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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone talks about crime in Baltimore being bad, but how does it compare to DC east of the river?  Worse?  Better? [/quote]

People who live in DC west of the river never go east of the river. I know people who have lived in DC for 20 years and have never been east of the river except on the freeway.

Though since you asked, there are many parts of east of the river that are really pleasant. I think the main issue is the sheer volume of illegal firearms in those neighborhoods. So much of the violence are these gang and drug related shoot outs that escalate to community tragedies because so many people have guns, including way, way too men very young men. It is alarming and it's the main reason I won't move there. There is gun violence throughout DC, and there are pockets of public housing throughout the city where there is a decent amount of drug traffic and gang violence, but one thing that gentrification has wrought is just enormous populations of people who would never even consider keeping a gun in their home. It genuinely helps. Gentrification has downsides, but it also has real upsides and this is one of them.

I don't know Baltimore well enough to know, but I'm guessing based on crimes stats that guns are incredibly prevalent there. Its a really hard problem to address, maybe even harder than drugs. When guns are prevalent in poor neighborhoods, many people get and keep guns for personal safety. And that inevitably leads to more violence and death. It is a very difficult cycle and is made worse when the citizens do not trust the police department.[/quote]

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