<p>i have heard from a few people that JHU is in a really bad area. They said they were afraid to get out of their cars. is this true??</p>
<p>This question comes up again and again... Of course there are always some paranoids who are afraid to get out of their cars in <em>any</em> city.
No, Baltimore is very safe as long as you have common sense about walking on the street (e.g. not walking on the street in midnight carrying a bundle of cash in your hand...). JHU is not in a bad area - the bad area of Baltimore is pretty far away as I understand, and the campus itself is definitely safe.</p>
<p>the area around campus isn't that bad...just use common sense, kinda like not walking around in west hollywood at night...haha.</p>
<p>there are also some very nice neighborhoods in baltimore</p>
<p>eh it's like every other city</p>
<p>the area hopkins is in is supposed to be one of the nicest in baltimore. but i heard lately there have been a lot of armed and attempted robberies involving students close to campus. hopkins has a newsletter online and it said that north baltimore police are understaffed as well.</p>