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Anonymous wrote:Would you send your kid to school in DuPont circle? Because that is a pretty good comparison for Hopkins undergrad campus safety,

Eh, Homewood on a good day is similar to DuPont in its worst day. Homewood can be much much worse.

Actually no it isn’t. Dc people tend to forget there is crime in dc whenever Baltimore comes up.

Op, I went to Hopkins as an undergrad in the height of the crack epidemic in the 1990s. In those days, Hopkins only had on campus housing for freshman. I was not a victim of crime nor did I know anyone who was. The area around campus has only gotten nicer, actually significantly nicer since then.

I went to Penn for grad school and the area around campus was significantly more dangerous. I think that area is also
Much safer now.

I went to JHU and also lived in Dupont Circle for some time. Crime rates aside, these two places are not even comparable. The area around Dupont is a thriving urban center with offices, restaurants, shops, and the metro. Not to mention extremely high-priced housing. In contrast, Homewood has almost nothing going for it outside the university. Most professional people are employed by the university, and most vacate to the suburbs in the evening. Nightlife is virtually non-existent and streets are desolate. The area has a depressing feel of a dying urban rust belt area. Not even comparable to Dupont.

I'm curious as to when you went to JHU and the last time you actually visited campus. The Rotunda, St. Paul St, Remington/R House, Hampden, Waverly Market, the BMA - not a thriving area? Seriously, I don't think you've been here in the last 20 years. Is Homewood the same at Dupont? No but it also isn't anything like you've made it out to be. And if the streets are quiet at night it is because JHU is well known for being the place where "fun comes to die." That said, I see plenty of students out and about all the time.

Not to mention the poster missed the point of comparison completely. I said the crime rate was similar to DuPont Circle, not that the areas were identical.

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Anonymous wrote:It is amazing that we have the arbiter of truth on this thread.

If you look back over similar previous threads, this topic always elicits tons of defensive responses.

The actual former students always come across as most objective/realistic.

Makes me wonder if some posters are either parents who are paying through the nose for their kid's Hopkins education, and want to believe they made the right choice. Or they own property in Baltimore and don't want the real estate prices to tank.

It is amusing to watch every time.

You are a troll who is making up ridiculous shit. As someone who actually went to Hopkins, it is completely obvious. In any case, anyone who is remotely curious can look at a map and see that everything you said is bs.

I have a PhD from Johns Hopkins, and you come across as someone the school would deny ever knowing.

If you’re the person claiming undergrads walked to Saturday night parties on North Avenue and that neither Roland Park or Guilford is next to Hopkins, I could care less what you think. Further, if you are defending the person who made these obviously false statements, I also could care less about your opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you send your kid to school in DuPont circle? Because that is a pretty good comparison for Hopkins undergrad campus safety,

Eh, Homewood on a good day is similar to DuPont in its worst day. Homewood can be much much worse.

Actually no it isn’t. Dc people tend to forget there is crime in dc whenever Baltimore comes up.

Op, I went to Hopkins as an undergrad in the height of the crack epidemic in the 1990s. In those days, Hopkins only had on campus housing for freshman. I was not a victim of crime nor did I know anyone who was. The area around campus has only gotten nicer, actually significantly nicer since then.

I went to Penn for grad school and the area around campus was significantly more dangerous. I think that area is also
Much safer now.

I went to JHU and also lived in Dupont Circle for some time. Crime rates aside, these two places are not even comparable. The area around Dupont is a thriving urban center with offices, restaurants, shops, and the metro. Not to mention extremely high-priced housing. In contrast, Homewood has almost nothing going for it outside the university. Most professional people are employed by the university, and most vacate to the suburbs in the evening. Nightlife is virtually non-existent and streets are desolate. The area has a depressing feel of a dying urban rust belt area. Not even comparable to Dupont.

I'm curious as to when you went to JHU and the last time you actually visited campus. The Rotunda, St. Paul St, Remington/R House, Hampden, Waverly Market, the BMA - not a thriving area? Seriously, I don't think you've been here in the last 20 years. Is Homewood the same at Dupont? No but it also isn't anything like you've made it out to be. And if the streets are quiet at night it is because JHU is well known for being the place where "fun comes to die." That said, I see plenty of students out and about all the time.

This. I’m a new poster on this thread but that is so completely ridiculous. The whole Hampden area is absolutely buzzing, with some row houses going for 500K (which is stratospheric by Baltimore standards). You can get artisan kombucha or whatever on every street corner. That poster definitely hasn’t been here for a long time!

Tufts.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you send your kid to school in DuPont circle? Because that is a pretty good comparison for Hopkins undergrad campus safety,

Eh, Homewood on a good day is similar to DuPont in its worst day. Homewood can be much much worse.

Actually no it isn’t. Dc people tend to forget there is crime in dc whenever Baltimore comes up.

