Lol just like in DC (where I lived on and off between 2005 and last year) there are plenty of great neighborhoods in Bmore where the crime you are most likely to encounter is package theft. I bought a nice rowhouse in Butcher’s Hill last year for under $400k and the neighborhood feels safer than my last DC residence near 14th and U (and omg my local grocery/target situation is sooo much better, actually a lot of food is better). What I have learned since moving here is that 95% of the people who talk shit about Bmore know more about it from The Wire than actually visiting.