Baltimore, MD

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I personally don't like to use the Metro because I think it's too dangerous. That's why I refuse to take a job in DC/Silver Spring/Rockville/Bethesda...basically anywhere that would pretty much require taking the Metro.

I've been there so many times. I've never felt unsafe. Why do you think it's dangerous?

[Traviesa 0]

Because the last time I was on it for a job interview a fight broke out in my seat, with me pressed against the window. The fight involved a knife. Metro police never showed up.

[I'm Gone 60]

I personally don't like to use the Metro because I think it's too dangerous. That's why I refuse to take a job in DC/Silver Spring/Rockville/Bethesda...basically anywhere that would pretty much require taking the Metro.

I've been there so many times. I've never felt unsafe. Why do you think it's dangerous?

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921299.html

[CarolineM 0]

Yes PARTS of DC and Baltimore are dangerous - but that's the same in ANY city - if you're on the metro in the suburbs...I can't imagine EVER feeling unsafe. I lived in Dc For three months - in the city....and never EVER felt unsafe...

This IS coming from a girl who lived in Harlem and never worried for a second...

[Traviesa 0]

I'm not saying I'm scared of being in DC or Baltimore. Not a whole lot of things like that scare me. But being in an enclosed space with some real characters did scare me for real. Only one time have I ever feared for my life and that was once when we got lost in Baltimore. It got real interesting there for a little while.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I personally don't like to use the Metro because I think it's too dangerous. That's why I refuse to take a job in DC/Silver Spring/Rockville/Bethesda...basically anywhere that would pretty much require taking the Metro.

I've been there so many times. I've never felt unsafe. Why do you think it's dangerous?

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921299.html

Ok.

This IS coming from a girl who lived in Harlem and never worried for a second...

Harlem isn't dangerous like it used to be.

[CarolineM 0]

i also work in the "worst" part of jacksonville, though, so it takes a lot to scare me...except roaches. They scare the ####### out of me.

[I'm Gone 60]

Yes PARTS of DC and Baltimore are dangerous - but that's the same in ANY city

That's one reason I wouldn't want to live in any big city. Baltimore made #6 on that list for a reason. I rather not be a chalk outline, so I go there as little as possible.

[CarolineM 0]

yes, but, tell someone you live there....they freak out, "OMG were you ever scared?"

It's NOT scary...that's my point...neither is riding the metro in dc.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

you think the metro is dangerous??? it's like - the cleanest safest in the country!!

Maybe NYC just made me realyl biased?

You ever take the subway in Hong Kong or Singapore? They make the US subways look like toilets.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

yes, but, tell someone you live there....they freak out, "OMG were you ever scared?"

It's NOT scary...that's my point...neither is riding the metro in dc.

I agree. I've ridden the metro in DC a lot and never been scared. But then again, I don't stay away from NYC out of fear of being mugged/killed, either, so that's just me. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. If staying away works for you and makes you happy, more power to you.

you think the metro is dangerous??? it's like - the cleanest safest in the country!!

Maybe NYC just made me realyl biased?

You ever take the subway in Hong Kong or Singapore? They make the US subways look like toilets.

Even the subway in Calcutta (the filthiest city I've ever been in!) is sparkling clean compared to NYC.

[CarolineM 0]

Umm Agent Smith - I'm agreeing with you.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Umm Agent Smith - I'm agreeing with you.

Yes, I know. I used the word 'you' in my previous post to you in the general sense

Edited February 21, 2006 by Agent Smith

[CarolineM 0]

the ubiquitous "you"

Is that the right word? I know it's the "royal" we.. maybe it's omnipresent...i'm having a senior moment.

Edited February 21, 2006 by karo112

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

That's one reason I wouldn't want to live in any big city. Baltimore made #6 on that list for a reason. I rather not be a chalk outline, so I go there as little as possible.

Well, there are shootings and stabbings just blocks from my office in Cincinnati each and every night. Cincinnati is a pretty rough city. There are very safe and decent burbs around here, though. That's where we live. And I intent to do the same in any other city. Inner cities in the US usually suck big time.

As for that list: It has Atlanta as more dangerous than Cincinnati and Cleveland. I'd choose Atlanta (not downtown ) over either OH cities any day.