<p>Just the City of Baltimore's webpage...The New York Times...you know, the regular half baked sources</p>
<p>I'm sure Balimore is better than it once was :rolleyes: </p>
<p>According to the Times Baltimore just experiened its bloodiest January since 1972 with a grand total of 34 murders! Oh yeah, sounds like things are really picking up over there...I wouldn't want to send my child into that sesspool of walking human excrement. Highest murder rate in the country by far, 5 times that of NY, 3 times that of LA...you wanna debate that call the NYT</p>
<p>Lived in DC area for all my life, but got cousins in B-more. I do think B-More is exxagerated (sp?), but I wouldn't say it's that safe to walk in the wee hours of the morning, especially in the inner city. Come on, let's get real.</p>
<p>ctnjpamom- Baltimore was number 5 on that list.</p>
<p>I lived in the area around Hopkins in Baltimore for many years. There has always been discussions about the safety of it. I personally did not find it very dangerous--and felt less comfortable about other college neighborhoods, notably Hyde Park around UofChicago where I also lived. Baltimore is right on the verge of a very nice, expensive neighborhood which is on the other side of University Parkway. But the part where there has been trouble is in Charles Village which is south of the college where there are many cheap rowhouses and apartments to rent. That has always been a bit "iffy" but it is not an area to wander as it is off campus. The problem is that a lot of kids live there since it is within walking distance from campus, and the availability of housing is good and cheap, and Hopkins does not guarantee housing after sophomore year. Two students have been killed in Charles Village this year, which is terribly upsetting. No clue as to who or why the killings occurred. I had never heard of such things during my time there or even thereafter, though break ins and robberies do occur routinely in that area. The only student I know who was killed at Hopkins in 30 years was a murder by another student several years ago, which was done pretty much in a jealous rage by someone who was off mentally and emotionally. Such things have happened at Harvard as well as other colleges on occaision. But these two murders this past year, is a different situation. It brings murder onto the list of things happening in an area where many Hopkins students live. </p>
<p>I would be perfectly comfortable having a child of mine attend Hopkins as long as I could afford housing for him that is very close to the university and on the nicer side of the campus. I would not want him living in Charles Village given the events of the past year.</p>
<p>all of you talk of baltimore as if you were born here and lived here all your life. esp the dude that's saying baltimore is so bad. if it's so bad, then dont come here, and if you're already here, you're just saying how likely it is you'd die. i lived in baltimore for the past 16 out of 17 years of my life...and umm i'm still alive. you dont just get jumped for nothing. if you're dumb enough to walk in the wrong place of town at the wrong time messing with the wrong people, then blame yourself if something happens to you. every city has its good and bad...please don't think that you know everything about baltimore just becuase you READ about it. i can read about places all over the world, that doesn't mean i've been there and i know anything about it. oh btw, you guys never answered the person who started this thread, most of you were too busy showing off your knowledge about this and that about baltimore to even care about what this thread was originally about. get over yourselves. oh btw, this isnt directed towards everyone, haha you know who you are, and if you get offended by what im saying here, then you're probably the person i'm talking to.</p>
<p>"i can read about places all over the world, that doesn't mean i've been there and i know anything about it"</p>
<p>So in other words, this cat would be equally as happy if he were living in a Gaza Strip refugee camp as he would be living in posh upstate New York, 35 acre, ranch estate.</p>
<p>A higher percentage of people get deaded in Baltimore than anywhere else...just live with the fact that your the murder capital of the United States</p>
<p>johnkgh, I like reading some of your posts. You seem well-informed, but when you start calling other people names, you lose credibility, irrespective of whether the other person deserves to be called a name.</p>
<p>this was a funny board to read..hehehe..i have lived in center city "charm city"/b-more/the city that reads/BALTIMORE my entire life. it's a city. there is crime, just like there is in any other (but b-more is one of the few with an murder rate that is escallating, that much i will say). period. there are some things that you don't do at city schools that you can get away with at other, less urban universities. use your head, if you're going to hopkins than clearly you have a few working brain cells, use them!</p>
<p>im applying to georgetown as a transfer, not because i hate b-more and can't wiat to leave (as if dc is any better) but because i feel georgetown's academic offerings are higher than ub's and is much more prestegious (i don't think many will disagree). i love bmore. can't say i want to raise a family there, but..that's ok too. :)</p>
<p>I lived in Bmore all my life and Johns Hopkins is a fairly safe community (much better then most.) But I would definitely advise you to avoid areas such as Penn North& North Ave (down from JH art museum),crackheads loveee to hang out around there. Also I would ask the school to help find off-campus housing b/c it more then likely would be a nice environment and unless you want to deal with junkies I suggest bringing a car. In all if you just use common sense, and stay away form targeted bad areas (e.a. The Junction, Whitelock, etc) you'll mostly be fine. P.S. I wouldn't advise riding a bike to far off campus, and stay away from dirty corner stores.</p>
<p>if big city crime were a huge threat to colleges, there NYU, Columbia, U Chicago, UCLA wouldnt exist... crime areas arent like right across the fence of these colleges, come on now...</p>