<p>I should add that I spent five years on campus total, was never mugged or robbed (can’t say that for my UoChicago friends), walked around on campus at all hours of the day and night, and took both the El and had a car on campus. Should note that I’m female too, and I attended IIT when CHA’s public housing projects still lined Dan Ryan expressway (Stateway Gardens/Robert Taylor Homes) and zero gentrification had occurred east of IIT in the “Gap” neighborhood between IIT and Lake Michigan. I spent a fair amount of time at UoChicago/Hyde Park for nightlife/dinner/film society viewings.</p>