Thoughts on this area in college park near greenbelt?

[north__to__south]

What about Greenbelt itself...and by that, I mean historic Greenbelt? Houses go for between 90 and 200K, so very affordable. Plus there are UMCP buses that will take you to and from campus. It is also the safest area in Greenbelt, and I would venture to say safer than College Park (having lived in historic Greenbelt for 8 years with no problems).

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[Lubina]

Old Greenbelt is fine. We used to like the movie theater that showed artsy movies for cheap. UMCP is huge. Does stuff happen? Sure because 40,000 people go there. That's more than the population of some small cities. Not stumbling around drunk at 2 a.m. helps. Not a guarantee, but it helps. The school has shuttle buses, but the CP metro is walkable and bikeable to campus whereas Greenbelt metro is not.

The umcp campus is nice.....the area around the campus not so much.

Just because some areas don't look like Disney built it doesn't make it dangerous. It's a heck of a lot nicer looking now than when I went there and I say that as a female who walked and jogged all over the campus and surrounding campus area alone and cut through woods, parking lots and alleys at all times of day and wee hours of night with no incident as did others I knew. I knew students that lived in Brentwood, Hyattsville before the changeover, Langley Park, Adelphi, Lanham and Greenbelt and they were never mugged, robbed, car jacked or threatened. The worst confrontation I ever had was with an overzealous ticket writer. I visited other colleges where you did NOT leave the campus after dark, period.

[scrapper105]

Originally Posted by oldway

The umcp campus is nice.....the area around the campus not so much.

Oh for heaven's sake - this is a ridiculous comment.

I've lived within 2 miles of campus for the past 13 years and any neighborhood to the north, east, or south of campus will be just fine.

The neighborhoods that have a higher percentage of rentals (CP near Greenbelt, Berwyn section of CP) don't look as pretty, but they are perfectly nice and safe. In ALL areas around here, there are car break-ins, but sounds like the OP won't have to worry about that.

[scrapper105]

Originally Posted by Lubina

Just because some areas don't look like Disney built it doesn't make it dangerous.

Absolutely right.

[Fundman]

Berwyn Heights is a fine place to live. So is College Park. My only suggestion is to avoid Springhill Lake Apartments or whatever they are calling it now.