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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.

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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Uh, also on my kids list are Hopkins (shocking crime rate and vested security guards and blue lights everywhere), U of Chicago, and Yale . 
Not sure about low crime schools but there are plenty of high ones that the kids want to go to.[/quote]

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