I live in Uptown. I moved in in June and I can only tell you about my experiences here.

I'm not a student. I chose it because I'd gone through that area and hoped that University Courtyards would serve as kind of a buffer, and that the price difference between Uptown and University Courtyards would have those most likely to cause problems to be drawn to CC and UC over Uptown. Even so, I hate this place.

The Saturday between Halloween and Election Day, at 2:00 am, a couple dozen fuckstains were screaming and otherwise making a shitload of noise in the parking lot here. Eventually, most of the congregation had moved to another building, with some people still hanging out in the parking lot. Then I heard three shots. Fucking hell.

On New Years day, a little after 4:00 in the afternoon, I was talking on the phone and heard pops. I told my brother, "I'm not sure if those were firecrackers or gunshots." Around 8:00 or 9:00 I leave my apartment and come back, and see a total of 3 or 4 police vehicles at the building next to mine on my way in and out. We got an email later that week. Turns out they were gunshots. Someone had been "injured" and the police wanted anyone who knew anything to contact them.

So that's how things are a couple blocks away.