10 of Baltimore's Most Dangerous Neighborhoods.
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- Top 10 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore is home to far too much history to explain in a 10-minute video but it is home to Fort McHenry, the birthplace of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.
In a survey done in 1999 75% of US, High School students thought Baltimore was next to NYC. It is not. It is north of Wash. DC on the Chesapeake Bay.
Baltimore is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States. So much so they have filmed several TV shows and movies in the city like The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street.
Baltimore is a dangerous city if you end up in the wrong neighborhood.
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The fact that park heights, the village and federal street wasn’t on this list says a lot bout the person knowledge of Bmore.
I believe it's based off of statistics. I agree with you though.
He has no clue
Straight facts!
Park heights is big and includes Jew Town…
Federal St is in Berea too though
I'm from Cherry Hill and raised in Mondawmin area and Park Heights as a kid / teenager. Most of these areas the violent crime is isolated to drugs and domestic issues that don't concern most " civilians " Many of the people whom you fear the most really aren't concerned with you if you mind your business. The culture here is amazing if you navigate with eyes wide open to your surroundings. You can see where not to go. It's obvious.
Umm…….I’m a Bmore native. Born in Walbrook Junction. Raised in Park Heights district. Went to St. Ambrose. Currently live in Gwynn Oak. Mind your business for safety is your advice? What, exactly; do you think an 80 yr old woman was doing when she was shot dead in a crossfire? What do you think car jacking victims are doing? What do you think folks sitting at a stop light are doing, when squeegee kids harass them?
@@rapmeister1000 no need to be nasty BISHOP, he was just stating the most dangerous neighborhoods by the numbers...geez
@@ginahutchason5363 who’s being nasty? I’m dealing with facts.
I dated a woman in Park Heights. Hood was rough but I had no issues going down there. Some staired but never did I feel uncomfortable. 🤷♂️
@@yemx4683 you win some, you lose some. Just saying that it’s getting be a crap shoot to live in this city.
At one point you said "You could just walk to Johns Hopkins" which is accurate. One of the reasons Baltimore doesn't top the murder list every year is it's incredible emergency services and top rated hospitals. So yeah, if you get shot, there is a good chance you won't die. Yay.
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There's a reason There's great medical services. For instance, in Chicago, the military sends doctors there to train to take care of bullet victims for war. I'm going to bet John's Hopkins is the same way. It's not that they want to give you great medical services, it's that they need neighborhoods like that for emergency training.
@@seameologyno that's not the case , johns hopkins it's actually the best hospital in the nation
@@AncientOfLegends999shock trauma is the best in the country. I've heard that for the last 30 years.
I lived in Cherryhill for 10yrs and Cherryhill didn't hv a single murder for a whole year. That accomplishment made the news.
That's total bullshit, been living here my whole life. Never happened.
Crazy I have lived in a few of these neighborhoods, and my husband has lived in most of the others. I am not originally from BMore, but I fell in love with the city. Some of these areas are not horrible; they have pockets of crappy areas. It's a shame that it's only shown for the negative and never for the positive.
Bmore is my hometown & I love it more than anywhere ive ever been
thanks, i have lived in the same house for 66 years.
I mean it is called most dangerous… I could see if it was called something like what it’s like in Baltimore or something lol
Yo I’m young and from Bmore and shiii but the only place i Been that was nice was da harbor but still parts of dat be crazy so
I have lived in Hopkins Middle East for 3 years - there is so much new develpment in this area -many of the blocks that your'e talking about have been leveed to make way for new 300K townhouses
Man I bleed Baltimore. I love my city and the people. As long as there’s poverty there will always be crime. Gotta remember Baltimore was home of the biggest steel mill on the East Coast. When that went away so did jobs.
That is true, but that is only one of many reasons why the city is the way it is. The locals know why. But still these scenarios continue to play out.
Poverty ?? Wrong. As long as you vote for democrats. You will live in the shit they create
Right on fam 💯
@@carterlrae poverty is the number one reason for crime. Of course there are many reasons
@@vrrnonorem4266 ima respectfully keep voting for democrats whitey
I am a native & lifelong Baltimorean. While I agree for the most part, most of these neighborhoods cover the same area & should have been lumped together for the sake of including more places in Baltimore that are actually more dangerous. Oliver, Berea, & Madison-Eastend represent one connected geographical area. As do a few more that elude me at the moment but I will get back to it. Let’s make room for some places in Baltimore no one should go EVER. Also, most of the neighborhoods mentioned are the ones between Johns Hopkins main medical campus & the Bayview Campus. That sums it up. However, being honest, that is one land mass in East Baltimore. It’s WEST Baltimore you want to stay away from. Rosemont & Franklin Square aren’t the only places to avoid in West Baltimore. PARK HEIGHTS should have been #1 on this list. But since the Pimlico Race Track is there, I guess they want the negative press to stay away. A place so bad that even the former mayor was approached to buy drugs during a walkthrough. Edmondson Ave, a street that starts in the Franklin Square area and runs all the way into a more middle class area in Baltimore County, sees a ridiculous amount of murders per capita every year. But Brooklyn, Cherry Hill, Wesport, Fairfield, and Curtis Bay are all sort of in an area of the city considered south of Downtown Baltimore & the natives like to forget it’s there. For a reason.
Also important to note: most neighborhoods rife with blight & poverty are among those best to stay away from. If they look dangerous, they usually are. Crime is also rampant in neighborhoods with densely built blocks.
There are some entire streets to avoid in a Baltimore due to their crime problems. North Avenue is the most notorious. If it’s on North Ave, SAY NO. Martin Luther King Blvd, likewise. Park Heights Ave below Northern Parkway.
Now, in STAUNCH defense of the city I’ve lived in my whole life, let me tell you where millionaires row is. Guilford, a neighborhood adjacent to where I grew up, is full of million dollar mini-mansions and beautiful flower gardens. Roland Park likewise. They are also adjacent to each other. Mt. Washington, Federal Hill, Fell’s Point, Harbor East. Remington and Wyman Park are gentrifying, thanks to Johns Hopkins University being adjacent. Charles Street is a street that runs the entire length of the city and divides East and West Baltimore in the Northern half of the City (Downtown & above). The MAJORITY of it is occupied by people above average income. Except the part close to North Ave, & i already explained why.
Baltimore is like a sweet & salty snack. Some parts are great. Some parts are good. Some parts are absolutely horrible. Your eyes won’t lie to you though.
These are areas inside city limits & I am in NO WAY referring to Baltimore County. It is a different jurisdiction.
It’s bad in Baltimore county too in some areas. So I don’t like to say this area is bad or that area is. I like to say anything can happen anywhere!! So be smart n don’t mess around at night in certain places n you will be fine in Baltimore. Most of the crime happens for a reason n is targeted. Nobody wants to get in trouble with the law so most ppl are just gonna be cool. So again just be smart, mindful of others and polite and u should get the same in return in Baltimore. It’s really not as bad as this stuff makes it seem. But just like any city and any place, anything can happen anywhere!
