Moving to bell hill any info would help

Submitted by Alexp223 t3_zajc2h in WorcesterMA

Hey everyone Moving to bell hill any reasoning on why that’s not the best place to live ? For context I would be living a few minutes away from Umass. I’ve read some interesting things but don’t know if it’s just overhype. But it’s also cheap there, do I’m assuming that’s why !

Edit - no longer moving there! Thank you all for the help understanding what I was about to do.

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CoolAbdul t1_iym4jjh wrote

Oh dude, you're gonna be in the hood.

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wormtowny t1_iymcpd4 wrote

It’s a pretty high crime area. If it’s just you, don’t plan on walking around all that much and don’t have a nice car, you’ll be fine.

You’re going to school at UMass?

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SweetHatDisc t1_iymln3d wrote

For the love of all things holy, when you pull out from whatever side street you're on to turn onto Belmont St.- LOOK. The stretch of Belmont from the police station to Green Hill Park is full of eye-raising vehicular dumbassery.

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legalpretzel t1_iymnkd9 wrote

There are people on here who live in the suburbs and only come into Worcester for dinner or a show. They act like it’s war zone and comments about some neighborhoods are routinely “don’t go there” because of racism/classicism/parroting crap someone else said.

That hill is steep - be very careful when it’s icy/snowy. Especially if coming down a side street towards Belmont.

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zipzopzippidydoo t1_iymofpp wrote

If there's a snow storm, your car isn't gonna do you much good in bell hill.

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Itchy_Rock_726 t1_iymv0m4 wrote

Would not move there. The crime aspect, generally decrepit look of most streets in the area (Olga Ave and couple others are OK) the ridiculously dangerous and steep Belmont Hill which you will deal with every day on your way to and from UMass...no thanks. Look in the Plantation Street Hamilton Street area. It's about as close and so much better. Shouldn't be all that much more expensive.

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Unlucky-Boot-6567 t1_iyn5oih wrote

Replying to CoolAbdul (#845,360)

Last week you were telling people they would want to kill themselves when they moved here. The area is fine and a majority of the streets are quiet. Stop lying about where you don’t live.

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CoolAbdul t1_iyn83f7 wrote

Replying to legalpretzel (#846,228)

> They act like it’s war zone and comments about some neighborhoods are routinely “don’t go there” because of racism/classicism/parroting crap someone else said.

Oh bullshit. I've lived in this city my entire life. Bell Hill is rough territory. Regardless of any "isms".

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CoolAbdul t1_iyn87rn wrote

Replying to Unlucky-Boot-6567 (#846,984)

> Last week you were telling people they would want to kill themselves when they moved here.

(It was a joke, son. Come in off the ledge.)

>Stop lying about where you don’t live.

My brother-in-law lived on Hooper Street for five years. He has a bullet fired from the street into his apartment TWICE in five years. So get out of here with your bullshit. A hood is a hood.

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mellymellcaramel t1_iynehc8 wrote

Jut lock your car doors, don’t leave anything expensive in there, or anything visible, even an empty backpack. Lock your front and back doors. And that’s really it. But that goes for every town in America.

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your_city_councilor t1_iynisww wrote

Years ago Rodney Street and Catharine Streets were fairly dangerous (I pulled over there for a bit to look at a map - that's how long ago it was, a paper map - and some people came and started rocking my car), but the area has changed since then. Socioeconomically it's still pretty working class, but not a dangerous area.

Best piece of advice: take the "hill" in Bell Hill seriously. Trying to drive up Belmont Street from downtown is a nightmare in the winter. Even buses get stuck sometimes.

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NovelNo87 t1_iyntur4 wrote

Replying to CoolAbdul (#847,098)

It’s definitely exaggerated by people who either don’t live here or haven’t lived here since the 90s. I see the same stuff with people talking about downtown when reviewing restaurants. Worcester has some rough areas but it’s not LA lol.

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CoolAbdul t1_iyoedqa wrote

Replying to NovelNo87 (#847,922)

Yeah well, that's people from Holden who think June Street is ghetto, you know what I mean? Holy Cross students think this entire city is some sort of Mogadishu and they're too scared to ever come off the hill. It's ridiculous.

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TonySpangs508 t1_iypxdy3 wrote

Replying to legalpretzel (#846,228)

My friends nephew was shot and killed in his car on Bell Hill. No gang affiliation, no street beef, was dropping off food for an in-law. Took a bullet to the back and side of the head. I grew up in that neighborhood, don’t sugar coat things for people, it’s not a good area. Used to hoop there all the time and some guy had knife pulled on him mid game. Granted this could happen anywhere and has also happened at the Vernon courts too. Such is life, wish everybody could just stand back and take a breather.

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coolin29 t1_iyvz71m wrote

Replying to Unlucky-Boot-6567 (#846,984)

Sounds like someone that’s not from here. Bell Hill sucks, even aside from the crime aspect. It’s loud, ghetto, near shitty streets with shitty drivers. The access to the highway and downtown is all that its good for.

There are gangs from the area, (EA) so tell me more about the area being fine again.

No, its not South Central, but its shitty all the same and if people can avoid living there, I’d say they are better off unless they simply don’t know any different and grew up there.

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legalpretzel t1_iz84svk wrote

Replying to CoolAbdul (#847,098)

I didn’t say it’s a lovely area, it’s definitely crustier and has higher crime rates than other parts of the city.

But Worcester as a whole is generally a very safe city, and Belmont Hill is a far cry from codman Sq. or the H-block in Boston.

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