All great advice, guys! I analyzed some of the LVPD's crime statistics, and it jived 100% with what you're telling me.

A couple more grad students and I are coming town a few days before August 1st to sign a lease, somewhere. We're going to focus our search east of campus. Hopefully, between riding daily again, and my Wii fit plus (lol), I should be back down to fighting weight before Christmas!