@@justdoinit2378 I agree 100%. The area as a whole has its pitfalls in crime. Those of us that move carefully are usually fortunate enough to never be victims of serious crimes. Even the places where they have crimes like robberies & carjackings are limited to the activities of certain groups in certain areas. I’ve been fortunate enough to never have been a victim of crime and that could change any minute but overall, in spite of seeing and knowing the crime is here, I usually don’t feel unsafe here.
I lived in Middle East by east chase & Eager it wasn't that bad a place to live. Clearly gentrified community. Cameras everywhere security patrolling the streets.
@@justdoinit2378 yea I seen parts of Baltimore county worse than my block and supposedly Middle East is the worst hood in Baltimore according to this video and I was living there. I would walk from home to the northeast market I think after northeast market it gets bad but I stayed out of those parts. I lived in subsidized housing project u'de imagine it being the worst of the worst since its in the worst hood apparently. Wasn't that bad.
Thank you, this helps... I'm moving to Baltimore soon.
I lived in Baltimore from 55-89. I use to walk everywhere and wouldn't try it today. I lived in S..Baltimore, now called Federal Hill. Last time I was there, my friends wouldn't let me walk 2 blocks by myself. I went to visit a friend in Curtis Bay and took a bus over. I tried to call a cab to pick me up and a cab wouldn't pick me up after dark. My friend had to drive me back and he doesn't see well at night. Brooklyn was a beautiful neighborhood in the 70's. I went to high school with kids from Brooklyn, Curtis Bay & Cherry Hill and they were good neighborhoods. A friend from high school's parents had a crab feast, in their yard, in Cherry Hill for his friends in HS. I'm white and never thought twice about going to that party. I probably wouldn't make it out alive today. I still love Baltimore and visit often, but I wouldn't move back there. I use to travel to Detroit in the 70's and 80's for work and that was a beautiful city. Last time I was there, it looked like a bomb went off. Baltimore isn't the only city that drugs have destroyed.
I used to drive cadavers to the medical examiner in Baltimore. I swear I was driving through an episode of The Wire.
Driving for the MEs office, you must have put on some miles
@@MadStacks007 Yeah, it wasn't that bad. I was a delivery driver for a while before that.
The hardest part was bagging and tagging decomposed bodies. Awful
I feel like most non Marylanders don't realize that Baltimore is an entire county and not just a city,that actually does have nice areas/neighborhoods. It's not just what you've seen on The Wire lmao
There’s plenty of gorgeous areas in the city too
Listen they could go is close as 15 minutes outside the city and it's a completely different environment and then if they want to get real country they can go what 30 minutes outside the city someplace like Carroll county country as hell Hampstead Westminster reisterstown all those places is outside the city and they good areas
It’s true that Baltimore County has a lot of nice places and even Baltimore City itself. But Baltimore County and Baltimore City are 2 different jurisdictions, unlike a lot of major cities in the country that are part of or within a certain county. Baltimore City is not part of Baltimore County…
Baltimore city and Baltimore county is different.
Baltimore county is more tame, I'll give you that. People don't take into account crime that isn't reported though. Basically every criminal act that I've seen has gone unreported 🤷🏽♂️ I just don't consider people with drug problems criminal. They harm themselves more than anyone else. I guess either way I wouldn't call the cops come to think of it. Violent crime/sexual assault would be met with violence to stop the act. Victimless crimes my brain just sort of blanks out on and doesn't see. Personally I prefer the city to the county. I'm a night owl. The county shuts down early
I am glad you mentioned that the neighborhoods are mostly made up of normal everyday people but 10% of those people always mess it up for everyone else.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Baltimore County. Moved back to Baltimore, park Heights. It was the only place I could afford being a single mom with three children. My son went to Poly, and I needed to live in the city in order for him to attend.
I moved back in 1997, and I’m 2018, I was able to purchase my first house. Knowing the trends of buying and wealth, I bought my house 2 blocks from Druid Hill park. I knew that after the Freddy Gray uprising, housing would be cheap for these mainly spacious homes.
I purchased my 4 bedroom, original hard wood floors, courtyard, garage, finished basement, 2 bedroom home for less thar 65,000. When I first moved here, we had major drug activity, but I cleaned the trash every morning and planted flowers in my front garden. The drug activity ceased when the rest of the neighbors did the same thing. The dealers don’t like maintained neighborhoods. Anyway, 2 weeks ago there was an article featuring the renovations for the park and an investment from the state of 275 million. The old target will now be a neighborhood resource center. Two 21st century elementary schools have been constructed. And the biggest foot locker store in the state will be built in Mondawmin mall this fall/winter. Houses now are going for mid 200 to 400,000. It’s all about following the city, state, and federal funding for neighborhood renovations. 10 years ago the neighborhoods featured would have been Mondawmin, Park Heights, and whitelock...all of these neighborhoods now have revitalization plans or have completed revitalization. And I submit, that most of the crime filled neighborhoods of the past have residents scared. Many of them moved to Baltimore county. Now we are seeing a rise in murders in places like Owings Mills, Woodlawn, Catonsville, and Towson. All of the Baltimore county areas are seeing a rise in crime.
As you stated, the techs are doing. Most likely, the housing prices for them will be cool; however, for the locals it’s not easy paying for a 400,000 mortgage. So so hat will we see? A rise in the educated well paid tech class and the displacement of single lead working families. Many left because they felt the schools in Baltimore county were better, lol.
If you are going to analyze how dangerous you believe our city is, I suggest you look deeper. There are hands that are being well paid to dissect issues to advance an agenda: the removal of the black vote.
Awesome response to the video. Keep stepping Sis
you were smart to start and continue to study trends over a couple of years and to see the impact of headline events on the housing market... also kudos for keeping your children away from gangs on your
own.... the odds are against you. Bmore has had black mayors for awhile yet you state the agenda is to
remove the black vote..... how and why? where do "the powers that be" plan on seeing Bmore 10 years
from now? thanks for getting back to me and have a good Christmas
Hey Briggs great video! I'm a student at Loyola University Maryland in the Roland Park neighborhood but I'm originally from California like you. I know positive videos get less views but do you think you could make a video on the best neighbors of Baltimore?
That would be one of the shortest videos ever made....(From Riverside, Calif originally...now living in Glen Burnie, MD (right next to B'more).
Roland Park
Charles Village
Hampden
Locust Point
Federal Hill
Mount Vernon
Canton
Maybe Harbor East/Fells Point?
@eric that's exactly why there needs to be a video. You obviously know nothing about Baltimore if you think there are no great areas. I was raised in Baltimore still live here teach here too. Great neighborhoods the beautiful mansions are here. Baltimore is a city that has the best and worst of everything
@@gonzalezeb you moved to the Bakersfield of Maryland. I'm sorry 😔
@@stevena3871 Fed Hill and Fells have been having some problems as of late. I'd put Patterson Park on that list though
Nice video. I'm a law student at Maryland Carey Law and live in the Hollins area of Baltimore. I think you should make a video about the best neighborhoods of Baltimore as well or of the most revitalized. I think people would be interested in seeing that as well as the pattern of location. Baltimore is considered to have a Black butterfly-White L set up where the eastern and western neighborhoods are more racially black and divested while the central corridor and area below and around the stadium are more affluent, invested into, and primarily where gentrification is occurring/has occurred.
