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re: Tell me about Loyola and the surrounding area.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 10:47 am to danilo
Posted on 2/23/26 at 10:47 am to danilo
Nah. Rents in the area have remained pretty stable and have even risen a little. No one is gouging you on the rents but you still pay premium rents for what you get.....nothing like what you would pay in the Warehouse District or Lower Garden District, though
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 10:50 am to Y.A. Tittle
quote:Latoya is the gift that keeps giving...
Huge water main break in front of Chicken and Watermelon at Claiborne and Toledano. It’s flowing like a river apparently.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 11:00 am to Dragula
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Lived and Two blocks away from campus, while it’s an affluent and generally safe area, 4-5 blocks away you have hood activity.
This must have been 20+ years ago, there are no rough areas within 1/2 of Loyola's campus, if not further. There maybe a few small pockets but you have to go past Carrollton, almost to Leonidis upriver to find truly bad areas, past Erhart going towards the lake, or down river past Napoleon and Claiborne.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 11:27 am to fightin tigers
I somewhat disagree. If you are living between Jefferson and Napoleon, don' t live more that 6 or 7 blocks off of St. Charles, going toward Claiborne. Prertty sketch once you get between Freret and Claiborne in this area.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 11:50 am to ThatTahoeOverThere
A whole lotta weirdos on that campus
Posted on 2/23/26 at 12:03 pm to nealnan8
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I somewhat disagree. If you are living between Jefferson and Napoleon, don' t live more that 6 or 7 blocks off of St. Charles, going toward Claiborne. Prertty sketch once you get between Freret and Claiborne in this area.
I hear you and there is room for discussion here for sure. But I believe with the growth of Freret Street and Ochsner buying up tons of properties near baptist, there may be a few streets with crappy houses, but no bad areas on the university side of Napoleon and riverside of Claiborne. Plus Freret and Napoleon (where the new Trader Joes is going) is like 12 blocks from Loyola's campus.
There used to be some rough areas near campus between Carrolton and Broadway, but those areas have long gentrified.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 1:34 pm to tigersownall
Is Bruno’s still up and running?
Posted on 2/23/26 at 1:45 pm to ThatTahoeOverThere
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Im hoping he can do everything there and not have to transfer. I think he's a born lawyer and their law school is legit.
I currently go to Loyola Law School. I will say that the law school itself is very good, but if you do not lean left, you will not get along with other students very well, at least that has been my experience.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 1:50 pm to fightin tigers
Calhoun St has lots of Puerto Ricans who attend Loyola all within easy walking distance. My wife had inherited apartments nearby. One of our tenants probably had a different Puerto Rican gal each night. He was from St. Croix. He won a number of collegiate journalism awards He was no lefty. He returned to the Caribbean because he couldn't take the cold weather of New Orleans. 
Posted on 2/23/26 at 1:52 pm to fightin tigers
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Tulane PD has jurisdiction over the area (1 miles from campus)
Tulane owns a lot of rental property bequeathed to it in wills or as charitable donations in the area, especially on Calhoun St. from Claiborne to St. Charles Ave.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:03 pm to ThatTahoeOverThere
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I think 40% of their enrollment are foreign students. I can say ii was impressed with the tour. Very clean and the facilities for what hes doing were actually nicer than LSUs.My wife graduated from there and she turned out ok lol.
The university has a huge endowment for its size. It once owned WWL and the LSU Dental School and sold them for a nice profit.
A lot of students from Central America are automatically given a full scholarship. Several of my tenants attended Loyola and were good tenants. They were from St. Croix, Minneapolis, NYC, and NJ of those who went to Loyola.
BTW, a basement apartment is ground floor and likely used to be an open space under a home. They vary from 6 to 7 feet ceiling height..Homeowners converted those to rentals for students. Some are furnished some are not. The homes were built in the late 20s and perceived floodwater from annual Mississippi River flooding from past floods
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:31 pm to MattA
No idea but those loaded waffle fries used to hit.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:45 pm to NOLALGD
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I hear you and there is room for discussion here for sure. But I believe with the growth of Freret Street and Ochsner buying up tons of properties near baptist, there may be a few streets with crappy houses, but no bad areas on the university side of Napoleon and riverside of Claiborne. Plus Freret and Napoleon (where the new Trader Joes is going) is like 12 blocks from Loyola's campus.
There used to be some rough areas near campus between Carrolton and Broadway, but those areas have long gentrified.
A block from the most expensive school in the state which is in that area.
Fox8
I also hope your child does not wish to express any unwoke thought at any level as they are quite intolerant about that.
In my opinion it is worth less than a UNO degree.
For the average student chasing prestige,or broad career doors it's not worth it; You can get similar or better academics/value at state flagships like LSU, It has outdated facilities, inconsistent student life, and limited opportunities compared to bigger state schools.
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:00 pm to CitizenK
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The university has a huge endowment for its size. It once owned WWL and the LSU Dental School and sold them for a nice profit.
There’s a reason there’s a Loyola Drive in Kenner. A one time all that property along there from University City to the lake was owned by the university too.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:26 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Great place.
I have a degree from Loyola (as well as LSU) and attended school on St Charles Avenue for 8 years. I had a wonderful experience, but that was many years ago. New Orleans was a fun place to attend school and the thought of crime never entered our minds back then.
I have a degree from Loyola (as well as LSU) and attended school on St Charles Avenue for 8 years. I had a wonderful experience, but that was many years ago. New Orleans was a fun place to attend school and the thought of crime never entered our minds back then.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:34 pm to nealnan8
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Prertty sketch once you get between Freret and Claiborne in this area.
Not really. It ain’t Exposition Blvd but I don’t think it’s that bad. Source: I am in the neighborhood weekly, actually will be there in a few hours
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:36 pm to Cell of Awareness
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Fox8
You really using someone shot nearly 2 years ago? Where in New Orleans hasn’t someone been shot in the last 2 years? I have actually played basketball at the same park hundreds of times. Last I checked I am not dead.
Evans park isn’t exactly next door to Loyola. Closer to a mile
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:38 pm to NOLALGD
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I hear you and there is room for discussion here for sure. But I believe with the growth of Freret Street and Ochsner buying up tons of properties near baptist, there may be a few streets with crappy houses, but no bad areas on the university side of Napoleon and riverside of Claiborne. Plus Freret and Napoleon (where the new Trader Joes is going) is like 12 blocks from Loyola's campus.
Agree. Some crappy house but not a bad area
Posted on 2/24/26 at 7:01 am to jflsufan
Thats ok. I know he can probably beat the ever loving dog shite out of 99% of the student body. He'll be ok
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