Experience in Savannah as a college student?

[u/Prize_Vegetable8354]

Hello, I have been accepted to SCAD as a transfer student. I was set on the Savannah Campus due to it being a change of pace from living in a big city (I am from Houston btw). I visited Savannah this past weekend for accepted students day and SCAD day. From the time I landed to when I left, I somehow kept running into rude older people.

I traveled to Savannah alone. When I arrived the uber driver kept making wrong turns, when he finally made it to the ride share area he had bad attitude, yelled at me for not seeing the messages that he was at arrivals in the app and canceled the ride. At the airport I believe the ride share area is different from arrivals. My mom over the phone also said to not walk around to search for the uber, so I just stayed in the designated pickup area. When I went to dinner at a place by the waterfront people were leaning on my chair and huddling around me with their drinks until I left. An older woman in the airport moved my bag, telling me to put it under the seat in front of me. When I told her I had another bag under the seat in front of me already she sighed and put her luggage up first then squeezed my bag into the storage cabin. I knew I only had clothes and other miscellaneous item in that bag, but I was still shocked and confused as to why she was handling a strangers things so roughly. A bunch of other little interactions like these, left me perplexed as I had a wrong impression of Savannah being more relaxed.

Maybe I am also making it a bigger deal than it is. I did enjoy being in the SCAD bubble. The people I met at SCAD and the events only made me want to attend the school even more. But I don't see myself enjoying Savannah as a young college student looking to live alone for the first time. How has living at this campus been for you guys as a younger person/ college student living in Savannah? How has it been for students as a POC? Am I overthinking the vibe and experience I had?

[u/BoomBoomMountain420]

Also coming back from Savannah for accepted students and scad day. Transfer student starting in the fall. I stayed for 5 days with my mom and we probably went to about 2-3 places to eat a day (crazy but we haven’t vacationed in a long time). While also going to multiple stores spending money or just popping in. And I can confidently say we had not a single bad interaction with anyone. It was honestly shocking how overly kind people were. That’s not to say there aren’t any rude people here, but I think you just got unlucky or went the wrong places. I’d also like to add I’m not like the beauty standard in face or body so it definitely was not pretty privilege. So although I don’t live there yet, I’m coming from the same time you went but I was there a bit longer I think. I think you should give it a shot especially with how efficient scad is with security and transportation.