I lived in Baltimore for a few years and I’ve been through a lot of these neighborhoods. I used to take a bus to b triple c and honestly it seemed like everyone I encountered was just trying to get somewhere too. Baltimore has such a welcoming presence and it’s really easy to feel that when you’re there for awhile. Everyone kinda understands each other and the food is fucking amazing. Ekiben on Eastern Ave near Fells Point has the best steamed bun sandwiches you’ll ever eat I promise.
Welcoming? Yeah okay sure.
@@keltar4071 you might have to poke around a bit but the city has heart regardless of it’s faults
@@keltar4071 fair. I’m sorry you have had so much devastation in your life and you absolutely did not deserve that. It’s very valid that you feel the way you do about the city after those horrors.
@@bentbutterstick4654 you know what I'm feeling bad for dumping that on you. I had no good reason to do that. you were just being positive I'll erase my comment. Sorry
@@keltar4071 no harm man it’s all love
I just went yesterday for a drug re-up and im coming from West Virginia about 2hrs away. I go down there and get basically whatever you want. It surprises me so so much how some of there huge townhomes are falling apart so dam bad. All in same row too, some houses still have tenants and others the 3 story roofs are in the basement with the front and back walls propped up. Its unbelievable how bad some of them are.
Hopefully We The People can get some of our neighborhoods turned around and positive don't lose hope y'all 💖💖💖
Nah, just keep voting for Democrats. They're doing great things for your neighborhoods already. You get what you paid for, which is the freedom to shoot your neighbor in the face and steal his wallet without any accountability. Where else could you have this much freedom?
@Monae W All the good people left. These neighborhoods used to be great, now they're just hoods. That's what you guys voted for. Enjoy the spoils. The blame doesn't land on a landlord. We know what what the real problems are don't we? It's not a black/white issue, it's a human decency issue. Decent people don't destroy neighborhoods do they.
Not with the mayor yall voted for. Dude dont even like to answer questions lls. But good luck. Ill just keep moving further and further away from this city. And im a local! Lls
@@133dave133 OMG you crazy but its so true tho
@@133dave133 I left 12 years ago. F Baltimore. Never moving back.
I'm from N.C. born and raised, and I've been living in Baltimore since 2016 and I will say I love living in Baltimore. So does my wife and children. One thing people don't realize is the money you make will affect the view you have of a place you live. If my income is very high and I live in the same city as someone who make little to nothing our experience living in the same city is going to be different.
Yes parts of Baltimore are bad and I won't walk or drive in those parts but that's not the whole city. I guess because my income is higher then most I have experienced a different side of Baltimore vs those who are from there and may not have a good career.
Thanks for sharing. People do forget the area is very wealthy, has low poverty, and the largest Black middle-class in the country. Baltimore is only 81 square miles and less than a quarter of the metro population. I'm glad you are doing well.
@@delroywilson9588 , Yes. I agree. About mile and half from the area where I live in Baltimore City are house $400,000 some half a million. So when you talk about any city you have to give perspective.
People love to talk about different city's from only one prospective. I know a guy who lives in Chicago in a penthouse on the top floor. But let the media and CZcams personalities tell you it's full of killers and dealers.
It's also full of lawyers, doctor's, music celebrities and movie actresses and professional athletes who are in the top 10% of income earners, is there life in Baltimore or Chicago the same as someone living in the projects where there's shooting and killings?
The answer to that question is NO! It's not.
I guess these disparities are pointed out because any entity/(or city) is "only as good as it's weakest link". So no matter how much money you might make, or how good you may have it, the attention will always go to where it's needed most. In other words, if the rest of the community is doing well, we need to focus on who's not, and "Stop the Bleeding".
@@bassiksrw -- I don''t think anyone is disagree with this, necessarily. What we have a problem with is the simplistic narrative. Reality is complex and nuanced.
I was raised here since I was an infant. I have always lived in the hood (low income areas). But even I love Baltimore. My sister got a scholarship to Roland Park County school and I was able to get a job as a teenager in the Roland Park area (one of many of the best neighborhoods in the city). Being able to experience and explore areas of the haves and have nots just let me see there is kinda beautiful for each area and some sinister elements as well. For example, having white adults be unapologetically racist to me when I worked at places in the "nice" area.
Born and raised in Baltimore and when I grew up there it was absolutely beautiful. Your summation of how things are now...Spot on....unfortunately. I left when I started a family myself and I am NEVER going back...
35 yrs ago, downtown Balto was great. Full of character and an artsy city. I hope my hometown makes a comeback, it used to be so cool...
I live in Baltimore and work at the Bayview campus. Genuinely surprised to see highlandtown on this list. I have a lot of friends who live there and spend a lot of time there. A lot of good Mexican restaurants (probably on account of the high Hispanic population). I generally think of the areas surrounding Patterson Park as being some of the nicest in the city.
Also pretty sure you panned over one of my friends' apartments in Hopkins-middle east 😂 there areas directly around the hospital are fine. Nice actually, Hopkins has their own security on every corner. 2 blocks out north or west and you're in for a bad time
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It's sad , you live in a major city and you still have to have your own security? Where's the f*cking police? Oh , I forgot, their on the take also. SMFH???🤔🤨🤐
Nice? Go 2 blocks east of the park and comment back. East near Bayview near Greek town on Eastern Ave is decent with good bars and restaurants
You ever been to Patterson Park at night?
Highlandtown really your surprised. Highlandtown is where I grew up and it was horrible then and still is
The sky in most of these photos look so.... Picturesque. Mesmerizing, really. The blue skies and white fluffy clouds are almost hypnotic. Hopefully, the residents will get employment opportunities.
Born and raised Baltimorean and ik that you probably mean well and all but I’m kind of tired of constantly seeing my city portrayed as nothing but a dysfunctional, dangerous mess. We have problems, we definitely have major problems. I live in better waverly, which is not as bad as some areas but has it’s fair share of poverty and crime, and I walk to and from school pretty much every day. As long as you look like you know where you’re going and you know what you’re doing, just like in any other city in America, you’ll be fine 99% of the time. It’s the people who are visibly scared and act idiotic who are usually the ones to get mugged. In fact, ironically, I pass by a group of drug dealers in my daily route, and my stepmom sees them all the time, and despite their occupations they are always friendly and respectful. Not to say that you should ever try to interact with dealers, but just like Baltimore, you shouldn’t judge it by first impressions. All or most of our problems, in my view, are caused by racism and the effects of our reputation. Red-lining was used to keep people in poverty, since all the wealthy white folks ran away to the counties and took most of the investments with them, leaving the city people largely poor and facing systemic problems because a lot of the city is Black. It created a self-fulfilling prophecy, because people say Baltimore is nothing but a terrible place, no businesses want to invest in it, which makes it in turn worse off. So I wish more media and people would expose the good in Baltimore, because despite its problems I love my city and would never choose to be raised anywhere else.
