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MFA in Interactive Media & they're names are Smudge and Omen. They're brothers!

Yeah I've been frequently to cities growing up and I'm from cali, so I am plenty used to homeless people shenanigans. I think I'm just nervous about actually LIVING in a city, but I'm likely just psyching myself out.

I've lived in Boston and NYC and worked in Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford and Lowell. I can handle city life just fine. I've also lived in Tampa and Daytona Beach.

The person how the area around Clark is. Due to the nature of my work I am in those areas on a consistent basis and find it to be the worst part of the city.

Sorry not sorry, I'm entitled to my opinions as well.

I've never personally lived there, but I had friends who did and I was constantly over there so I spent a lot of time there, day and night. My advice is from 6-7 years ago and the area has been getting nicer recently so do keep that in mind. As long as you keep to yourself, you should be fine. You'll probably experience some sketchy stuff but if you don't get involved it shouldn't be a problem. There are drunks/crackheads in the area that will occasionally cause a scene. I would hear the occasional gunshot, and there were shots fired on the basketball court in the park directly across from Clark in the middle of the day once. I don't think anyone was hit though. But I never personally had any issues. There is some gang activity in the surrounding area but as long as you aren't involved you really shouldn't have any problems. Basically, if you're a normal college student who has common sense and doesn't go looking for trouble you might see some weird shit but you shouldn't personally have any problems.

Seconding zinus, memory foam/gel full size was ~$200 when I bought it a couple years ago.

same exact situation. I end up buying from ikea $250 mattress along with other furniture. It’s pretty decent. Shipping costs $40

yeah, as i was saying above, if you are bothered by the existence of and proximity to people struggling through these issues, maybe living in a city isn't for you.

Equating a few unpleasant interactions with less fortunate folks with a serious safety risk above and beyond normal city life is disingenuous, frustrating, and not helpful for OP.

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That's the place! Idk about a minimum, I would order for the school I work for so it was always a large quantity.

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You’ll be fine. I won’t lie and say NOTHING sketchy happened while I lived there — a few friends got mugged. On one notable occasion, a woman was abducted from the corner of Clifton/Oberlin as part of, IIRC, some gang initiation. A few friends got jumped, but it turned out they were all picking fights. Some friends had their house broken into not long after they moved in cos it used to be a dealers’ house.

That was, btw, ten years ago, and the area has only gotten safer since. I have a deep and abiding love for Main South and Worcester.

I’m telling you that in full the spirit of full transparency, and to say: just use basic precautions. The area is most “dangerous” in summer when there aren’t a lot of students and high school kids aren’t in classes — all the muggings I knew of took place over summer. The folks who got jumped were picking fights, so like, don’t yell shit at locals? The other two instances were scary, but I think, in context, two scary moments over 6+ years is pretty minimal/par for the course in a University area.

Clark is really involved in the local community, and that breeds a lot of good will. They run two of the local schools, and students from the area can qualify for a full ride to Clark.

One summer night I was being kinda stupid and walking home with one friend at 2:30 AM. A group of high school kids on bikes rolled up, started circling, and were generally causing mischief.Petty crime, tagging stuff, that sort of thing. I started to feel pretty nervous, especially when one kid rolled to a stop in front of me.

He pulled down his hoodie and asked how I was doing. I ran his after school program. We had a nice chat and I walked home safe. Great kid — I saw him at my five year reunion: he was a Junior at Clark.

BJ's but you gotta pick it up!

I lived on Clifton for a little over a year some time ago. You can see the “blue light” Clark has (immediate line to campus police for dangerous situations). As a petite blonde woman, I never felt truly unsafe in my apartment. Leave your doors locked (even when your home, I had a few stragglers walk into my apartment in the summertime that we’re looking for other people in the triple decker). Keep your head low & you’ll be fine.

Woo-Town furniture had a good selection of lightly used mattresses when I took someone there. Clean enough I would have bought one if I needed it.

When?? I was there in the late 2000s/early 2010s and never experienced that.

Yeah I lived near Clark around the same time period. Had way more friends get jumped than one would expect — but then you talk to them, and it’s like “are you fucking serious? You provoked the locals.”

Don’t be a jerk. Don’t pick fights. It’s all good.

Guertin Graphics. If my memory serves me correctly, they require a minimum of 12 shirts per order.

I lived on Clifton for 4 years when the area was way less safe than it is now.

you’re correct. crackhead just rolls off the tongue better

Main south neighborhood. Lived in the area most of my life. All the streets immediately surrounding Clark are fine for the most part. Main Street is the exception. Lotta crackheads and prostitutes lol. Walked it a lot in high school up until a couple years ago and did run into the occasional problem but again it was almost always on Main Street and at mainly at night, and not close to Clark. Avoid crystal park at night and just be vigilant when walking. I don’t think it’s as bad as it was when I walked a lot, but having a car the last few years has definitely kept me off the streets and avoiding problems for the most part.

Ps don’t be dumb and walk out in front of cars. You’re more likely to get hit by a car than be a victim of crime. A lot of people won’t stop for you. Also never leave your house or car doors unlocked.

The Trump comment was just to capture the trolls I feel like arguing with when I'm bored at work.

The majority of the city's medical/psych needs are actually on Queen St/Jacques Ave., as is the biggest homeless shelter in the area. The Lincoln st. medical areas are for the lower socio-economic class of people who can afford to get around by car.

I've definitely stepped on needles around Beacon Pharmacy multiple times. That's definitely not on Lincoln St.

one time my freshman year me and my friend (both women) walked down park ave at midnight and were fine. i lived with little fear back then, but ive never had problems walking. some clark students will complain abt homeless asking for money and shit, but if that’s the worse to happen to them then boohoo. but yeah, just don’t walk alone at night, there’s a clark escort bus thing that can drive you from place to place at night if need be. walking down the streets immediately surrounding clark (charlotte, maywood and florence) even at night always feels safe to me, especially on weekends bc students will be all over. basically, don’t let the area deter you! it will be okay!

also my bf lives down main street a bit more towards dunkin, I don’t like walking that way after dark so he always drives me

also forgot to mention that there’s these lyft pass things where you can call a lyft within a mile radius or something to pick you up as well

I was just being a derp for no reason at all. I like to throw random Trump-isms to get my inbox blowing up to harass people.