MC Wiggles said:
The above is a completely exaggerated opinion. First off, Baylor College of Dentistry is not exactly in downtown Dallas. It's near the downtown, but not in downtown. While the area around the school is not exactly suburban America, it's not exactly the ghetto either where homeless people line the sidewalks and daily drive-by shootings occur like some people on this board seem to paint a picture of.
Hi, where do you live? If off 75 and around commerce bld is not downtown, .... what is your definition of downtown ? Do you need to put a billboard "baylor college of Dentistry, IN DOWNTOWN" to qualify as downtown ? Walk two blocks, your in El Centro college, DOWNTOWN DALLAS. downtown dallas is practically a city of its own. Downtown dallas is not the size of a penny on the sidewalk. so don't get all technical and say "o BCoD is not downtown cuz it's not on the intersection of Ross and Washington."
Speaking of exaggerations, who mentioned anything about drive-byes and lines of homeless ? I simply told about experiences dealing with the harassment of women, friend's experiences of being burglarized, having apartments being robbed, dangerous and suspicious encounters with "ghetto" people (your term, not mine).
In no way was I, nor had the intention of, speakling condescedingly about the lifestyle of Dallas, which has very little impact on the value of your education at Baylor College of Dentistry. As the original concern questioned the environment of downtown, I attempted to enlighten the poster with my own perception. Where did I mention violence involving guns and crack houses? I'm sorry my "exaggerated painting" did not suit your idea of downtown Dallas.
MC Wiggles said:
Yes, there are dental schools in safer areas, but the Baylor Medical Center where Baylor College of Dentistry is located is a nice hospital. It's not like crack dealers will approach you on a daily basis on your way into classes
or something.
Seriously, some of you people on this board need to get out of your sheltered lives and live a little. If the area around Baylor is "creepy" to you, I can only shake my head. It's not THAT bad. And in no way should a person let the school's urban setting influence their decision. Besides, there's not many neighborhoods anymore in America where a female should walk by herself at night anyways---and these neighborhoods are not exclusive to the area around Baylor.
You make shake your head if i worry about my spouse living in downtown, for the first time in his life, but if you would like to meet me, say around 1 AM, on the corner of Live Oak and San Jacinto, I would be more than happy to explain how I beg to differ about your views of my "sheltered life." I'm sorry, would you still give me respect if I've used food stamps before?
Would you mind my body odor after having worked till 3 A.M. cleaning a restuarant in order to pay my bills? Would you kick me out of a bookstore if I'm trying to study there because I cannot afford to purchase the books?
MC Wiggles said:
The motto of this post: don't let people's exaggerations change your opinion of Baylor...it's a fine place...and if you like live music the Deep Ellum is a few blocks away.
The "motto" of my post is that if I express my concern for my spouse whilst offering to explain my own perception of the safety concerning downtown Dallas, and it happens to appear as an "exaggeration" of a "sheltered" child, my apologies. If you believe my own experiences degrade my opinion of the education at BCoD, then please, feel free to contact me. We can set of an appropriate time and place where I can clear up any misunderstandings or qualms you may have. Thank you and good nite. I will be awaiting your reply because I honestly cannot understand how you possibly could have not put yourself in my shoes before writing any attempt of a rebuttal.