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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read the random violent crime out of New Orleans targeting wealthy tourists and rich kids... no chance would I send my kid down there to drink for four years.[/quote]

DD just finished freshman year at Tulane. Had a great year and sure didn't spend the year drinking. Kids whose priority is partying will do it ANYWHERE. [/quote]

Immediate family member went there and I have friends who live not too far from campus in NOLA today.

Crime is ridiculous. I have had multiple stories of violence and attempted violence relayed to me. You cannot understand, really, until you spend material time there.

Read:  college girl waking up in the middle of the night with an intruder hovering over her bed looking for cash
Read:  drug dealers taking baseball bats to a dozen cars near off campus housing, because some frat boy owed someone $$$
Read:  robberies in broad daylight as you're walking home from lunch 
Read:  murder on your street corner where houses cost $1M+

All of this is ON TOP of more typical college dangers like date rape, drugs, and binge drinking.

Well, my DD just spent a year there and doesn't know what you are talking about. Yes, there is a crime as there is in any urban area with schools. However, she never felt unsafe. Her cousin at UMCP woke up last year with a stranger in his dorm room. It happens.

Cops mostly focus on keeping the super touristy areas 'safe' (really, safe enough) to keep the economy going.

I love New Orleans, I really do, and I visit often. But it's not for everyone. The university tries to shelter the students and they do a pretty good job (even have a lawyer for the students on retainer) but you can't get ahead of everything.  Knowing what I know now, when my kids are college age this school is not one I'd like them to choose.  
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