<p>drdom,</p>
<p>Sorry about your mugging, but S. Bronx is not Hyde Park. </p>
<p>Safety comes up during many discussions, and is part of frequent briefings because UofC is (cough cough) a college campus. You might have noticed over the years that college campuses tend to have naive students attending and rather nasty types that want to prey on these students. It is not just an urban college thing, although the risks might be slightly higher in urban campuses. So, I guess we agree on something: “the problem is not an isolated one”!</p>
<p>BTW, you might be surprised to learn of the problems that crop up north of the Midway. Like most other urban environments, drug dealing, gangs and other problems are quite mobile, but not frequent (unless one is looking for something?)</p>