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[quote=Anonymous]Actually I'm not wrong.  Where do you live?

People are still getting shot right on York Road, here's a story about a shoutout at a gas station on York in December.  http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/12/19/york-road-gas-station-murder-suspect-identified.  Shootings on Greenmount last July.  http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-shootings-20160728-story.html   Or how about the absolutely hideous incident from a year or two ago when a bartender riding his bike home from the inner harbor was attacked and killed by a group of juveniles in Waverly.  http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-cutting-20160110-story.html

As a college student in the 90s, we use to frequent the fast food places on Greenmount.  No way, no how, no.

I would agree that that the predominantly white working class neighborhoods like Hampden and Locust point are gentrifying but they are an exception.  Still plenty of meth heads and heroin addicts hanging out on the avenue, tho.

We are headed for a record all time murder rate this year (higher than the peak of the crack epidemic), and all crime was up significantly  last year, not just murders. http://data.baltimoresun.com/news/robberies2016/

Perhaps you missed this incident the other day where a business man was robbed and beaten in downtown Baltimore in broad daylight -- a video made by a passerby went viral.  http://www.wbaltv.com/article/9-people-arrested-in-viral-robbery-posted-on-facebook/9107492  Or a few months ago, when a window in the U.S. Attorney' office (right on Pratt Street) from a random bullet.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/not-even-the-us-attorneys-office-in-baltimore-is-immune-from-flying-bullets/2016/06/03/2b259a3c-299f-11e6-a3c4-0724e8e24f3f_story.html?utm_term=.06ae5ebbe63c

For those of us who still live here and work downtown, Baltimore is not getting safer.  Pretty offensive than anyone who even pays any attention to current events in Baltimore would say that.

[quote=Anonymous]Actually, you're wrong.

As someone who well remembers Baltimore from 20 years ago (1997) Greenmount / York was even worse in those days. Crime was problematic. Very problematic. The 1990s was when Guilford got its private patrol crew. There were even concerns that Hamden was slowly descending into a pit of drugs and crime. Compared to 20 years Baltimore is much improved.

Baltimore people used to joke that no matter how bad thing she got in the city, at least it wasn't as bad as Washington! So perhaps an investment today will pay out handsomely 20 years from now. The city still has too many issues and crime is one of them but big strides have been made in reviving large stretches of Baltimore. North Baltimore, because of its affluence and high profile and proximity, is always going to attract a degree of petty crime, which is unfortunate. Many won't be comfortable with it. But it does not mean North Baltimore is a crime ridden or dangerous place.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/10/24/police-report-2-abduction-robberies-in-roland-park/

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-08-21/news/bs-md-roland-park-arrest-20130821_1_street-robberies-north-baltimore-second-suspect[/quote]

You found two incidents, one from 2012 and one from 2013, that each took place when people were out walking or biking at 2:00 in the morning. From that, we are supposed to believe that RP is some crime-ridden hellhole?[/quote]

Sounds like your reading comprehensions skills are the best.  Each article talks about a string of crimes, most of which were against pedestrians and joggers.  Only one of the shootings was late at night.  Do you even live in Baltimore?[/quote]

Yes, I live in Baltimore. I even lived here 5 years ago when those articles you cite were published. Have you ever lived anywhere OTHER than Baltimore?  You sound like the 80 year olds on my neighborhood listserv who call the police when someone they don't know rings their doorbell because everything is so DANGEROUS. [/quote]

Yup, I lived in philly, boston, low Angeles and dc.

I am also a prosecutor, so I think I have more access to info about crimes than many of you.

[b]Anyone thinking of living in Roland Park should take a drive going  west Cold Spring and evaluate what they think if that neighborhood.

And if you are thinking about Homeland/Guilford, drive down York and Greenmont, and then read on on the crime statistics for mid Govans/Waverly.[/b]

We don't live in a bubble.[/quote]

I used to live in a 'safe neighborhood' in Baltimore and this is great advice. In Baltimore the nice and bad parts of the city are just a few blocks apart. This is unlike the other cities that I've lived in (NYC, Boston and D.C.).[/quote]

Seriously?  That was DC 15 years ago.  I lived in Shaw b/f the Whole Foods.  2 blocks in any direction was the complete hood.  I wish I'd bought that house.  [/quote]

The difference is that we are talking about the nicest neighborhoods in the city, the bad parts of the city are spreading out, not the reverse.,  The York/green mount  area was actually much better 20 years ago, before they tore down Memorial stadium.

Nobody is saying don't live in thee neighborhoods, only that they are not as safe as one might think walking through on a sunny afternoon.  Aesthetically, Thur are lovely.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

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