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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you to all the VCU commentators! Very helpful and you are much appreciated. Thanks in advance to any additional posters![/quote]

My PT went to VCU.  She said it is a high crime area.  I was like "you mean thefts and stuff?"  She's like "no, drugs and murders."  She wasn't kidding.  My kid's college-parent-facebook group also speaks about VCU and CNU being schools where they are bad areas where living off campus would not be safe.  So, VCU and CNU should be looked at carefully in person, not just virtual visits.[/quote]

Stop with the hysteria please.  It’s not a “high crime” area - it’s an urban campus, that’s all.  Obviously street smarts are required.  So much pearl clutching![/quote]

If denial helps you sleep better at night...sure...

https://patch.com/virginia/richmond/crime-down-vcu-still-higher-other-schools

It's far higher crime rate thsn ither Va schools and 6th highest crime rate nationally for schools over 25,000 students.  Way to over achieve.[/quote]

First, there’s nothing in that article about murder.  Second, it says the University of Richmond has a higher crime rate, and that school is basically located in a leafy suburb and nowhere near a “sketchy” neighborhood.  So how does VCU’s location factor into things, then?  Oh, and I assume that when you say “sketchy” you are dog whistling, right?  [/quote]

You're confused.  I'm the person who used the term "sketchy" but I am NOT the person who posted the link to the "patch" article.  And my post specifically stated that VCU is NOT unsafe - I'd send my kid there if he wanted because there are lots of advantages to being in a vibrant urban area.  And maybe "sketchy" wasn't the best word to use, but no it wasn't dog whistling and I didn't mean to imply that the whole campus is surrounded by dangerous areas.  When we visited VCU, multiple current students told us it's best to avoid certain close by areas for off-campus housing which were rundown and/or deteriorating.

I'd also note that the FBI chart to which the patch article links shows that there were 18 instances of violent crime (rape, robbery and aggravated assault) at UVA in Charlottesville, which is only one less than the 19 instances of violent crime at VCU even though UVA has 6,000 less students. 
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