Actually I should clarify, smart people who know what they’re doing sometimes get robbed or killed too, but the average person who knows how to act is not in as much danger as the media would make one think, unless of BBC purse you’re in the drug game.
Right I live in Towson now but grew up in the city n I’m in the city about everyday n Baltimore is like any other city. But anything can happen anywhere. At least in the city if something happens somebody seen it lol. N the burbs not so much.
I've been a west BALTIMORE native since December 7th 1975, now since that part is out of the way,BALTIMORE needs to put white people back in charge because the leadership has been piss poor ever since William Donald Shaffer passed away
honestly videos like this feel like promotion of gentrification as a way to make neighborhoods "safer" but in reality its about pushing poor people out of their homes. stuff like this is well intentioned but creates this weird mentality that makes divisions between people *worse* .
@@justdoinit2378 Yes. Baltimore sucks ass. Most big cities suck ass. Towson, lol.
I used to live at Douglass homes for 4 yrs. They were the worst 4 yrs of my life. Gun shots were a norm in that court, part 1. Everyone in their mother, literally their mothers hung out with them while selling drugs. They bought their kids, baby mama's, cousins and other family members. They shot crap all day long in front of anyones door until you ask them to move. When the manager would inspect my apartment, she didn't want to leave BC she said my apartment didn't belong there BC how I decorated and what I had was so comfortable, she dreaded going in the next one. I moved out and thank God I didn't get shot. How about this, I could go to my door after the police chased someone and there at my feet inside my screen door, a damn big ass gun. A 9 mm. That place was a living hell hole. In the 4 yrs I lived there so my ppl got murked women and children included. They need to tear that place down. The kids can't play outside, well that place is HELL NEED I SAY MORE.
Glad u got outta there! ❤
Good video Briggs. A few thoughts from someone who lives in the local area: It's true that Bmore has crime and some sketchy neighborhoods. So do many other cities, so nothing particularly unique that makes Bmore the worst of the worst. The problems we have here are in plenty of other states. The media, especially the conservative media, loves to paint the picture that the entire city is a wasteland. Not true. There are fun places to eat and shop. Lots of tourists visit the harbor and watch the Orioles play. I wish people would be more accurate when they speak about the city, because a lot of good things do happen here. Second, the neighborhoods are chronically underfunded. Flooding issues in some areas have never been fixed years later. There are schools in the city with no AC and where kids can't drink the water due to high levels of lead. People are stressed out and fed up with living this way. This is the consequence of not investing in our own people. If politicians really want to solve the crime issues in our city then they need to start investing in people, neighborhoods, and infrastructure again.
Amen only thing I would add, our ppl who are doing crimes need to stop killing. It’s getting out of hand
Exactly. Unless you out there dealing or doing drugs. Your chance of getting shot or mugged is pretty low. I have done lyft and uber and honestly I never had a problem other then a few attitudes
Great point!
But your city is COMPLETELY run by DEMOCRATSb and has been so for decades! Don't blame conservatism or "conservative media" for simply calling out the horrible problems that left wing ideas and politics created in your city.
I'm from the area too. Baltimore is a cesspool. You must be from one of the few decent neighborhoods. I lived in west Baltimore (Bmore & Hilton) and went to Baltimore City schools. You can shine a turd and talk about Locust Hill and some of the neighborhoods that have went through gentrification if you want, but let's not pretend like Bmore isn't one of the most dangerous cities in the country.
I love Baltimore (Ballmer). Lived in Rosedale for 5 years in the 90's. It's changed but I still go back to visit during baseball season. I hope things turn around soon. There's still a lot of great areas in Charm City!
I used to live in ROSEDALE too now I'm in Perry Hall paying way too much for rent .....$2,500 a month to live in a good neighborhood and raise my girls 😕
@@mandyed66 Perryhall is a nice area and safe . Rent nowadays is sky-high . Historic area with the Perryville mansion and nice scenic area up north .
@E Double 4 decades of Baltimore city and I took it out the county last year. It's not the same
Gosh, I was surprised NOT to HEAR my neighborhood, Sandtown-Winchester mentioned on this list! It's located in the northwest part of Baltimore City, between Upton and Walbrook Junction.
Is upton a good neighborhood?
@@Ekul5698Upton is where they filmed The Wire
I was born on Light Street in the 1950s and guarded heavy equipment outside of Cherry Hill in the 1970s while working my way through college. Decades later I worked in DC. The Baltimore Zoo is a good place for families and the Inner Harbor was a great place up until 2015. Camden Yards is a great time. Baltimore can be a great place to visit if you keep your eyes open for situational awareness. The difference between DC and Baltimore, … in Baltimore a person will ask, “Can I buy you a drink?” In DC a person will ask, “Do you want to buy me a drink.”
I agree. Bmore is the friendliest city I’ve ever lived in ( I grew up in Highlandtown). I’ve lived in Detroit, Philadelphia and Harrisburg, and I’ve been to NYC dozens of times, and D.C. probably hundreds of times.
@@melwhite4662friendliest 😂? Philadelphia and Harrisburg has a much more welcoming climate then Baltimore does. Sure, there are friendly people in bmore but there are pockets of friendly ppl in every city…. Your experiences don’t represent an area as a whole
@@TheFlowbetterPhiladelphia welcoming!!? Straight comedy. They stoned Santa Claus at a football game. Been in Philly for two years. Love the place and the people. But welcoming is the wildest thing I’ve ever heard.
I drove through most of these places on the list. A buddy from my old Neighborhood in NYC live out there. I moved to Pennsylvania he moved to Baltimore. We both grew up one of the worse projects in NYC in the 80’s and 90’s. I came to check him it was 3 hour drive. He’s in a ok part he took me on a tour we drove through different hoods man it look almost as bad in NYC in the hoods. We saw the good the bad and the ugly. The highlight was the seafood i love the crab cakes.
Keep comin back hon!
I was just saying it looks like the south Bronx
@@stefanschleps8758 I come back for family and seafood. Other than that, baltimore could be nuked and the world would be a better place because of it.
Baltimore hoods are way worst than ny's hoods
@@xamo8667 no it’s not way worse it’s just less police if they let ppl in the Bronx sell drugs how they do in Bmore shit would be ww3
I lived in Baltimore county in my early years, my parents had lived in the city for a while before. I had never known about how dangerous the city was so when the riots happened in 2015 a few years after we moved to Virginia it made me sad
Baltimore holds a special place in my heart and I miss it dearly. I had some rentals down on E Monument and was down there weekly...never did I have any problems. The neighbors were so nice and were always very helpful to me when I was renovating. I often kept the front door wide open and people would pop in just to say hi and see what I was doing. I could walk to the corner store at night and sit out on my steps for some fresh air...I would hear gun shots sometimes but if you mind your business and keep to yourself nobody bothers you. I always felt safe in that neighborhood...now Parkville was another story. Even though its in the county I never felt safe there. I would choose down the hill any day!
