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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Visit the campus to see if Michigan is a fit.  We visited Michigan twice last year.  While we had fun, I was surprised to see homeless men hanging around near restaurants a block away from campus, pot shops, etc.  [/quote]

Ann Arbor is a college town, but it is also a real city where people live. If that bothers you then maybe it isn't right for you.

As a male student at U-M I have never been worried for my safety walking around at night on campus and in downtown Ann Arbor, as with anywhere else just be aware of your surroundings. [/quote]

It is a concern when groups of homeless males hang around a block away from student dorms, the Union, etc.  Glad you are a male and feel safe.[/quote]

NP.  The homeless situation was not different from other campuses we looked at including Pitt, GW (pre-Trump-surge), and Indiana-Bloomington among others.  I hear that AU also faces issues due to Tenleytown Metro being sketchier than when I was a Red Line commuter.

As a woman, I feel prudence is always warranted at night when alone and there are not other people about.  Even rural campuses have issues.  I was at PSU (State College) the year that a co-ed was murdered by a stalker in her apartment during spring break.  Police found evidence that she was surveilled from a nearby building but it has never been solved.  And there was a previous still unsolved co-ed murder in the PSU library 20 years before. (Police had a grad student suspect but couldn't prove their case.)[/quote]

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