<p>I used to live in LA and I just went back to visit this summer.
Like everyone else says, USC is in a relatively safe neighborhood. Not as safe as, costa mesa or newport, but not like…compton(30 mins away) haha. </p>
<p>My family alums (mother,aunt,uncle) all warned me that it was GHETTO (20 years ago). But when I visited, they changed their minds after seeing it saying that it had cleaned up a lot. It’s quite safe and there’s a lot to do so you never get bored 
It’s not far from Beverly Hills(30 mins) and Santa Monica(1-2hrs depending on the traffic…).</p>
<p>@above post, I live in TX now (haha). You def. don’t need a car. There are a lot of CVS/Walgreens/insert other food places around. The traffic is HORRIBLE in LA. It took me two hours to drive to Malibu from USC.</p>