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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious…for those who live or work in Baltimore.  How would you compare the safety of JHU with university of Chicago?  I remember going to admitted students day at JHU in the 80s and there was kind of a split of opinion among students about how safe it was to walk around and venture off campus.  My own kid is looking at schools now and I’m having trouble assessing the safety/risk of JHU.

We used to go to Baltimore monthly or so for games, museums, etc.—-but that was 10-15 years ago, although we still went at least a few times a year up until probably 5 years ago.  [/quote]

The area around Hopkins undergrad is safe — I think UChicago is in a worse area.  Baltimore’s crime remains very much centered in its poorest neighborhoods, as long has been the case.

There are many downtown neighborhoods that are quite nice and popular —Harbor East, Canton, Federal Hill, Fell’s Point, and Locust Point.  In the midtown area, there is Hampden, Remington, and Station North.  The inner Harbor is just not a big attraction anymore with the buildings empty— people just hang out in different parts of the city these days but I would say the restaurant/going out scene in the city is better than it was 10 years ago.  I am looking forward to the redevelopment of Harbor Place, going to be interesting to see its next iteration.[/quote]

I spent 8 years at uofc and 5 at jhu. I spent a lot of time in the neighborhoods near both. Homewood always felt very safe to me. Uofc was fine but more big city and more areas as you got away from campus where you might find yourself completely alone, which I don't like. Overall, I love Baltimore and think it is a beautiful city but it's the most dysfunctional place I've ever lived in part because the ratio of dysfunction to function is worse than other places. [/quote]

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