There is a genuine perverse feeling of needing to be ready to stand up for yourself bc violence prevention is limited outside of Campus. Especially if you rely on public transit it now takes a spine to go to Temple.

I am lucky that I am a thick skinned, in-shape dude.

Yeah I am here right now and the future isn't rosy. I can tell a lot of talented kids they would have picked up otherwise are choosing to go elsewhere.

He'll be buying sandwiches and eyeing up someones car by Valentine's

They gave me money and being in a city is important for employment opportunities. Not everyone wants to tuck into a suburb or college town. Students shouldn't be blamed for attending a college the locals make a war zone

Only place I've had a gun waved at me is South Philly, on Synder ave. All of the cheap areas of Philly are dangerous. But here it only takes me 10 minutes to walk to anything I need.

Genuinely not sure where you want us to live? All of philly is dangerous on a students budget.

The Netherlands, a famously communist nation lmao.