Anxious about Dd potentially going to London University

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Dd is applying for ucas 2023 entry, two out of her 5 choices are London (imperial and ucl). If she gets offers, on the one hand they are fantastic universities, and London should be full of opportunities and it would be great to study and live there. On the other hand, I’m getting more and more nervous about the state of things in London, especially regarding the decline of law and order and how risky it would be for her as an environment to learn to be independent.

aibu? Are there other parents feeling this way? Or if you are a parent of a yr 1 , yr 2 London student, how do you feel about your dc studying in London?

Gosh, I went to UCL and still live in London. I ought to tell my friends in Bloomsbury to be careful...

Just had a peak outside and all appears to be well, here in Zone Three. Granted, we are South of the River...

I'm going up to town later today, so can report from the trenches...

To be honest it would be the cost I would worry about, not actually being in London.
London is fantastic fun when young I went to uni there and worked there for many years. Central London is really great.
But the cost of being a student is scary. I would rather my children studied elsewhere for that reason. I have no objections to being in London at all otherwise.

Don't start the south/north of the river debate here 😉

I'm in deepest darkest east London and we also have calm and order. Apart from the screaming fox...