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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top 10 school. Close to DC and far enough away at the same time. Who so little interest?[/quote]

We visited and honestly it looked to be a standard happy campus (kids were milling around, eating together) during the day. What crossed our mind was what happens in the evening. The outside of the campus felt uneasy at night. Also, if you venture off campus towards hampden etc, definitely not a walking comfort zone. [/quote]

Hampden?  That isn’t a high crime area and there are tons of people there at night because of all the restaurants/bars.  I guess you avoid Dupoint Circle?[/quote]

We had a AIRBNB in Hampden and walked to and fro from the Homewood campus. The rowhouses are not all the street with the restaurants. We felt uncomfortable walking in the evening. I would not allow my college kid to walk alone or even with another kid during the night.[/quote]

9pm is not night, 11 or after, kids should not be wondering around by themselves anywhere.

No college kid should be walking alone at night in any city.  Street smarts 101.[/quote]

You need to get out more!! Go visit some of the other cities at 9pm and walk around a one mile radius aeound some of the campuses and then give a lecture.[/quote]

What lecture?  9 is not night for college kids, and kids should not be wandering alone in any city at 11,12, 1 or later.  I also walked with a buddy when out at these hours near Hopkins and never had an issue, even living off campus three years.  I also attended Penn, lived a few blocks from UCLA and spent years living in Washington DC and Boston, so feel like I am pretty well versed in urban living but appreciate your concern.

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