<p>okayy... im hearing such mixed opinions. is all</p>
<p>I heavily agree with Emily. Ruggles borders Mission Hill, and while at 2am you'd be pretty stupid to be walking around by yourself through parts of Mission Hill, it's mainly a perfectly fine area. I volunteer for a school in Mission Hill and I've never felt that there was any problem being there. For people that move off campus into Mission Hill-- they know the reputation of the place they are moving to. They know not to go around by themselves. However, that can be said for ANY part of ANY city, even near BU.</p>
<p>Roxbury is to the west of campus, and Roxbury isn't half bad. They are making a lot of cultural changes to the area to try and boost its reputation. </p>
<p>A lot of people say how close Northeastern is to the Fens. And to be honest, I've had friends that said they walked through the Fens in the middle of the day and were still pretty scared. However, they knew they shouldn't have done it, and they won't do it again, especially at night. Northeastern spends a LOT of time making sure Freshmen understand that they shouldn't go there after dark. I've never had a problem with walking around it either-- its not far out of the way at all.</p>
<p>I wanted to comment on someone's post who raved about how safe BU was compared to Northeastern's location. I have many friends at BU, and they've actually commented on how sketchy it is to walk across campus at night back to their dorms by themselves. Since the campus is so stretched out, many times the freshmen have to walk pretty far to get back from places that are still "on campus". This means walking on pretty major roads as well as nearly empty small roads to get the Brownstones if need be. Both schools, Northeastern and BU, have their downsides. You can't make a comparision that one is "much safer" than the other. For me, I would be terrified to walk around at night by myself, so BU (where if you aren't going home with someone from your dorm, you are walking by yourself) would be less safe for me. However to someone who hears the words Mission Hill, Roxbury, and the Fens and goes limp, then obviously Northeastern isn't that grand.</p>
<p>Oh, and they just did a test for that campus security thing where they send messages to you in case of emergency. They sent text messages, called cell phones, left voice messages, and had a post on the myneu page.</p>
<p>neuchimie! Thanks! and to be perfectly honest. im not familiar with boston much at all. so i dont know what makes me "go limp" haha. but ive never heard of the fens being bad. umm actually i htought they were supposed to be nice. oops i guess. big oops ;]</p>
<p>im not sure if a lot of people know about this, but there's a shuttle that leaves snell library and ruggles every hour starting from 7pm to 4am? im not sure until when, but it's close to dawn. they drop you off at your dorm/apartment if it's within 1-3 miles of campus. i take that if i go to my friend's apartment on mission hill late at night and then i just stay over night.</p>
<p>so the shuttle goes to and from the library? is that right</p>
<p>Hi! I was just accepted to NEU as a transfer student. Right now I am still unsure if I will accept the offer, but I am definitely considering it. I know housing fills up fast and should I decide to come to NEU I need to make a fast decision about housing. Here's my dilemma and please don't judge me and say "I am too young to consider these things". I just want advice :-) I am in a very serious relationship. I currently live in NY so moving to Boston is a pretty big deal to me. What is housing policy for guests? Am I going to run into problems if my boyfriend comes to visit me often? Note, he is not traditional college age (25). That being said, do you think I could get a single. On the flip side, I am considering an apartment as an option. However, I am very concerned about safety. Even though I live in NYC I am super sensitive to "bad areas" and would feel very uncomfortable living in one. Would I be able to get an apt close to campus that is not in a bad area? I am going to visit NEU next week, but I don't think too many people will be around because of thanksgiving. Do you have any suggestions of buildings I should look at if I want to see apartments? I am from NY so pretty much all Boston rent is going to be cheaper than what we have going on here. I would say 1500 as an absolute max. Thank you!!!</p>
<p>It is very different between dorms and apartments. A lot of upperclassmen move off campus and sometimes even pay less than the people living in dorms.</p>
<p>In dorms, you can sign a maximum of 3 people in at a time. They can be anyone, so long as they have a picture id. The way around this is either to wait until the proctors change shifts, or ask your friends/roommates to sign others in for you. Each guest "can" stay a total of three nights. This just means that if you have someone crashing on the floor or the couch, your roommate can't officially have them kicked out unless they are doing something wrong or disruptive, until three nights. After that, your roommate can request to have them leave and they must, seeing as they broke the rule. It really depends on a roommate.</p>
<p>Getting a single is luck and an early housing number. It is even less likely for many of the upperclassmen dorms, since they are typically apartment-style.</p>
<p>Plenty of people get apartments close to campus, but they are more expensive than the ones farther away.</p>
