@Crewdad, Utica is not relevant to the Hamilton College experience. That said Hamilton has many other cities near by - Utica is 10 miles to the northeast, and Rome, which is a quaint and totally safe city, is 13 miles to the northwest. Oh, and that town New Hartford, that’s in between Utica and Clinton, gets an A+ for crime on Areavibes.
Why not stop the pointless flame throwing.