Originally posted by NineSixteen
Don't forget about the ghetto of Ann Arbor...man this place is scary 
(sarcasm = thick, just to clarify)
Does anyone else get irritated listening to people complain about the neighborhood around JHU? It's a city with crime and problems, lots of schools are not in the best area. I don't want to go walking around Wayne State in Detroit or LSU in New Orleans (I'm sure there's more examples, but those are the 2 cities I've lived in) any more or any less than I want to go walkin around East Baltimore at night.
Just my thoughts. Can't we all just get along? No more hating on Baltimore
I agree with you for the most part. Its true that there are schools in better locations than Baltimore/Hopkins, but some people have this image in their heads that they literally encounter gun battles and knife fights regularly on the Hopkins campus.
The campus itself is not bad, I've noticed there are security guards on every corner. Of course, that says a lot about the surrounding neighborhood.
In some ways, it could be a plus to be located in an economically poor area. Poorer people (in my opinion) actually are willing to give you more of a chance to learn medicine with them. Contrast this with financially well-off populations, who are less likely to want residents or med students anywhere near them.
