Trinity College V Connecticut College?

[Anonymous]

My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

After the Summer of Floyd? It's worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

Yikes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That's horrible. I guess my question is, what about Trinity appeals to students that they're still willing to risk this?

- PP

[Anonymous]

I tried talking about the dangers of some of these areas on a different thread about colleges in Ct. and someone told me that I'd never even been to Ct and was making it up. I actually went to MS and HS in Ct so I know very well that there's dangers.

To the poster asking about equivalent places in DC, its' not the same. These areas in Ct have decades of poverty and drug use behind them, whereas most of DC is cleaned up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That's horrible. I guess my question is, what about Trinity appeals to students that they're still willing to risk this?

- PP

It's a pretty campus that feels cloistered from the bad neighborhood adjacent, and offers good academics and engaged UG teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That is horrible, I am so sorry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That's horrible. I guess my question is, what about Trinity appeals to students that they're still willing to risk this?

- PP

I know a bunch of kids who went there, and none of them ever had anything happen to them. The students probably know where they can go to stay safe. It's not as though you read in the papers about Trinity kids getting murdered or having the shit kicked out of them.

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Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That's horrible. I guess my question is, what about Trinity appeals to students that they're still willing to risk this?

- PP

I know a bunch of kids who went there, and none of them ever had anything happen to them. The students probably know where they can go to stay safe. It's not as though you read in the papers about Trinity kids getting murdered or having the shit kicked out of them.

Of course not. But like I said, even my child could tell it wasn't a safe area.

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Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That's horrible. I guess my question is, what about Trinity appeals to students that they're still willing to risk this?

- PP

I know a bunch of kids who went there, and none of them ever had anything happen to them. The students probably know where they can go to stay safe. It's not as though you read in the papers about Trinity kids getting murdered or having the shit kicked out of them.

Of course not. But like I said, even my child could tell it wasn't a safe area.

Its the same reason Johns Hopkins is off our list. Terrible location.

[Anonymous]

New London isn’t idyllic but the campus makes up for it - being on the water is a definite serotonin boost.

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Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That's horrible. I guess my question is, what about Trinity appeals to students that they're still willing to risk this?

- PP

I know a bunch of kids who went there, and none of them ever had anything happen to them. The students probably know where they can go to stay safe. It's not as though you read in the papers about Trinity kids getting murdered or having the shit kicked out of them.

Of course not. But like I said, even my child could tell it wasn't a safe area.

Its the same reason Johns Hopkins is off our list. Terrible location.

I went to Trinity. It is in a bad location - campus has always seemed safe, but even a block off campus can be very unsafe. As a result, the campus is very cloistered, which reinforces a lot of what is worst about the traditional Trinity student body.

I live adjacent to Johns Hopkins. It is in a very good location and quite safe. To say it is in a terrible location reflects either a misunderstanding of where the Homewood campus is located or a reflexive fear of cities that is not based in reality or data.

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Anonymous wrote:My godfather lived on Zion St (adjacent to campus) his whole life and when he was 72 he was mugged by his front steps and beaten to the point he was in a coma for weeks and never fully recovered. This was in 2006. I honestly don’t know if it’s better or worse in the area now.

That's horrible. I guess my question is, what about Trinity appeals to students that they're still willing to risk this?

- PP

I know a bunch of kids who went there, and none of them ever had anything happen to them. The students probably know where they can go to stay safe. It's not as though you read in the papers about Trinity kids getting murdered or having the shit kicked out of them.

Of course not. But like I said, even my child could tell it wasn't a safe area.

Its the same reason Johns Hopkins is off our list. Terrible location.

I went to Trinity. It is in a bad location - campus has always seemed safe, but even a block off campus can be very unsafe. As a result, the campus is very cloistered, which reinforces a lot of what is worst about the traditional Trinity student body.

I live adjacent to Johns Hopkins. It is in a very good location and quite safe. To say it is in a terrible location reflects either a misunderstanding of where the Homewood campus is located or a reflexive fear of cities that is not based in reality or data.

I live in Los Angeles and come from London. I love cities. That part of Baltimore, which I visited many times as a patient at Hopkins was one of the most horrific things I've ever witnessed in terms of human depravity and poverty.

[Anonymous]

We visited Trinity a few weeks ago. The campus is beautiful. DD really liked it. But the immediate surroundings are scary. Tour guide said he felt that the area "got a bad rap," but I think it's fully deserved. I would not feel comfortable walking outside those gates, let alone my 18-year old.

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Anonymous wrote:New London isn’t idyllic but the campus makes up for it - being on the water is a definite serotonin boost.

Not Conn College, but we agreed to the USCGA across the street in part because it's gated.