Get some pepper spray and remind yourself that the only thing worse than one teenager is multiple teenagers. White, black, male, female, it doesn’t matter.

Many people have asked, and I wonder too, where did this happen?

This is not a self-esteem issue. It’s not that women would rather suffer harassment than report a crime because we feel like we don’t deserve to not be hassled. It’s that in this world/city that we live in today, there’s a very real possibility that calling the cops on black men or boys may result in someone dying and won’t solve the problem anyway.

I agree that it’s sad and awful and not at all okay, but unfortunately these are the things that people weigh. I think there is plenty of evidence that law enforcement isn’t firing on all cylinders here. And I think you know that and I don’t really get why women are being downvoted for acknowledging this problem.

Think you can guess

It's #51, not even top 10. Lol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

Yup, If you look like your not to be fucked with, you wont be fucked with. 90% of the time.

Sure, it's not just a Baltimore problem. And good advice, btw -- thank you for sharing. This kind of situational awareness is critical.

But can we get real for a moment, and acknowledge that Baltimore is one of the most violent cities in the United States? Baltimore's crime is not just like all other cities.

Statistics have consequences. Well over a murder a day on average, as an example.

I really think the people of this city have grown complacent, when it comes to the out-of-control crime issues in the city. No, we're not the only city with these problems, and many smaller communities are dangerous, too.

But seriously – look at Baltimore's crime rates. They are very, very high.

I don't walk around after dark by myself, period. I know of way too many horror stories, including someone I know who was shot and almost killed (and this was a bit before street crime started getting much worse).

I'm a middle-aged man who lives in a better-than-average (crime-wise) area in the city, for what it's worth.

Yeah, it's pretty common. Certainly I've heard similar stories a number of times, in media, online, and from friends, over the past few years.

Where was this, if I may ask? Generally, like which neighborhood? And what time of day?

Sorry to hear this happened to you.

Young daughters, you say? You'll love Bel Air or Ellicott City. Don't let your kids grow up around violence

He means DDH

When the Paradox was open, dancers from around the world would come here for their dance competitions

I'll take your word for it.

Harbor quality is leagues better than it used to be. It’s actually swimmable about 70% of the time. Just avoid it after rainfall.

Agree that Atlas is GREAT for tourism.

yessir

Where is "north of JH campus?" Are you talking about the med school?

No. Just stop. You don't have to put up with sexual harassment from anybody. Its not ok. If someone is harassing you, then they need to be stopped.

> A Good Thing Actually for white people

to be able to walk down the street without being made to feel violated and unsafe.

You are wrong and I hope you gain the confidence to love yourself enough to not let ANYone do this to you, regardless of what color they are.

As the father of young daughters, it makes me so..so sad to see that young women would rather suffer harassment than report a crime. I hope I'm able to instill enough self-confidence and self-respect in my daughters that they would never take this fatalistic, nihilistic view of themselves.

What part of the city did this happen in?

Yeah we pretty much stick to the white L and don't really go out much a night, especially alone.

Wtf

Hmm I wonder… police… young black men… is there any reason why someone may be worried that interaction could go south…?

Like, I’m also a white woman and I agree with the previous commenter. I’m going to always hesitate to call the police, especially on young black men, when we know that someone could end up being killed. Yeah, street harassment is terrible and makes women feel unsafe. But even if the risk is small, I don’t want to be the reason someone ends up dead for a situation I can get out of on my own. And I’m mostly talking about petty things, like street harassment, vandalism, noise complaints, things that aren’t life or death. There are absolutely situations where I would call the police, but I think it’s A Good Thing Actually for white people to think for a couple seconds about the ramifications it can have on others before doing so.

No. It’s just wishful thinking/quieting the noise. We just need a leader who’s bold, with common sense.

Is this wrong?

You are spot on with the Agora mention. Prior to 2020, there were about 1,500 Agora employees in Mt. Vernon that ate out for lunch mostly due to the awkward arrangement of the re-purposed classic MV buildings most Agora subsidiary companies occupy + an abundance of options. They key here being "lunch"; after 5PM, those 1,500 folks left MV for the surrounding counties or Fells/Canton/Fed Hill. The pandemic saw a drastic reduction in Agora employee presence, obviously, that impacted those lunch numbers (City Cafe was one of the first to go), and a reduction in the Agora workforce post-pandemic is not bringing any of those places back.

My parents own a very big and successful restaurant in Baltimore city. They are selling the place after years and years of putting there heart and soul purely because of the crime. It’s truly sad.