<p>That if you go to John's Hopkins, you have a 25% chance of being shot every time you leave campus.</p>
<p>Is crime really that bad there?</p>
<p>No. The neighborhood around campus is very safe. Baltimore's crime is concentrated in the east and west, and something like 95% of all crime is drug related and a similar number of people shot have criminal records. The neighborhoods bordering the northern edge of campus is very wealth and safe with multi-million dollar homes etc. Looking at homicide maps, there is no more a chance of being shot at Hopkins than there is at Penn. And both percentages are incredibly low.</p>
<p>Also, it's Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>EDIT: Furthermore, I initially didn't even realize how ridiculous that statistic was. I left campus about 15 times today, and I'm still alive.</p>
<p>Alright that's good to know. I actually believed him because I know the crime rate in Baltimore is the 2nd highest in the nation right after Detroit.</p>
<p>Also, do you know about University of Maryland - College Park? I hear similar things about it as well.</p>
<p>Were that statistic true nearly every student who left the campus 8 times would be dead.</p>
<p>False about UMD too. Actually your crime stat is way off. Baltimore is 12th. Detroit is 2 and St Louis is 1. Maybe you should worry more about the WUSTL students?</p>
<p>Well look at the "Over 500,000 or more population" chart. Baltimore is 2nd and Detroit is 1st.</p>
<p>Either way, Baltimore is less dangerous than those cities listed above it on the overall chart. Grouping them by size doesn't affect the relative safety of each city. Moreover, those cities ranked above Baltimore (St Louis, Flint, Camden, Cleveland) on the overall chart are smaller than Baltimore. Smaller city+more crime is not a desirable mix. I'm not saying Baltimore is without problems, but it certainly isn't as dangerous as you were led to believe or would lead others to believe. It's just like any other city--similar to DC and Philadelphia in crime. If you aren't an idiot, you're not going to get mugged. And your unlikely to get murdered unless you're in a gang running drugs.</p>
<p>I've watched "The Wire"; I know how this works. I think that show actually negatively affected my college decision-making process. Blech.</p>
<p>What exactly is a Hopkins and why does John have it?</p>
<p>heh, I'm sorry. I don't have anything constructive to say. I just like to pop in.</p>
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if you go to John's Hopkins, you have a 25% chance of being shot every time you leave campus.
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it's more like a 95% chance (better pull out the bullet proof vest...). honestly, if Baltimore, JHU, etc. were that dangerous, do you think such a large number of people would live there/choose to attend? Methinks no... i'm willing to bet that you won't find a city in this country where your chance of being shot on any given day is 25%...</p>
<p>My kid has lived in an apartment right by Johns Hopkins for about a year. Goes out all the time. So far, has always returned without any noticeable bullet holes. (But his car, parked on the street, has been vandalized twice, though also no bullet holes.)</p>