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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Please! I said that both schools are in a safe neighborhood and the freakin' PC police come in shouting racism.

Get a damn life.

If you have an issue with people committing crimes and gangs making neighborhoods unsafe, take it up with them. Don't bother me and others who simply prefer to stay away from those areas. And just so you know? When I was growing up, lily white South Boston was not so great either.

Now let those of us who want to discuss colleges get back to it. Take the race police elsewhere.[/quote]

It can be dangerous relying on your perceptions. According to Business Insider which relied on FBI crime data, Vanderbilt is (or was in 2012 anyway) the 5th most dangerous college in America:

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-colleges-in-america-2012-11#5-vanderbilt-university-21

The Daily Beast, in 2010, found it somewhat safer, ranking it the 46th most dangerous:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/09/13/most-dangerous-colleges-2010.html#slide46

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Relying on the police reports in not perception. Help yourself to a more recent crime map:  http://ucrime.com/tn/vanderbilt+university

Exactly what I would expect from the area.

Oh and a recent rape case was especially interesting, considering she initially denied it. Very typical for a college campus.

http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5976/20131204/vanderbilt-alleged-rape-victim-initially-denies-assaulted-football-players.htm

And frankly? I'm not really interested in rape cases on campus - stupid drunk girls are easily victimized. Does it make it right? No. Does it make it preventable? Absolutely. The type of crime I am interested in, is where, for instance,  a girl who is sober, purposefully drugged, and not walking alone at night, etc. is victimized.

Crime can be prevented using street-smarts.

Now walk around Vanderbilt's neighborhoods at night, then walk around UPenn or USC. See what happens.  Pull those statistics.[/quote]

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