Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the person who thinks the OP is saying "safe" means white - have you been to Atlanta? It's safe but it's not very white.

Emory is an absolutely wonderful school. I lived across the street for years. All my sitters were from there and they were lovely. Decatur is pretty diverse though. My community was pretty upscale and I would say it was a third black. Emory is not a white school. I cannot speak for Vanderbuilt.

I do think there is always a feeling as to whether a community is nice and safe. Typically people base it on crime stats, how clean the area is, what kinds of businesses thrive there, how walkable is the area or how good is public transport. In this day and age, is racial makeup really how people decide if an area is safe? I highly doubt it. We all know it's common for bad neighborhoods to have high numbers of minorities but not all neighborhoods with high numbers of minorities are unsafe or undesirable.

I noted this blurb from a recent comment on another college discussion thread. Were your observations the same? Atlanta is a lovely place.

However, 15-20 minutes from Emory is where a lot of the Confederate Flag flyers live.

As someone who lived in Atlanta for years, there really are bumpers stickers that say, "Northerners go home!"

That said, Emory is lovely and students are not going out into the areas where they will encounter these problems. Atlanta and Decatur are progressive and Liberal areas where this would not be tolerated. Drive outside the "perimeter" though and this Confederate flag flying business is not going to be uncommon. Normal people do not go to these areas. There are plenty of great places to go so it's not a concern.