聖路易斯住哪裏比較安全

(11-03-2024 更新) 我上載了一個油管視頻，是關於這個主題的，歡迎各種意見反饋。

（有人在小紅書上問 #聖路易斯 哪裏比較 #安全，我猜可能是華大學生，以下是我的回答）：綜合考慮，建議住 #Clayton, #Brentwood, #Olivette 等。如果有上K-12的小孩，學區來講，Olivette (Ladue), 和 Clayton 是密蘇裏公立學校/學區裏麵第一和第二名。Brentwood ranked 12th in the state of Missouri on Niche.com.

其它也有不少地方是安全的,比如 Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Maryland Heights, 絕大部份的 west county, south county. West county 和south county 要稍遠一些。

我自己的的經曆

我從2000年秋天到聖路易斯。一開始在Bridgeton (機場?附近）住了一年。住在那裏的主要原因是當時我剛到聖路易斯，我有一個朋友住在那個小區，那個公寓離我上班的地方（辦公室）也挺近。This is the apartment. I think it's generally okay to live there - besides couple unpleasant things or exceptions I experienced. I can elaborate later if needed.

A year later, I moved to Park Forest Apartments, off River Des Peres and once the river flooded to the road, and I had to abandon my car on the roadside, and walked uphill. My car was damaged or anything. It was just a flash flood. It's not perfect, but it's better in general. Also, a bonus point, that place is about one mile (one way) walk to the famous Ted Drews: arguably the most famous ice cream shop on the route 66.

In April 2005, I moved to the Briarcliff Condo in Creve Coeur. And I lived in the area since then - I mean the Ladue school district. I moved to Olivette in August 2019 - essentially from near the west side of Monsanto/Bayer campus to near the east side of Monsanto/Bayer campus. Note Bayer has since sold the west campus (Olia Villiage, currently under development), and currently they are looking to sell majority of the east campus too.

Graduate Students in WUSTL (Washington University in St Louis)

A little over 20 years ago (fall of 1999 and 2003), I helped my friends find apartment at University Square Apartments (could not find their website, this is just the google map). Both friends are graduate students originally from China. Recently I heard college students (some are likely master/graduate students) are staying at Clayton on the Park - which is a high-end/luxury apartment in downtown Clayton (right across the street from the Shaw Park). This seems also can be an indicator of the economy development of China in last 25 years.

Some other places (apartments) I visited recently

This is for comparison purpose only. One in Overland (this apartment), this unit in a duplex in St. Ann, and one in Berkeley (near UMSL). Note I don't recommend those. I visited those places because I was helping a neighbor looking for place to stay.

High Level Intro to the St. Louis Area

YouTube: If You're Moving to St. Louis, MO WATCH THIS - St. Louis Area Explained (Jacob from the Living in St Louis YT channel, note Jacob is a realtor and a content creator)