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Originally Posted by Dionysus
LOL, some people call SLU and UM-St. Louis the "Oasis in the Ghetto", lol. I've never been on the east side, except for passing through on the highway. But, I've heard terrible things about it. And, yeah, if you love suburbish types of places, yes, Chesterfield, Ballwin, and Creve Coeur are ideal.
If any of you peeps ever find yourself in STL (yes, I'm going to blatantly defend my city), flock to Central West End (pretty classy), the nice part of Washington Ave. (fun things to do and cool restaurants), Soulard/Lafayette (good bars, home of the 2nd largest mardi gras celebration), the "Gay friendly" area of South Grand (has "culture"). I've heard mixed things about Laclede's Landing (bars and clubs). I've only partied there once, for Mardi Gras-Fat Tuesday. NEVER AGAIN! I felt like I was in a gangsta rap video. I was in a sea of white tees and grillz (I even seen a few with lights in them  ). Fights like broke out every 10 minutes and saw way too many people flashing gang signs. Supposedly, it's different when it is not around Mardi Gras time, from what I've heard. All of Clayton, south part of U City, the Loop, and some areas of Maplewood are cool too. Technically, they are suburbs but they kind of border the city and have a nice urban feel. Urban as in classy (Clayton and south U City) and culture (the Loop), not as in ghetto, lol. STL is no Chicago or anything, but if you go to the right spots you'll be okay. |
Soulard is lots of fun, wouldn't want to live there necessarily but it's fun to go down there on some nights and def. for Mardi Gras. Same with the Landing, it's ok occasionally. And I absolutely love, love, LOVE Clayton; I dated a guy who moved there after graduation and I loved going to see him on the weekends, it's so pretty and there's so much to do. Too bad the cost of living there (and in Creve Coeur, Chesterfield, etc.) is so much otherwise I'd move there in a second.
And yes UMSL and SLU are both odd, so nice but they're surrounding by the ghetto, literally the second you step off the campus.
/STL loving