Op, I went to Hopkins as an undergrad in the height of the crack epidemic in the 1990s. In those days, Hopkins only had on campus housing for freshman. I was not a victim of crime nor did I know anyone who was. The area around campus has only gotten nicer, actually significantly nicer since then.

I went to Penn for grad school and the area around campus was significantly more dangerous. I think that area is also
Much safer now.

I went to JHU and also lived in Dupont Circle for some time. Crime rates aside, these two places are not even comparable. The area around Dupont is a thriving urban center with offices, restaurants, shops, and the metro. Not to mention extremely high-priced housing. In contrast, Homewood has almost nothing going for it outside the university. Most professional people are employed by the university, and most vacate to the suburbs in the evening. Nightlife is virtually non-existent and streets are desolate. The area has a depressing feel of a dying urban rust belt area. Not even comparable to Dupont.

I'm curious as to when you went to JHU and the last time you actually visited campus. The Rotunda, St. Paul St, Remington/R House, Hampden, Waverly Market, the BMA - not a thriving area? Seriously, I don't think you've been here in the last 20 years. Is Homewood the same at Dupont? No but it also isn't anything like you've made it out to be. And if the streets are quiet at night it is because JHU is well known for being the place where "fun comes to die." That said, I see plenty of students out and about all the time.

Is anyone else wondering if the person who thinks University of Chicago is the most dangerous place on earth and the person who thinks Johns Hopkins is the safest place are the same person? I love it!

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Anonymous wrote:It is amazing that we have the arbiter of truth on this thread.

If you look back over similar previous threads, this topic always elicits tons of defensive responses.

The actual former students always come across as most objective/realistic.

Makes me wonder if some posters are either parents who are paying through the nose for their kid's Hopkins education, and want to believe they made the right choice. Or they own property in Baltimore and don't want the real estate prices to tank.

It is amusing to watch every time.

You are a troll who is making up ridiculous shit. As someone who actually went to Hopkins, it is completely obvious. In any case, anyone who is remotely curious can look at a map and see that everything you said is bs.

I have a PhD from Johns Hopkins, and you come across as someone the school would deny ever knowing.

Anonymous wrote:It is amazing that we have the arbiter of truth on this thread.

If you look back over similar previous threads, this topic always elicits tons of defensive responses.

The actual former students always come across as most objective/realistic.

Makes me wonder if some posters are either parents who are paying through the nose for their kid's Hopkins education, and want to believe they made the right choice. Or they own property in Baltimore and don't want the real estate prices to tank.

It is amusing to watch every time.

I think there is one defensive Baltimore poster. He jumps on here every time Baltimore is mentioned lest anything less than positive is said about the city.

I went to Hopkins for undergrad and an MPH and my husband stayed for medical school and residency. I lived there for 15 years and bought my first house there.

There is a ton of petty crime (mostly break-ins---houses and cars). Violent crime (murder, attempted murder, rape) are all about the highest rates in the United States but are almost entirely contained within the drug community. So if you are not dealing or using drugs you will be fine.
There is about one death per 10 years that impacts the Hopkins community (e.g. a student who is harmed/killed by random city violence). 99.99999% of the time it is a safe place to live. Baltimore is unique in that the million dollar homes and the boarded up shells are *almost* found block-by-block.

Anonymous wrote:It is amazing that we have the arbiter of truth on this thread.

If you look back over similar previous threads, this topic always elicits tons of defensive responses.

The actual former students always come across as most objective/realistic.

Makes me wonder if some posters are either parents who are paying through the nose for their kid's Hopkins education, and want to believe they made the right choice. Or they own property in Baltimore and don't want the real estate prices to tank.

It is amusing to watch every time.

You are a troll who is making up ridiculous shit. As someone who actually went to Hopkins, it is completely obvious. In any case, anyone who is remotely curious can look at a map and see that everything you said is bs.

Do any former students of the HS your kid attends go to JHU? If so, contact their parents to get first hand IRL thoughts and experience.

Second, a recent article.
Johns Hopkins University to move forward with private police force, hires Massachusetts police commissioner to lead security efforts

https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-hopkins-public-safety-20210727-20210727-djzghhbaebczpi52yaudzfhs5q-story.html

The Homewood campus is surrounded by a mix of both wealthy and impoverished neighborhoods. Violent crime in the area is not rampant, although lower level crime is (cars getting broken into, stolen bicycles). I wouldn't walk at night alone (but students don't need to given JHU support). Chicago is in quite a different situation versus the proximity to violent crime.

It is amazing that we have the arbiter of truth on this thread.

If you look back over similar previous threads, this topic always elicits tons of defensive responses.

The actual former students always come across as most objective/realistic.

Makes me wonder if some posters are either parents who are paying through the nose for their kid's Hopkins education, and want to believe they made the right choice. Or they own property in Baltimore and don't want the real estate prices to tank.

It is amusing to watch every time.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you send your kid to school in DuPont circle? Because that is a pretty good comparison for Hopkins undergrad campus safety,

Eh, Homewood on a good day is similar to DuPont in its worst day. Homewood can be much much worse.