Live in Baltimore my entire life rise up in cherry hill went to southern high school class of 75. Retire from the state of maryland after a 28 years career in correction. As a captain bottom line life is all about the choices you make.
Parkville? Lmao your crazy
Tragic what has happened to Inner Harbor. Used to enjoy shopping, eating, hanging out there with the family. Now, stay at least 60 miles away.
Shout out to all my Christian brothers & sisters from Baltimore. Born & raised on the eastside Patterson Pk area. So many great memories!
I love Baltimore, but we can't ignore all the vandalism. Although, it is getting better in a lot of places. I experienced how the local government is making small steps in improving the dangerous areas in Baltimore.
One more thing from my own experience: I once drove throug Berea with my roommate because we were picking up a homeless man we knew to go to church together. The first thing we saw when entering the neighborhood, were at least 6 police cars. I was glad we didn't have to get out of the car there. Besides that, I never felt in danger in Baltimore and had the best time! Even though a city has dark sides like what's shown in this video, don't assume the entire city is like this ;)
Briggs, thank you for making a video about Baltimore haha
I love Baltimore💜
I'm a native Baltimorean and people are always bashing my hometown,I know that we have issues,but there are some good people who are trying to make Baltimore a better place. I am praying for Baltimore and the people of Baltimore. Prayers do change things.✝️👼🕊️🌹✨❤️💖🇺🇸🦅🌍
He acknowledged that
Me too...East side Harford rd.
I'm from Baltimore & don't know half of these neighborhoods so your right, and even when I was a local I didn't know much because life there was work ➡️ home! Definitely forgot the park heights, penn north areas.
Born and raised in Baltimore making me a Baltimoron! Worked for the city “Pohleece” for 6 years after college then moved to Wyoming. Living in retirement in Florida, and go “home” periodically, but never feel safe even where I grew up in East Baltimore (Graceland Park). Hopefully things will turn around.
How 'bout dem O's, hon!
Lived in Baltimore all my life, but I'm tired of watching it get destroyed by thugs. Will be retiring within the next few months, and relocating to South Dakota shortly thereafter.
Graceland park O’Donnell heights lot of homelss n drugs
Me too. I grew up in the city, but raised our family in Hunt Valley, retired in Florida since 2015. Every corporate HQ my husband and I worked for left (going back to the 80’s). Consumer Credit, Maryland National Bank, Stanley Black &Decker, Constellation Energy…acquired and relocated. it hurts an area to lose upper management and their pay checks.
I grew in Graceland Park. O'Donnell Heights neighborhood before leaving for Tennessee where I live now
What a HUGE diff! Bmore to WY, im from the WY/MT region. Welcome
I have really good memories of Dundalk in the 1960's. M y Mother grew up in Baltimore pre-WWII, in Dundalk. We grew up in Nevada and took the train to Baltimore several times during the summer to see our Grandparents.
When the Sparrows Point Steel mill closed it messes up the city of Baltimore, the state of Maryland and the American Steel industry - and many families lives.
I have great memories of Dundalk in the 1970's. When I was back in town in the early 2000's pulling loads out of the port, I couldn't believe it was the same place of my childhood. Just a sad shell of it's former self.
Dundalk was a great place to grow up I loved it. I lived on wise ave
The reason Hopkins is desolate, run down and filled with blight is because Hopkins Hospitall is buying up everything. They are offering buy outs and letting property sit until it has aquired all within the hospital. Do a video on that😢
Born and raised in Baltimore, moved away in 2004, and never looked back. Couldn’t take the crime, terrible schools and high cost of living anymore.
High cost of living? Crime dont mix bmore anit even gentrified just say the city was to urban and you prefer living in predominantly why te surroundings stop being disingenuous sir
@@dagreazy3815
So an area has to be gentrified to be overpriced? I don’t know your age but in 2004 I was a homeowner and had to put my children in private school for them to get a decent education. Paying increasing property taxes while paying tuition for 3 children is no joke.
Predominantly white area (say it with your chest)? You don’t know a damn thing about me. I moved to Georgia 🤣😂🤣
Well .... as a guy who grew up in what you called Hopkins square & now live in Owings Mills MD (baltimore County).... this is a very accurate video, just weird hearing the technical name for our neighborhoods !
Super surprised to see Highlandtown on the list. All that crime you mentioned only exists in the northern most streets of the neighborhood, the rest of the neighborhood is probably one of the nicest places to live in the city, and I'd argue one of the best urban places to live in the country for a middle class rent or mortgage. I predict all the east Baltimore neighborhoods on the list, including Oliver, Madison-Eastend, won't be on this list in 5 years.
Highlandtown is great and you’re correct it’s just the north end of that neighborhood that’s bad.
This guy in from Cali he has no idea what he's talking about 😂
Not true at All
🤣🤣 Highland Town is just a bad as the other areas in Baltimore. Stop being dillusional 🤣🤣
No single neighborhood in Baltimore is bad as a whole, but there are certain blocks or groups of blocks with enough crime to fill several neighborhoods.
No offense to most people here, but we can tell who is and isn’t from the area. Most people ain’t going to do shit in front of people not from the area for a couple of reasons. What you don’t see is where the numbers come from.
I used to work in Cherry Hill and made a wrong turn. I used a parking lot to make a u turn and was almost car jacked in broad daylight. Only reason I wasn't is because I slammed the gas and dude almost got run over.
Wow as a visiting hospice nurse with the same company for 22 years now I have been in and out of most of these neighborhoods safe and sound with much respect from the people on the streets without any issues I love my city I live in the 29 zip near Edmondson village and Irvington
I went to Edmondson-Westside High School 1998-2001. It was a pretty rough neighborhood. I was robbed twice at the bus stop while waiting to go home, once at knifepoint and the other at gunpoint. I had to stop taking the bus and then started getting rides to and from school. Then I was robbed twice at the high school. Once coming from the westside building to the main building while waiting to cross the street at knifepoint, and once at the bottom of the steps waiting on my ride at knifepoint. I can't even count how many times I saw people huffing glue there. Consider yourself lucky to be extended the hospitality you speak of.
I lived near Baltimore long enough to see it go from crime filled to a renaissance. Sad to see it trend back down but I’m happy they are on the verge of a new upturn. There were rough areas even in the best of times but on the whole there were great places to visit and eat.
Goodluck I hope it get s better for y'all
Rat capital of the US.
Lexington market.
@@roberttarter3589 no that’s New York City and Florida being as tho trump resides there
@@DawnFrankHundley Roach and rat Infested. Oh, I almost forgot about all the drugs and crime! SMFH🤔🤐
I think saying there will be a lot of people moving to Baltimore in the near future is being highly optimistic. I truly doubt this happens until the city turns itself around.
