(01-23-2025) Last Saturday I learned wustl has an area that its school shuttle covers (don’t know where to find it online). And I came across this one about why people (mainly students I assume) usually live.
(11-03-2024 更新) 我上载了一个油管视频，是关于这个主题的，欢迎各种意见反馈。
(有人在小红书上问 #圣路易斯 哪里比较 #安全，我猜可能是华大学生，以下是我的回答）：综合考虑，建议住 #Clayton, #Brentwood, #Olivette 等。如果有上K-12的小孩，学区来讲，Olivette (Ladue), 和 Clayton 是密苏里公立学校/学区里面第一和第二名。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, 绝大部份的 west county, south county. West county 和south county 要稍远一些。
我自己的的经历
我从2000年秋天到圣路易斯。一开始在Bridgeton (机场✈️附近）住了一年。住在那里的主要原因是当时我刚到圣路易斯，我有一个朋友住在那个小区，那个公寓离我上班的地方（办公室）也挺近。This is the apartment. I think it’s generally okay to live there – besides 2 or 3 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 I moved 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.
【St.Louis | Housing】圣路易斯华盛顿大学租房 | 全美犯罪率最高？| St Louis 生活学习 (YouTube by Kath Y.)
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.
If you are shopping for houses in the St. Louis Area
Personally I like to get an quick overview if I am moving to a new place. Below are two excellent sources.
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)
St. Louis’ hottest neighborhoods for singles, professionals, and families (by Peter Lu Team)