either. But the same could be said for Poughkeepsie, New London, New Haven and dozens of other post-industrial college towns. On balance Easton appears to offer a lot to those students who go looking for it, either downtown or on College Hill, and as long as normal safety precautions are taken a student should be fine. Its not like we’re talking about the mean streets of Morningside Heights or Cambridge after all.</p>