Post
by ReversedAndRemanded » Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:58 pm
Different neighborhoods provide different things, and each has their own pros and cons:
Immediately in the vicinity of school can get really expensive (Domus is right across the street and it is $$$$). The further you get away from school, though, the less expensive it is. Keep in mind, the general rule about West Philly (incl. University City) is that the safer neighborhoods go in a southwesterly direction as you move away from campus.
Powelton Village (north of Market in the low-to-mid 30s) can be nice and relatively inexpensive, but it's also where a lot of Drexel undergrads live (and where their fraternity houses are).
A lot of students who live downtown live right across the Schuylkill River in western Center City, in an area roughly bounded by Market St. to the north, 16th St. to the east, South St. to the south, and the river on the west. There's a range of options and prices (walkups, doorman buildings).
Another contingent lives further east in Old City/Northern Liberties and take the subway to get to and from campus, which has several stops at Market & 11th/8th/5th/2nd Streets. The closest stop to the law school is at 34th/Chestnut, one block north of school.
I don't know much about people living in Fairmount or Graduate Hospital, though they are options--I'm sure someone else could provide more info about those.