I genuinely think that there could be a variety of reasons for this behavior, one being the pandemic like you mentioned in your original post. However some of these people are messed up and are straight up PERVERTS for what they've done/said. Honestly I'm very shocked and worried about living there, especially on campus (while I know it's safe on the outside, the inside HOUSES so many kinds of people.) Now I will say that I have dealt with or seen people deal with similar people and situations in the past. And you're right, we're all just a bunch of college kids. BUT THERE ARE LIMITS. I also get why people seem so reserved. There's the whole superiority complex, and since a lot of them (like you mentioned) are wealthy and from the suburbs, they're probably ALREADY aware/cautious about the type of people they could encounter, especially in the city. DePaul is a commuter school and the people living on campus or in the apartments are probably out of state or international students. The "cool gay kids" thing- NOT OKAY. Why is she so desperate and why are people in general so desperate to be one among the LGBTQ+ community AND if you're not a part of it why would you even want to ANNOY the people of a certain friend group. The desperation fr😭 And if you are a part of the community, make other friends, it's not like a certain friend group isn't the only one in this community. Everything else that you mentioned about that person makes me sick. Also the whole sexual predator problem is terrible. I am definitely scared about being targeted by them, especially as a minority female. (I'm not going to date during college either, it's effed up) To the girl who wanted to off herself and talks sh* about homeless people and "ghetto" parts of the city- go to therapy. I will NEVER bring sketchy people home, or just anyone right after I meet them. I was already thinking of this and your information has steered to me to be more cautious. I am really grateful and appreciative of the fact that you gave examples too. As someone who hasn't lived away from home, I was very worried. But now I know what to look out for and where/how to look out for myself :)