<p>Hmm... maybe an apartment would be a better option for me. The only thing is, will it be hard for me to make friends? I definitely don't want to end up knowing no one because I live in an apartment. Also, what are some buildings that I could look at when I visit next week? I would prefer a building that has a lot of students in it and is close to campus and SAFE!</p>
<p>actually could anyone compare these unsafe areas to new york. i think it would be helpful for both me and rcl268. for example- mission hill is like brroklyn or the bronx LOL sounds silly but it would really help. severity wisee.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>gummdrops that is a really good idea and would definitely be helpful. For me, Im not going to feel comfortable in an area that doesn't feel like the safety equivalent of manhattan. Call me crazy, but Im a young petite female..aka prime target and I get very scared easily!</p>
<p>same here. and thats exactly how i feel. i visited boston (where NEU is). and first off, trust me boston is no NYC. But is atmosphere feels like a manhatten ny area. so it could easily fool you. LOL. thats why i started this thread. i heard there were bad parts. and i was like NO!?!? its so clean, and has like brick sidewalks. i guess that normal to bostonians. but coming from only seeing NYC i was like "what?"</p>
<p>so hopfully its equivalent to the manhatten area. and mission hill is like soho ( which i doubt but would be nice haha)</p>
<p>As far as BU vs. NEU and safety, I have 2 daughters at NEU and one of my daughter's best friends is at BU. Anyone who has visited NEU has to have noticed the presence of the NEU Police. They are everywhere, even during the day, but especially at night. They patrol all the major streets, Huntington, Columbus, Ruggles. There is nothing like that at BU. It is a very stretched out campus requiring much more ground to be covered when travelling from different buildings back to the dorms.</p>
<p>I wonder about the comments made on the new high rise dorm on Ruggles which is opening next year (Parcel 18 I think its called). Why would that be an unsafe area. As mentioned it is right across from the BPD. </p>
<p>My daughter knows many people that live on Columbus and Mission and Hill and while it is always wise to be cautious in any big city late at night, there doesn't seem to be any heightened danger in these areas.</p>
<p>Now the Fens after dark is another story.</p>
<p>Like any city, one has to be aware you are at night. As someone who has lived in Boston many years, I don't like being in the theater district late at night. That said, there are thousands of students who get by safely day in and day out. There has been a comparison between NU and Bu for saftey and I will tell you, I have had more incidents with jerks up Comm. Ave and Harvard St. way than any down by Huntington. But that's probably because I used to wander around there but don't wander around Blue Hill Ave. But that's the issue. One feels safe and is out and about so you are more apt to get into situations that feel uncomfortable and scary. If you go to NU, I see no reason to head off to Roxbury/Blue Hill area. You are probaly heading the exact opposite direction towards downtown. Let's be real. The front part of the university is bounded by Symphony Hall/Huntington Theater and the Museum of Fine Arts/Wentworth Institure. Not exactly gang areas.</p>
<p>Bottom Line: Northeastern is second safest campus in the country and as unless you do something outrageously dumb, you are fine. Seriously, the campus is very safe. Boston police/Northeastern police every 10 feet, every building has a proctor/cameras, blue lights on campus. Safety at Northeastern should not deter one from coming here (since it is safe).</p>
<p>^My dad and I heard about NEU being the 2nd safest campus in the nation during the campus tour, and we're both wondering who decided that? (I think it might have been Reader's Digest or something...?) He works in Boston and was a bit skeptical of that fact.</p>
<p>Can someone please tell me specific apartment buildings to consider?</p>
<p>It was reader's digest but if you look at the criteria, it makes sense. Seriously, there are SO MANY police officers all over the place. They walk, are on bikes, in cars. And they go down huntington too so even if you are off the campus boundaries by YMCA, there are still plenty of people walking around even at 1, 2am on weekends.</p>
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<p>Do you mean off-campus? Are you wondering about safe places or just places with good housing options? The safest area is Symphony, which includes Hemenway, St. Stephens, Symphony, and Gainsborough. These are all nice, old brownstones with a lot of charm, and all of your neighbors are NU students. It's also super close to classes. But, it costs some serious $$ to live around there, so a lot of people share bedrooms rather than having singles. Generally prices are around $950-$1200 per bedroom. </p>
<p>The Hill is much cheaper, but it's further away and it's better to know the area before moving up there, so you know whether you'd feel safe. I personally loved living there, you get lots of space in cool old houses, prices around $500-700 per bedroom, and it's got a very neighborhood feel, I never felt unsafe but I was careful about walking around alone very late, and locking my doors. Plus there are lots of students and lots of parties around there. </p>
<p>You could also live around Columbus, which is getting more and more popular, especially with the new dorms going in near there.</p>
<p>Emily2007, do many sophomores live in apartments , or just upperclassmen ?</p>