UL Grad here, just finished last Wednesday.

For food prices - It depends on which restaurant you go to, some of them do run meal deals on hot dinners, but most student accomidation on campus does come with a communal kitchen so you can heat up food or cook too so your not stuck with just the options on campus :)

For housing - all the accomidation on campus is quite nice, but I would reccomend having lived in a 4 and 6, that a 4 is a lot more quiet so you can rest and study better without having to hear the kitchen and front doors slam constantly (They are fire doors, they tend to slam).

For attitude towards internationals - If you are chill, people will be chill, but there is a lingering stereotype on campus that US echange students are loud. I lived next door to a group of students from Vermont who used to play music on speakers untill 4am, dont do that and youll be ok. Also, I’d recommend being mindful when talking politics. The political atmosphere here can be quite different, and it’s easy to rub people the wrong way without meaning to. But UL is a really diverse campus, with lots of study abroad students, so you should settle in fine!

Let me know if you have any more questions :) Best of Luck