Baltimore City Fire Dept just lost two firefighters fighting a vacant rowhouse fire. Officials keep arguing over whether these should be torn down...
I live 20 min away and everywhere now is dangerous in Baltimore it’s horrible and even the inner harbor the area of lots of tourists come to visit isn’t even safe anymore
It wasn't safe 50 years ago: I was nearly jumped twice but noticed their moves and avoided them with my aged mom and cousin
I lived in Highlandtown. The pictures that were shown were all West of Highlandtown (the street) and towards the Park. The closer you got to the Park the safer it is and that area was safe. The one pic that wasn't near the park was on Bank near where the donut place used to be and is still a semi-safe area.
Baltimore is literally a block to block city and you can have a million dollar home beside a boarded up one.
I never ever felt or saw highland town was dangerous at all.
So it's a shit hole
When he said “I guess when it comes to the low property crime - people in the area must not have anything worth stealing” Yes 💯 Nailed it.
Though we have our problems, i grew up here and I will say that people are friendlier to each other here than anywhere else (in my experience). People hold doors for each other, say hello, smile at each other on the street. It’s messed up in a lot of ways but I love it
Got stationed here last year and all my friends pretty much thought I’d get shot as soon as I leave my house. I was charmed by Charm city and bought in Canton. I drive through Curtis Bay to get to work though. Other morning there were about 5-6 cruisers on one block- yikes! It’s heartbreaking to see those areas because you know people just have no resources and have to stay there.
bullshit. They could get out. they could change it. They don't care or try. If they did, they wouldn't be there or it wouldn't be so bad.
I wonder if that was when Officer Keona Holley was ambushed and shot on pennington ave? So sad!!!! 😢
Hey Briggs... I'm personally from Cherry Hill : Born and Raised (Unfortunately). I survived this Death Trap. You hit the nail right on the head (and I think you were MUCH TOO KIND). The best thing I did was leave this hell hole and move to a different state, go to school for TV Broadcasting and started investing in Real Estate and now I actually have a decent life to live. Hell, I have a life to live period. I have personally seen so many people shot and killed (Up close and personal, right in front of me). Like it or not, the best advice I can give anyone who lives here (if you're still alive of course), is to : MOVE FAST ! ...And "NEVER" look back, no matter what !
Wow!! To survive cherry hill is most definitely a badge of honor.
How it's #4 is weird should be higher
I worked in Cherry Hill in the 90s, back then I didn't have a car, so I had to take a bus, then the light rail, then another bus to get there from Catonsville. Waiting for the light rail next to the Greyhound station, large rats the size of cats would just wander out of the alley, showing absolutely no fear. Sometimes at crowded bus stops I would sit on my lunchbox, but not there, I stayed on my feet and alert.
One time I missed my bus and would have been late to work, tried to get a cab to the jobsite (some project rowhouses that were being renovated) but no cabbie would take me there. One finally took me, but refused to actually take me to the neighborhood where the job was, instead he dropped me off on Patapsco Ave under the light rail bridge, and I had to climb up the hill and cross over the bridge to get to work.
Even though we had a chainlink fence around the jobsite, and guards at night, all the plumbers' copper pipe was stolen. I think it might have been an inside job by the night guards; back then Nation of Islam was big in BMore, and there was a scandal about them having a security company and tried to reform former inmates, who often were corrupt and stealing from the properties they were supposed to be protecting.
Women in the neighborhood would offer themselves to us for literally $2, except on Fridays when they knew we had just got paid, then they asked for $5. I wouldn't have touched any of them with a 10 foot pole. My job was crawling underneath the buildings and using an oxy-acetylene torch to cut out the old pipes, which were getting replaced with PVC. I once came out of the crawlspace to find a dozen of our workers standing in a circle with 2 girls from the area on their knees in the middle, they told me I could join the circle if I wanted for $2. They had paid those girls $20... not each, $20 total. I was disgusted. No thanks.
Those crawl spaces were crazy too. We used to find stuff down there that was honestly amazing in some ways. Like pieces of furniture that we never figured out how it got there, because it was too big to take out of any of the hatch openings or windows that lead to there. We had to break some things up with a sledgehammer to get it out. It was obvious people were actually living there, not just furniture but half-burned candles and KFC buckets full of picked clean bones and stuff. We even found one area totally carpeted with some of that plastic green stuff people used to put on porches or backyards that were too crappy to grow grass. You had to be careful, cause there were often piles of hypodermic needles and other things you didn't want to get stabbed by when you set your knee down.
I didn't witness it personally, but one of the other guys told me a shotgun had been found in one of those crawlspaces, I don't know if they called the police to turn it in, kept it, or just threw it in one of the large construction dumpsters we had on site. One time as I was exiting a crawlspace when I had finished the whole thing, I had to dive back down the hatch because I heard gunshots and ziiiings going over my head. I have no idea who was shooting at who or why.
I had several nicknames on that job, Clark Kent was one (because I was a White guy with glasses, but strong even though I was a bit of a nerd). Clark Kent really caught on, and then "Wonder Honky" and "Lunchbox' when some kids from the area tried to rob me and a couple other guys, and I ended up beating one of them with my lunchbox cause it was all I had at hand. I was a lot younger back then, there isn't a salary high enough to make me go back to Cherry Hill today. I actually thought it would be #1 on this list when YT randomly put it in my suggested.
You can tell in this comment section who’s lives in Baltimore and who doesn’t pretty easily
I live by John's Hopkins near Monument. It's a lot of working class foreigners, lifelong home owners, and a blend of voucher holders. So it's a mix. Depends on which street you turn on and the neighborhood who know another it's the outsiders from other areas that usually cause issues. It's sad how much Baltimore has fallen since my come up. A lot of areas people cl sodered ghetto had the most loyal and good hearted people that are humble but when they start taking down projects and moving people around it's changed a lot of the neighborhoods that people knitted together and they then started moving out. Such as Murphy home and Lexington terrace since them days it's really has changed then of course the Gen x and z population really has a lot of kids who rather shoot then deal with issues.
born and raised in Brooklyn, Baltimore, Maryland and i promise it should be higher up on the list! 💕
I love Baltimore🟣💜
There are other neighborhoods that defy your stats but they probably juke the stats on those. Baltimore has great potential though
He ripped his stats off a worst parts of baltimore page. Has zero first hand knowledge.
We definitely have a very high crime rate here and it gets worse it seems like every year but there are some great areas here in Baltimore there are some really great people here as well!
I grew up near Baltimore. The hospital across the road used to be called Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Everyone called it the Cherry Hill Hilton. After dark - you did NOT stop at that red light. If an fire alarm box was activated, the FD did not go in until the cops had secured the area. Not even kidding.
I'm from Brooklyn, lived right on Brooklyn Avenue. I went to school # 203 which is Maree Garnett Farring Elementary School, and I went to Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Growing up there was wild, I witnessed some crazy stuff for sure, and have some stories I could tell. Had to move though because if I didn't I would of ended up in jail or dead. I miss my old neighborhood, but at the same time I'm glad I moved away. I know alot of people who have moved away. I visited a few years ago and nobody I once knew is still around. It's changed so much and not for the better. It's gotten alot worse and run down looking. It was once beautiful there but not now.
