other hand is located in a section of LA which is somewhat less desirable. While only a short drive down the freeway or across town to Hollywood or the more upscale Westside, the immediate vicinity around the campus is not the greatest area and can potentially be unsafe at night if more than a few blocks outside the campus grounds.
The lack of a good subway or public transit system in LA means that a student will be ‘stuck’ on campus without a car or at least without friends or access to a car. While the proximity to the film industry, the studios and the many post production houses in LA do offer value to the student for internships and such, my view is that during school, New York offers such a substantially better living environment that it outweighs those benefits. After graduation after all, many NYU graduates make the move to LA anyway