<p>“Best of luck to all of you Trojans…in your own little world…SHELTERED…because you have to be.”</p>
<p>so this a person who means no offense? what is it with people and forums when they pretend they are not petty but then say stuff like this.</p>
<p>anyhow, if you say USC is in “south central” i have doubts that you’re from or have been to LA, either that are you’re part of some sort of questionable rivalry and use it as “ammo”.</p>
<p>USC’s area is ever improving, but at the moment it is not pretty. USC’s main problem is the people living in the surrounding area, they are very unhappy with what USC would “like” to do to the area, but they just about have the power to do it.</p>
<p>but in the end alot of schools are in bad areas. USC is not in watts or compton or anything like that though and that is south central. USC is just south of downtown and that is most definetly not south central, heck is isnt even really east LA yet (albeit not west either).</p>
<p>in the end it’s people who have issue with USC that most like to talk about the bad area or use it for catcalling, when it’s the people that actually go there that for the most part could/should complain about it.</p>
<p>and again other schools have this issue, Columbia is in the city just like USC is. Yes, in New York the public transit system is great so you dont need a car to go someplace cool, but you still need to “go” there, and that still takes a while, just like someone who goes to SC. In LA you simply need a car, even as a UCLA student it is highly reccomended to have vehicular transport. Granted with USC it’s a bit more important LA is LA, but USC’s situation overall is not wholly unique, alot of top schools deal with this same issue.</p>
<p>and i dont know where to find good high res photos of USC, i’m sure they’re on the website somewhere though.</p>