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I am not a US Citizen and have never lived in the US. I just finnished watching HBO's "The Wire" and my reaction was Jesus! Does is this really happen?

by max_ 6y ago

hawkice 6y ago
Yes. The Wire is shockingly true to life. I cannot think of a detail that isn't modeled after a great deal of real life events that play out, over and over, in a loop, in every major American city. Edit: the McNulty arc in the last season probably doesn't happen particularly often. The alternative, that the murders are never found or investigated, is much more likely. I don't want to say what he does (it would be a spoiler), but yes, that was more character-driven than most of the dynamics on the show.
hn8788 6y ago
It's only in small pockets of cities, not evenly distributed among everyone there. If you aren't involved in crime or live in those high crime areas, you'll probably never experience any violence. But yeah, there are parts of Baltimore that are just like what you see on The Wire.
- leetcrew 6y ago
  you probably won't get murdered, but if you live in any walkable area of baltimore for a long time it's pretty likely you'll get mugged. source: everyone I know that's lived there more than five years.
  - throwaway6734 6y ago
    This is wildly inaccurate. Muggings are uncommon in neighborhoods like locust point,hampden, Roland park, federal hill, charles village, Patterson park, etc. Even in "rougher" areas of the white l (station north, Remington, Barclay) Muggings are still uncommon
    - leetcrew 6y ago
      uncommon in the sense that it probably won't happen on a particular day. but it will happen to you eventually if you walk around in the city. doesn't happen much in roland park, LP, and hampden, but I don't really agree on the others you listed. look at the the crime map with the "robbery - street" filter if you don't believe me. it looks like a population density map. fed in particular has a surprising number of muggings (probably due to drunk idiots by the bars).
      - throwaway6734 6y ago
        >but it will happen to you eventually if you walk around in the city. It absolutely will not. I've lived in those neighborhoods (A few blocks north of north ave in old goucher) and neither my wife nor I ever had issues with violent crime. Prostitution is another story. Link to the map?
        leetcrew 6y ago
        https://arcgisportal.baltimorepolice.org/publiccrimemap/ https://arcgisportal.baltimorepolice.org/publiccrimemap/ see for yourself. in the last three months there's been at least one street robbery in most of the neighborhoods you named. if you look at the last year, they're surprisingly evenly distributed everywhere below university/33rd. I would have agreed with you seven to ten years ago, but things have really gone downhill. roland park is almost a suburb, very car oriented, and LP is a special case due to its geography (really its connectivity). aside from that you gotta assume anything can happen at any time in baltimore.
        throwaway6734 6y ago
        >in the last three months there's been at least one street robbery in most of the neighborhoods you named. You're aware that thousands of people live in these areas right? > I would have agreed with you seven to ten years ago, but things have really gone downhill. Do you live in the city? The amount of development + property prices have consistently moved upwards over the last few years
throwaway6734 6y ago
I've lived in Baltimore for almost a decade now. A large majority of the murders are targeted killings relating to the drug trade. Iirc its why Baltimore has a very high death rate among those who are shot. If you live in the more developed/safer areas it is much more comparable to a normal US city
agency 6y ago
Essentially. The creator, David Simon, spent 12 years as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun.
anonAndOn 6y ago
Yes. The mass shootings make the national news, usually, but gun violence is so endemic, especially in the poorer parts of town, it often barely makes it in the newspaper.

I am not a US Citizen and have never lived in the US. I just finnished watching HBO's "The Wire" and my reaction was Jesus! Does is this really happen?

by max_ 6y ago

I am not a US Citizen and have never lived in the US. I just finnished watching HBO's "The Wire" and my reaction was Jesus! Does is this really happen?

hawkice 6y ago

Yes. The Wire is shockingly true to life. I cannot think of a detail that isn't modeled after a great deal of real life events that play out, over and over, in a loop, in every major American city. Edit: the McNulty arc in the last season probably doesn't happen particularly often. The alternative, that the murders are never found or investigated, is much more likely. I don't want to say what he does (it would be a spoiler), but yes, that was more character-driven than most of the dynamics on the show.

hn8788 6y ago

It's only in small pockets of cities, not evenly distributed among everyone there. If you aren't involved in crime or live in those high crime areas, you'll probably never experience any violence. But yeah, there are parts of Baltimore that are just like what you see on The Wire.

leetcrew 6y ago
you probably won't get murdered, but if you live in any walkable area of baltimore for a long time it's pretty likely you'll get mugged. source: everyone I know that's lived there more than five years.
- throwaway6734 6y ago
  This is wildly inaccurate. Muggings are uncommon in neighborhoods like locust point,hampden, Roland park, federal hill, charles village, Patterson park, etc. Even in "rougher" areas of the white l (station north, Remington, Barclay) Muggings are still uncommon
  - leetcrew 6y ago
    uncommon in the sense that it probably won't happen on a particular day. but it will happen to you eventually if you walk around in the city. doesn't happen much in roland park, LP, and hampden, but I don't really agree on the others you listed. look at the the crime map with the "robbery - street" filter if you don't believe me. it looks like a population density map. fed in particular has a surprising number of muggings (probably due to drunk idiots by the bars).
    - throwaway6734 6y ago
      >but it will happen to you eventually if you walk around in the city. It absolutely will not. I've lived in those neighborhoods (A few blocks north of north ave in old goucher) and neither my wife nor I ever had issues with violent crime. Prostitution is another story. Link to the map?
      - leetcrew 6y ago
        https://arcgisportal.baltimorepolice.org/publiccrimemap/ https://arcgisportal.baltimorepolice.org/publiccrimemap/ see for yourself. in the last three months there's been at least one street robbery in most of the neighborhoods you named. if you look at the last year, they're surprisingly evenly distributed everywhere below university/33rd. I would have agreed with you seven to ten years ago, but things have really gone downhill. roland park is almost a suburb, very car oriented, and LP is a special case due to its geography (really its connectivity). aside from that you gotta assume anything can happen at any time in baltimore.
        throwaway6734 6y ago
        >in the last three months there's been at least one street robbery in most of the neighborhoods you named. You're aware that thousands of people live in these areas right? > I would have agreed with you seven to ten years ago, but things have really gone downhill. Do you live in the city? The amount of development + property prices have consistently moved upwards over the last few years

throwaway6734 6y ago

I've lived in Baltimore for almost a decade now. A large majority of the murders are targeted killings relating to the drug trade. Iirc its why Baltimore has a very high death rate among those who are shot. If you live in the more developed/safer areas it is much more comparable to a normal US city

agency 6y ago

Essentially. The creator, David Simon, spent 12 years as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun.

anonAndOn 6y ago

Yes. The mass shootings make the national news, usually, but gun violence is so endemic, especially in the poorer parts of town, it often barely makes it in the newspaper.