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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]USC is in the middle of South Central LA.  I bet the mom will be calling the girl every night to make sure she's OK. [/quote]

I would advise her not to wander off campus. There have been some tragic incidents. Even in broad daylight.[/quote]

L.A. poster here.  Please do not worry this striving, Fairfax County family by posting the worst about our dear city.  It is true that you should be careful and aware of your surroundings in L.A., as in any large metropolitan area (including Washington, DC).  This young woman will expand her horizons worlds beyond her safe, and relatively homogenous upbringing in lovely Fairfax County, VA.  Her years at USC, apart from the strong academics of her specialized program, will be an education in itself in living in one of the most diverse, multi-cultural, socio-economically varied, and artistically-minded cities in this country.  Welcome to Los Angeles, and congratulations on your accomplishment.

(One further note.  My children, former PVS swimmers, now swim under Southern California Swimming.  Two or three times a year we attend swim meets in the Olympic facility adjacent to the Coliseum.   On these occasions, I will give my children money and permit them to walk, by themselves or with friends, in their meet downtime to a strip of restaurants adjacent to the USC campus.  If my pre-teens and teenagers can navigate the USC surrounds carefully but safely, I am sure that this young woman will be fine.  It is a good lesson in living in the "real world", where not everyone is affluent and not everything is "safe" at all times.)[/quote]

^ Westwood (UCLA) is nice; USC is located in a ghetto.  I'd be very careful walking around there.[/quote]

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