<p>Hows the city? do alot of JHU students go there to hang out and stuff...is it a pretty lively city?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Hopkins is in the city. There is a lot that goes on around here. Places like the Inner Harbor, Fell's Point, and Canton are pretty busy and popular. Plus, Baltimore is really close to DC, so it is easy to experience that city also.</p>
<p>Hopkins is not in the city, hopkins is sort of like a beautiful isolated park where you can, if you wish, spend days without seeing a real car. Should you wish to leave this park you can walk out and be in the city. There is plenty to do here, like in any other city. It may not be as happening as manhattan but it's probably not much worse than boston. (Plus with the new developments and the 2 new condos and the rebuilding of charles village (1-2 more years) this place is going to be awesome.</p>
<p>There are tons of threads on this topic. Search.</p>
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<p>Hopkins <em>is</em> in the city. It is in the northerly end of the city and is bordered by a park on one side. And it is a defined campus, as opposed to a school like NYU or BU which is maybe what scorp would consider "in" the city.</p>
<p>You can walk to shops and restaurants within 1 block. You can walk to other neighborhoods with shops and restaurants within 15 minutes. You can easily get down to the more densely built parts of the city using public transportation or walking. </p>
<p>If you want to see a "real car" (again, ????), all you have to do is walk to N. Charles - the eastern border of campus and you will see plenty whizzing by. If you live in any of the residences on N. Charles, you'll have your fill of seeing "real cars."</p>
<p>jmmom thanks for that update! </p>
<p>What I meant was that JHU is in the city, it is surrounded by a city but the campus itself is like an isolated park and if you're a freshman you can literarly go from your dorm to class, eat, and back and never see a car and feel like you're in a park/isolated from the city. Don't get upset. I wasn't expecting to be taken so literally.</p>
<p>(PS: I'm on campus right now, I know what it's like.)</p>
<p>I understand about the restaurants within 1 block. I know. I live here.
Read: "Should you wish to leave this park you can walk out and be in the city. There is plenty to do here, like in any other city. "</p>
<p>Scorp,</p>
<p>I understood what you were saying but it would have been confusing for the OP to read. I think jmmom was just trying to help that person out.</p>
<p>Now I get it too, scorp. I think I was a little dense when first reading your post ;). But I was afraid the OP would be confused about what type of location Hopkins is and think it was in a surburb or something.</p>
<p>:) No hard feelings, I hope. </p>
<p>The Hopkins campus is essentially awesome and the academics are awesome. That we can all agree on.</p>
<p>people have mixed feelings about baltimore, honestly. personally, i think the city is alright...living here is much easier since I have a friend with a car to take me out of the city and get out of the bubble that is baltimore. the weather here, i hate too since it's so unpredictable.</p>
<p>it all comes down to how resourceful you are- finding out how to get where, finding what to do, and weather preferences. if you can, do visit before making a decision. baltimore isnt for everyone.</p>
<p>people have mixed feelings about baltimore, honestly. personally, i think the city is alright...living here is much easier since I have a friend with a car to take me out of the city and get out of the bubble that is baltimore. the weather here, i hate too since it's so unpredictable.</p>
<p>it all comes down to how resourceful you are- finding out how to get where, finding what to do, and weather preferences. if you can, do visit before making a decision. baltimore isnt for everyone.</p>