Ugly but excellent

45_Percenter
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:14:59 +0000

slecman:

UPenn - I know 3 people who have been mugged/beaten up in the vicinity around Penn - it’s a dangerous area.

The Penn campus and its immediately surrounding area are pretty safe (and, in response to the OP’s original question, are also quite attractive). If you go several blocks in the wrong direction, however, it’s a different story. The vast majority of Penn students never go those areas, and statistically it is extremely rare for a Penn student to be the victim of violent crime.

As previously mentioned, at most schools in heavily urban areas (Penn, Columbia, Chicago, Yale, etc.), the students generally know which areas to avoid.