We had an american guy working for our company where I also work in Finland. Some dudes at the office warned him about my hometown Helsinki, Finland. That Helsinki is "very dangerous place" and said to him that they don't recommend him to walk alone in certain kind of areas. He reply and brought their warnings down by saying that he's from Baltimore and his home is right now in Memphis, TN. After that nobody warned him again about Helsinki. He went back to the States early 2019 after working for 6 months in our company.
Helsinki is dangerous???
@@michaelwhite2823 No it's not
@@Jack_of_Helsinki Good. I would be heartbroken to hear anything bad about Scandinavia.
@@michaelwhite2823 Maybe you have heard about Sweden's immigration problems....
@@Jack_of_Helsinki Sad.
Would love to see a video about Edmonson Village.
That and Yale Heights
I'm from the UK and did an easy coast trip over a month which included Baltimore. I walked up greenmount from the city centre and up past and around Oliver. To say I was nervous is an understatement. I cop car pulled me over asking me why I was there. 😂🤷♂️🙏
I've had cops stop me tons of times for working while white in west Baltimore.
I wish we had some cops in my neighborhood! I'm afraid to go out at night in Morrell Park!
I grew up not far from highlandtown, and it wasn't bad then. I believe the 2000's started the real madness. And most of the areas you mentioned has nothing on Sandtown where I have been living for 2000. And yes everyone knows who most of the crime comes from and if you don't want it the community needs to start sticking together to get rid of them. Now most corner dealers are quit and don't want drama near them (bad for business) so it's the rare person that makes it bad for all and the jealous.
speaking of Baltimore RIP Omar Little
I loved that character.
RIP Michael K. Williams
@@K.B.Williams that was sad
I had to spend a little time in Baltimore during my first term of americorps nccc. Housing was in the upstairs area of a park ranger building. The park was huge and very nice. Can't remember the park name. Our main work was building a French drain at a city park. Playground was at the bottom of a hill and rain would wash dirt into playground so idea was that the drain would divert the water.
I swear some neighborhoods had more condemned than not.
Druid Hill Park
I've lived in several of these areas. I'm walking around West Baltimore right now watching this 😅
I'm surprised the areas of Fulton Street and Penn North didn't make the list. I enjoyed the video; as a native Baltimorean who retired and moved 1200 miles away, I explain Baltimore to people that it's a great place to be FROM. 😀
True true!!! Penn North, Sandtown-Winchester. It's takes people who actually know the city, not CZcams creators from afar to get it right.
Franklin Square AKA Sandtown! I was born and raised in Bmore. Later raised my family in Randallstown (Bmore County). I'm now retired and living in Florida. I still love "My City"!!! 💜 BMORE BORN, BMORE BRED, IMMA BLEED PURPLE UNTIL I'M DEAD! - GO RAVENS!
It's not as bad as yall are making it to be, my gosh! If you just mind tour business and tend to what matters you'll be fine. Life is what you make it.. born and raised here ND I've been other places but there's no place like Baltimore.
Raised here, tried other places but Baltimore is the Best. I find most people tend to love or hate Baltimore not much in between
Yes I have lived in Baltimore city and county my whole life and never had any problems my point is don't do the shit that gets you in trouble
I’ve been living in Baltimore 58 years & losing all the factories were the downfall. Now it the pill epidemic & what were once nice areas are turning into projects. Houses becoming worthless due to crime & politicians want to put the undesirables in what once were blue collar middle class neighborhoods. Beggars at every red light,squeegee boys & people who don’t speak English or respect their neighborhoods. I’m still here but only because my once very nice & comfortable house isn’t worth what it should be. Where do you go because a neighborhood that is nice today maybe redistricted differently next year. Politicians don’t care about what taxpayers need or want they cater to the rich. Pretty soon there will be no middle class here.
If Baltimore is not as bad as video is making it out to be, how do you explain 6 straight years of 300+ murders & this year averaging 1 murder per day?
I'm from bmore born in flaghouse projects n was raised on greenmount n I moved at 27 to cali I'm 36 now n live a drama free life bmore is a fucked up place if ur from or live in the ghetto ijs
Glad to see my hometown get mentioned in such a big CZcams channel
This video is absolutely hilarious. Got me soo riled up 😂
I lived in Baltimore for 26 years. This list is fairly accurate but there are some big omissions. I'm just curious how Sandtown, Park Heights, and Edmondson Village missed this list. Greenmount area as well
they were all close to making the list.
He makes this based on statistics, not opinion.
@BCCHSMD Sandtown is trying to renovate, but still a lot of boarded up homes an pharmaceuticals sales. Greenmount has turned into to wild west. There were 14 ppl shot btw baltimore north ave last week
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Close but no cigar, how we gonna fix that?! haha!
Yeah, unfortunately there could have been 50 and something would still get missed. Also missing the entirety of Moravia Park/Sinclair all the way across North Avenue to Washington Boulevard. One very bad place to be day or night.
Yeah u were definitely right about the names because I came up in some of these areas and never heard of the names you said like Madison east. We call that "Down The Hill". Fun fact: most residents are born and raised on one side of town (east and west) and the other side may as well be on the moon lol. We don't travel.
I wanna move there but I need a cheap place can u refer me one please
@@bokimbo36 what's chesp?
@@bokimbo36 if you’re moving over east Baltimore, cedonia has some cheap apartments, if you moving west Baltimore, where I’m from you can look into the beechfield area. They have a lot of cheap apartments as well. Just don’t live in Fredrick and tremont apartments because crime does happen on that street. Keep to yourself and you should be fine
When I lived in north Baltimore. Druid Hill was bad. And just down Northern Parkway some spots had high crime.
@@bokimbo36 My info is 25 years out of date, but I used to stay in Jamestowne apartments, just inside the city/county line because it was cheaper to live there than in the county. It's near Catonsville, which used to be a fairly nice county place to live, no idea what it's like now. I just now looked it up, and you can get a studio for like $950 a month.
When my wife and I stayed there and split expenses with a roommate in the 90s it was about $500 a month for a 2 bedroom. Catonsville zipcode is 21228, West Baltimore city zipcode is 21229. You will pay higher car insurance for having 21229 as your address, but if you don't have a car, that won't matter. Hope that helps.
Berea & Madison combine for what we call "Down The Hill" Because you guessed it! You have to go down the big hill to get there. I used to walk from there to Harford Road (which is just north of Hopkins-Middle East, so I had to walk through both of those areas) to visit my grandmother & best friend Triana everyday, and walk back at like 11 at night. Because I was in it everyday it didn't seem dangerous, but now that that I'm not there and still go to occasionally visit my grandmother, I'm like Grandma please get out of here. But she bought her house and she wants to live in it.
