<p>108 killings just so far this year, mayor calls for crisis action:</p>
<p>Does anyone know if this would have an effect on the JHU campus or medical zone? I'm thinking of visiting this summer and don't want to be locked down.</p>
<p>Baltimore is a very big city. I doubt the Hopkins Homewood campus area would be affected. I wouldn't worry about. Enjoy your trip.</p>
<p>If you're visiting Homewood, there's no need for concern. That is one of the nicest parts of the city.</p>
<p>Homewood has so much security, you'd have to be an idiot to get into trouble on campus.</p>
<p>I think the medical school is way downtown, different neighborhood than the Homewood campus. So check separately about the medical school.</p>
<p>Wasn't a student killed by a robber a couple years ago right near Homewood?</p>
<p>108 killings in 5 months? this is ridiculous...</p>
<p>At least you don't go to Penn, which, unlike Hopkins, is in a considerably dangerous part of its respective city. 140 some murders so far in Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Although Baltimore is approximately half the size.</p>
<p>I agree. Actually they've had over 150 so far. New York City has had about 150 so far, and it is eight times larger than Phil.</p>
<p>Homewood is OK and it's fenced off from the whole city, too. I haven't been to the med area recently though - how's that.</p>
<p>The actual med area is okay. Immediately off campus, however, is not pleasant. Although, the school and hospital recently purchased what used to be blocks of low income/abandoned housing to buid new research buildings, much to the dismay of the neighborhood. Withstanding, that area remains the worst in Baltimore.</p>
<p>EDIT: Okay in that I'm not constantly fearing for my life.</p>
<p>ok my parents and I are especially worried about the safety issues in baltimore and areas around JHU. We live in one of the safest/cleanest cities in the world, so having 108 deaths in 5 months does seem a little staggering, horrific to us. </p>
<p>It sounds as if your life is constantly jeoprodized everytime you get off campus. </p>
<p>Oh yeah, one more thing, do we a have a church (protestant) on/ nearby the campus?</p>
<p>Jimmy,</p>
<p>It's probably best to realize that everything you read on here isn't taken as gospgel and Baltimore is a huge city. JHU is located in Charles Village and just south of Roland Park where the average home sells for no less than $1,000,000. Sure, you're in the city and you have to be smart but also realize that Johns Hopkins woudn't be as great of a school if it didn't have a neighborhood and community that was safe for students or else they wouldn't continue to enroll.</p>
<p>Baltimore is very spread out so keep in mind some of the more dangerous areas far from Hopkins; and some that are a little closer, students have no reason to go there. When you start at Hopkins, this will become second nature but as for now I wouldn't worry about it.</p>
<p>An none of them are near the Homewood campus
See this map:
<a href="http://www.burgersub.org/murders2k7.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.burgersub.org/murders2k7.htm</a></p>
<p>My sister's friend's roommate was murdered a year or two ago--it was an infamous event--in the Charles Apts. My sister knew her actually--the girl who died was killed by her bf (or maybe ex-bf)</p>
<p>There was another student killed in a robbery, though, a few blocks away. In 2004 I think.</p>
<p>They're up to 120 murders so far this year, as of yesterday. That's two per day since this thread started. </p>
<p>According to the Examiner, it is "a level of violence that far exceeds anything acceptable in a civilized world."</p>
<p>Look at this for the daily digest:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baltimorecrime.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.baltimorecrime.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>In the online poll, 3/4 of people feel that Baltimore is a bigger tragedy than the war in Iraq. That's kind of sad. I'm definitely going to watch out.</p>
<p>120 deaths in 5 months? Something is certainly not right there in Baltimore. Can't the authority do something about this tragic situation? Perhaps augment welfare funds, revitalize the economy by attracting outside investment, establish public health care, etc?? </p>
<p>I mean, these deaths happen for a reason, perhaps the result of a significant social loophole. As an incoming freshman to one of the most prestigious universities in the world, I'm not afraid to see and meet these problems, but rather disappointed.</p>