Actually no it isn’t. Dc people tend to forget there is crime in dc whenever Baltimore comes up.

Op, I went to Hopkins as an undergrad in the height of the crack epidemic in the 1990s. In those days, Hopkins only had on campus housing for freshman. I was not a victim of crime nor did I know anyone who was. The area around campus has only gotten nicer, actually significantly nicer since then.

I went to Penn for grad school and the area around campus was significantly more dangerous. I think that area is also
Much safer now.

I went to JHU and also lived in Dupont Circle for some time. Crime rates aside, these two places are not even comparable. The area around Dupont is a thriving urban center with offices, restaurants, shops, and the metro. Not to mention extremely high-priced housing. In contrast, Homewood has almost nothing going for it outside the university. Most professional people are employed by the university, and most vacate to the suburbs in the evening. Nightlife is virtually non-existent and streets are desolate. The area has a depressing feel of a dying urban rust belt area. Not even comparable to Dupont.

You went to Hopkins and were unaware there were million dollar condos literally right across the street (Other side of Universiry Parkway)? Unaware that Hopkins Homewoodd campus was surrounded by Roland Park on one side and Guilford on the other, the two priciest neighborhoods in Baltimore? I don’t think you actually went there.

The actual campus is about 50 percent bigger than it was 20 years ago, and there are tons of businesses along Saint Paul that also were not there 20 years ago. The Rotunda has been rebuilt as an outdoor mall with a good number of restaurants. And that third side of Hopkins? It borders Hampden which is young professional bars and restaurant central these days.

Roland Park and Guilford are not right by Homewood. Kids without cars will rarely stray into those neighborhoods. They are far more likely to cross North Avenue though going to a party on Saturday night, where I used to pray that the light would be green.

Yes, they are. And North Avenue is not near campus nor would any Hopkins student be likely to be crossing it at any time, let alone a Saturday night. You are just making things up.

People like you are SO obnoxious.

I was a student there for almost five years. It is very possible that your experience was different than mine.

BUT mine is based upon actually living there as a Hopkins student. That makes if JUST AS VALID as yours, or more so.

If you are claiming to have gone to parties on North Avenue as an undergrad, Zero chance you attended Hopkins. Simply not a thing in the 1990s or ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you send your kid to school in DuPont circle? Because that is a pretty good comparison for Hopkins undergrad campus safety,

Eh, Homewood on a good day is similar to DuPont in its worst day. Homewood can be much much worse.

Actually no it isn’t. Dc people tend to forget there is crime in dc whenever Baltimore comes up.

Op, I went to Hopkins as an undergrad in the height of the crack epidemic in the 1990s. In those days, Hopkins only had on campus housing for freshman. I was not a victim of crime nor did I know anyone who was. The area around campus has only gotten nicer, actually significantly nicer since then.

I went to Penn for grad school and the area around campus was significantly more dangerous. I think that area is also
Much safer now.

I went to JHU and also lived in Dupont Circle for some time. Crime rates aside, these two places are not even comparable. The area around Dupont is a thriving urban center with offices, restaurants, shops, and the metro. Not to mention extremely high-priced housing. In contrast, Homewood has almost nothing going for it outside the university. Most professional people are employed by the university, and most vacate to the suburbs in the evening. Nightlife is virtually non-existent and streets are desolate. The area has a depressing feel of a dying urban rust belt area. Not even comparable to Dupont.

You went to Hopkins and were unaware there were million dollar condos literally right across the street (Other side of Universiry Parkway)? Unaware that Hopkins Homewoodd campus was surrounded by Roland Park on one side and Guilford on the other, the two priciest neighborhoods in Baltimore? I don’t think you actually went there.

The actual campus is about 50 percent bigger than it was 20 years ago, and there are tons of businesses along Saint Paul that also were not there 20 years ago. The Rotunda has been rebuilt as an outdoor mall with a good number of restaurants. And that third side of Hopkins? It borders Hampden which is young professional bars and restaurant central these days.

Roland Park and Guilford are not right by Homewood. Kids without cars will rarely stray into those neighborhoods. They are far more likely to cross North Avenue though going to a party on Saturday night, where I used to pray that the light would be green.

Yes, they are. And North Avenue is not near campus nor would any Hopkins student be likely to be crossing it at any time, let alone a Saturday night. You are just making things up.

NP: so students no longer take Amtrak, go see a move at the Charles, go to Joe Squared, or go to MICA parties? And, Hampden? Still has a huge intergenerational heroin problem as far as I know. And, none of that stopped me from enjoying JHU. I think Baltimore is a gorgeous city and found the people overall to be friendly and kind. Crossing to avoid junkies fighting on the sidewalks of Hampden, not so great.

Anonymous wrote:They used to house international students by the train station.

If their wealthy parents had any idea what that entailed....

Also completely false.