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I agree with this. I also agree with being on a higher floor. I've been on the second floor and I've never had any issues with break-ins, all of the ones that occurred were downstairs. If I were to pick another off campus apartment I would probably choose one with no outside stairwells as well. For a long period of time we were having homeless guys sleep in the crawl space under our stairs as well as random others and its not safe at all, especially at night. Also another smart thing to do if you are planning to move to off campus and do not want to spend the extra money on a security system is to visit the Union once you move in. Student services sells stick-on door and window sensors for free that alarm when separated.

I'm an undergrad student starting graduate school at OSU and I opted to move to the Grandview area for the next school year. Grandview is a nice, smaller suburban area of Columbus where a lot of young professionals live due to the closeness to the medical center and campus. It is definitely also MUCH quieter than off campus. I would also suggest not to live east of High Street in the off campus area. The landlords in this area do a lot of shady business practices. I've lived directly off of High for 3 years in 2 different places and there have been this year alone 2 break ins in my apartment complex, theft and burglary in the surrounding houses, random people sleeping on my stairwell at night, etc. I would not suggest living alone in these areas, especially towards south campus unless you install a security system. Other areas that a lot of graduate/phd students live are in Clintonville and Victorian village. I've worked in Clintonville for two years and while I think that it is safer than the off campus area, it still has a small amount of crime from time to time. The only issues I would see in moving to Grandview would be the higher cost as well as the need to have a car and buy a parking pass. In Clintonville, COTA busses can take you directly to campus.

I'm also starting at OSU for occupational therapy in June