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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way Baltimore is different, is that it is hard to travel around town without crossing through those neighborhoods.

I have lived there, in DC and in New York. It was not hard for me to avoid the high crime areas in other cities. [/quote]

Almost all the areas discussed in that link are in east and west Baltimore, and pockets in northeast / northwest.

Hopkins students will spend all their time traversing the north / south central axis that is known as the White L. It is very easy to spend your four years at Hopkins and never go anywhere near the areas discussed in the link. I know this because I grew up in North Baltimore and we just never went to east or west Baltimore other than for community service outreach events. The sketchiest area that Hopkins students may cross while going to Canton or Federal Hill is probably North Avenue and there's a lot of gentrification going on around North at Charles/St. Paul/Calvert and Maryland in this central corridor.

It's beyond me that some people think going to college in one small part of a large city somehow is akin to being under threat by the entire city. I went to an Ivy League school in another city and 99% of my time was spent on campus and in the immediate adjoining area. The city had problematic neighborhoods not too far away but it meant nothing to me. The same is true of Hopkins students. They will spend almost all their time on campus / Charles Village with the periodic foray to the waterfront areas for the bars or to Hampden for eateries. They will never go to east or west Baltimore or even spend hours hanging out on North Avenue.

I know Baltimore has bad problems. It's frustrating and I'm not blind to the realities. I know unfortunate people have been killed. I'm fully aware of East/West Baltimore and the other deprived areas. But it's not akin to denial. Thousands of people live happily in Baltimore and have a great life and it's frustrating to see people going around acting as if we live in a war zone dodging bullets daily. [/quote]

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