<p>I have heard alot of bad things about the USC neighborhood. Supposedly it's in a very bad part of LA? I have also heard the same about Johns Hopkins. "If you go off campus, you'll fet shot".</p>
<p>well, I think there are dangers on every campus. Usc is in the middle of LA, but thousands of kids go there every year and love it.</p>
<p>USC, bad part of LA but great campus. Go to UCLA if you want a better area.</p>
<p>not so bad. I’m a UCLA guy, and though I don’t like the area, that aspect gets overblown. People stick to campus and take the ordinary precautions at night you’d also take at Chicago, Penn, Hopkins, Yale, etc.</p>
<p>For Johns Hopkins, I can comment by personal experience. </p>
<p>JHU is not actually in a horrible neighborhood, but it is about two or three blocks from one. I once drove through the bad area at night after an Orioles game and my sisters boyfriend, who used to live in the area, instructed us to close the windows and not look at anyone. It really was bad. About every third business offered bail bonds. </p>
<p>I’ve never been to USC, but I know someone that went there. He said you simply don’t leave the campus in three directions, so I take it that the neighborhood is bad. I know Watts (the neighborhood surrounding it) does have a reputation as one of the worst neighborhoods in the country</p>
<p>A USC student was recently killed there. It’s not the worst part of LA, but it is still crap. Probably the only drawback to USC.</p>
<p>LHS11, Watts is 15 miles from USC campus, and I haven’t heard the word mentioned during years I study here at USC; Well, except from people on CC who claim he/she “knows” about USC. Do you really know, or just read it from CC?</p>
<p>Vitare, the student died of a hit-a-run, an accident turned crime. The neighborhood is bad, but people don’t just kill on the street.</p>
<p>I visited awhile ago. The campus itself is very safe, and felt very secure. Step outside the campus though… </p>
<p>I honestly feel that the safety issue gets overblown. Visit yourself and see if you feel safe there.</p>
<p>There are many urban campuses in the U.S. Campus crime not only occurs at large campuses in cities, but also in small rural campuses. A young female student was murdered at Auburn last fall. Auburn has a total of one stoplight in that small town. Another female student was killed just off campus two weeks later in North Carolina.
A study on campus crime in the U.S. indicated that almost no campus is free of crime these days. A male family member was walking down a well lighted street in Athens, GA. A gang came around the corner, saw him and beat him terribly when they discovered he was not carrying any money. This was in the evening, directly across from the campus gates. Fortunately, a car drove by and the gang ran or else he might have died. This happened in a smallish college town.
Penn, Chicago, Georgia Tech, Yale, NYU, Columbia are all located in urban areas. A student needs to use common sense and take reasonable precautions when walking on or near any of these campuses. Unfortunately, students who carry iPODs, computers, cell phones can attract thieves or worse.<br>
Campus crime is a national problem at both small and large campuses.</p>