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If you are single then Hyde Park is probably a great place for you.
There are a couple (Regents being the most popular) of buildings chock
full of your classmates facilitating group work, parties and "hooking
up". Unfortunately, there are few places to "go out" in the immediate
neighborhood and cab rides to the typical social locations in town are
a pain (and 30$+). Facilities for classes are good and the new building
will be top of the line (opening in Fall 2004). Food options on campus
kindof suck- and there are few options short of getting in your car and
driving a long way elsewhere. Many buildings have their own food
service and these can be wildly divergent (GSB is overpriced with heavy
emphasis on sandwiches but may be different in the new building, nearby
Divinity School has Middle Eastern, Mexican, Chinese, etc... meals
prepared by local restaurants, Bartlet has a full cafeteria that
is "typical" of today's institutions, there is a Taco Bell
somewhere...). Crime in Hyde Park is not as bad as the hype but care
should be taken while outside of a fairly defined radius. Many students
live nearer the center of the city (or even the northside) which has
all the ammenities of the country's second largest city. In everything
but pizza and the sluttiness of the night scene Chicago beats NYC hands
down as a place to live (visiting is another matter). If you have a
spouse or significant other who is not attending school then they will
likely hate Hyde Park (unless you are in one of those relationships
where its all about YOU and they stay home all day). Sad to say but
many of the married couples in Hyde Park are international. This tends
to be because proximity to school is seen as very important when school
is the main reason for being in the country. In all honesty it doesn't
take that much longer from say Lincoln Park (great neighborhood) if you
have a car to get to school. Visit and check things our for yourself
(if at all possible) before deciding where to live- talk to current
students!!!
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