<p>To the original poster:
It is very safe. I’ve never really felt threatened. </p>
<p>But do know that a college campus, wherever it is, is going to come with its fair share of weirdos and creeps. Sexual assaults on campuses around America are growing, so if you are a girl (if not, tell friends), you should have mace on hand and not be afraid to call a CSO (campus security officer) if you need to get somewhere alone at night. That’s just common sense anywhere.</p>
<p>Though the biggest worry you’ll find crime related is bike theft. Get a lock! </p>
<p>However, gangs? No, though you will find some funny looking Asian guys who dress like gang members, but they are really from Laguna Hills.</p>
<p>It’s 30 minutes from a country that is literally tearing itself apart through drug-related violence. UCSD IS safe.
Drug cartels make runs through La Jolla all the time and even recruit from the local student population, though SDSU students make up the large majority of this figure. Weaponry is a must, I personally recommend a 20 Gauge Shotgun or an Ingram SMG (buy a suppressor, otherwise, it jumps up and to the right). Also, when traveling from your dorm to classes, get a couple of classmates and use a modified version of the two by two cover formation used by SWAT; snipers are an ever-present danger. When in a classroom, always try to sit near the exits; terrorists often take buildings hostage and you need a way to get out fast. Buy Kevlar bookcovers from the local stores because the last thing you want is to push your way through interlocking fields of fire to your dorm room just to find that your homework has bullet holes in it.
Other than that, you should be pretty safe at SD.</p>
<p>and hopefullyokay, in all seriousness regarding this post:
“Sexual assaults on campuses around America are growing, so if you are a girl (if not, tell friends), you should have mace on hand and not be afraid to call a CSO (campus security officer) if you need to get somewhere alone at night. That’s just common sense anywhere.”</p>
<p>theres a person on the berkeley campus who goes around and fingers girls wearing skirts…so be careful i guess?</p>
<p>In downtown la jolla, I’ve personally watched a man get out of his Maserati and leave it parked and running while he went inside to pick up his kid from daycare. Enough said.</p>