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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LA poster --what century are you living in? If you lived in the DC area, and all the suburbs Virginia included, you would know that it is very mixed all over. Perhaps back in the 1950s it was all white, but that was long ago. Are you OLD?[/quote]

Great, I am so happy to hear that the residents of McLean in particular are so diverse and progressive.  
I will copy your positive thread the next time I read an "ugly" Fairfax County public schools post complaining about the children of immigrants, particularly Latino immmigrants, crowding your schools, needing extra classroom time or support, living multiple families to a home.[/quote]

LA is diverse and has lots arts and music - so going to USC in South Central is safe?  Um... o.k.[/quote]

I'm not the LA poster but I was at USC for an event three weeks ago. After the new light rail stations opened next to campus, and after a number of violent gang attacks on USC students, the school put up an impenetrable fence around the perimeter of the entire campus. The gates close at 7PM, after which only one highly secured entrance is open. The surrounding neighborhood is very, very dangerous but USC itself is now safe, and the school is a couple miles south of downtown which is becoming a world class destination for restaurants and the arts. In fact, many USC students live downtown in loft apartments, which is much safer than living off campus near USC. [/quote]

They've had that one gate open after certain hours and on the weekends for a long, long time. The crime rate in and around that school is very high. It's not only the neighborhood people but other students who are criminals.[/quote]

To be fair though many colleges deal with crime from outside and inside elements.[/quote]

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