I read that there is little to zero police in the areas that are considered violent. There is information on the city called the "White L, Black Butterfly", read it and you will get an understanding of why the city is not performing like it used to perform.
Lived in Baltimore for 26 years if you know where not to go you have a great time
I'm born, raised & probably never leaving this city cos Baltimore is home but, yes, it's frustrating as hell because B-more has potential to the umpteenth degree but as you take one step forward, everyone loves doing the opposite.
The only outlook is to engrave into the younger generation to not repeat everyday idiocy
How can they do that?
Did you try and talk to our youth? I did and yep not gonna run but adapt. Lost is lost and found in the wrong is bmore. I know our mayor personally and that makes me nobody. Lawn is where I stay this Gen needs hope and less lostness.... how to help ????? I'm out of options let's Pray God got this
@@bigagnixon Reform the schools.
Increase police presence around teenagers.
The latter is the most difficult, since BPD is in the middle of a staffing shortage.
I'm currently living in Bmore, I'm originally from DC. I really like Baltimore. Baltimore is its own world and highly slept on. And I love the Bmore accent.
I'm from Canton, which is right next to Highlandtown and I was a little surprised to hear how high the violent crime rate is there. Makes me rethink going up there to any stores.
As a Baltimore resident, I'm really surprised Sandtown-Winchester didn't make this list. In fact, I expected it to be at or near the top.
Same.
I’m surprised Highlandtown was on there. It’s not great by any stretch. But I didn’t expect top(bottom?) 10.
@@zakunick1 The last neighborhood I lived in Baltimore before I moved was Highlandtown, and I'm surprised it's on here too...I liked it.
@@emilypadden6406 it has its charm. Especially around the park.
Yup. Especially since that’s where the WIRE was really filmed…that and Upton.
you gotta do a Top 10 best neighborhoods in Baltimore. it really is a great unique place with beautiful neighborhoods.
Born and raised in Baltimore. Moved to the county in my later teens. You have crime almost everywhere. If your looking to move here, look in Carroll county or northern Baltimore county.
Go back citiot baltimoron! We hate you! You ruined our communities and great way of life by bringing your city trash with you. Really...just go deal with the crap pond you created and stop ruining every community around you. We dont want you!
Baltimore will always have a place in ny heart. Got married, my daughter was born in Baltimore ( St.Agnes hospital).
We lived on Maryland Avenue, an apt owned by a philipino lady, miss Luna.
Inner harbour, fells point, towson,
So many memories....miss you baltimore
All the good things about Baltimore are quickly disappearing. I blame the piss poor local government for most of the problems! I haven't seen any patrol cars since covid started. We have no police patrolling our neighborhoods. Drugs are everywhere here. That seems to be the main occupation in this city!
Used to live and work all around Bmore and suburbs. Decided to retire to Delaware
The first week there an officer was shot and killed at the WaWs across the street. You're not safe anywhere.
How did Penn and North not make this list
I think you should do a second video about Baltimore county. Crime statistics between the city and the county are like night and day. In some cases the only difference between the neighborhood is a line on a map. But because of the difference the government that runs the areas crime is different. Some say it's the police force that's different and the way that they prosecute crimes others say it's the taxation in the city that is 2 to 3 times that of Baltimore County. But I'd really like to see you do a comparison between the county and the city.
I live in Baltimore since March of this year 2022. But the city I live it's really nice and I honestly feel safe and what I love the most about it it's family oriented some people misjudge Baltimore but we all have to see the wonderful people that live here too.
Happy you have had a positive experience! I love where we live in the city. We haven’t had any problems ourselves however it is always important to stay aware who is around you. I live in the 10 hills area it is stunning! but I still walk my dog with pepper spray because right down the street there are the young guys shooting craps and seeing if someone wants a “bag” at a gas station.
Absolutely loved "Homicide: Life on the Street"! I still have my collection (4!) of novels based on the show. I thought the same of Baltimore as I do when I see photos/videos of Detroit: Beautiful buildings going to waste. And for all the decent people that live in these places basically being held hostage by a bunch of ne'er do wells and shitty local gov't, it's just sad. Thanks, Briggs.
Yaffat Koddo was the shit in that series
Loved that show. Hung out in Fells Point when it was on the air. Hope it doesn't make the list
Great show that featured the city as a character. Not particularly accurate as to the type of homicide though.
My old house was in the opening credits
@@chrissygriffin6287 Neat!
What type of tech boom is expected here????????
I was wondering that too. I guess they didn't get around to telling us yet. 🤷♂️
Its known as Greenmount. lol...I was raised in Park Heights and near Mondawmin as a kid. My mom moved near Golden Ring Mall when I was a teenager. I love my city. However I had to leave because I recognized that the city was too violent.
I grew up off Walther Ave in NorthEast Baltimore. The area is called GlenHam but we all called it Hamilton. Was a great place to grow up but towards the mid 90's it started getting bad, stuff go stolen, I got mugged as a 11-12 year old kid several times. My Dad is from Brooklyn Park.
I've lived in Baltimore for about 15 years. ( 2002-2017) between the Washington Village/Pigtown and Hollins Market areas. I've never experienced any crimes personally myself mostly because I kept to myself but I would hear them on the news. I've been to a few neighborhoods in Baltimore.
It wasn’t like that over there come on now
Ya visiting: If you carry yourself accordingly , you'll never have a problem.
There's some neighborhoods I'd swap around and change.
We all got a different perspective which is great that's for sure!
I grew up in Morrell Park and when I was a kid it was a great neighborhood. When I was 15 it still was a cool neighborhood. Things would maybe happen here or there but now that I'm in my 30's and I ride through there and I don't recognize it. Shame its a horrible place to live now but I'll always Represent my hood MP and all the friends and memories it gave me!🙂♥️
Morrell park is horrible now! The only time you see a patrol car is when another shooting happens!
After finally moving outta Brooklyn, I’m forced to work in a lot of these areas and I can’t stand it, most of the houses are bug/rat infested, the windows have bars on them so I can’t get out of them sometimes when I need to, the walls are solid concrete so they’re hard to drill through and the alleys are extremely skinny so I can’t drive down them and the rats are out shooting dice, o yea and gang members are constantly on the corner and you have to walk past them
Pigtown gal here to chime in that in several of these areas (mine included, even if it didn't make the list), there's been an upturn. At least in the past ten years or so. Hopefully the powers that be will focus more on who's living here, rather than trying to court folks outside the city. Not that non-city folks aren't absolutely awesome... But I think we should focus on helping areas that could use help, rather than putting up a shiny new whatever to lure in tourists. Make the city healthier overall? And people will visit. (She said hopefully.)
I got nothin but love for Baltimore.
Keep stacking that paper cous.
Good lookin out!
Peace.
The area directly around Hopkins is quite safe, they have security around the campus. It’s funny because you used photos of the new eager park development that’s gone up on the border of Hopkins’ campus that is really nice and safe while talking about how dangerous the area is. 7-8 years ago that area was bad and just boarded up houses.
i'm from Baltimore and appreciate this video. thanks!