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scatterbrainedpast t1_iyg1kd5 wrote

Survivorship bias. You got lucky you ddn't get robbed. I talked to an old head who lived in that area for awhile and he was saying temple kids have always been an easy lick for as long as he can remember. It seems to be happening more frequently and the crimes are more violent now but as far as off campus TU kids getting robbed...yea...thats been happening

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mrwindup_bird t1_iyg3sn8 wrote

I know the numbers the university publishes are likely unreported, but I have a hard time believing things are that much more bleak than when I started at Temple in 2010. People are acting like the area surrounding the university had some halcyon days where students could walk around without care, which was never my impression. Also, my old heads near my apartment at 17th and Jefferson always told me that Temple students were only targeted by the stupidest or most desperate criminals, as those were the targets that would create the most attention.

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