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rollin_in_doodoo t1_isjlfvn wrote

Reply to comment by HALabunga in I got assaulted/robbed INSIDE a laundromat today. by HALabunga

This isn't your fault and no one should have to live like this, but don't go around Baltimore thinking you're familiar with the streets and you know how to "move in them." As evidenced by being white and riding your fancyass gravel bike laden with valuables into Franklintown at night to do laundry, you still have a lot to learn and it was pretty privileged/naive to think otherwise. That clever rape analogy scores points online but wont keep you safe. Any resident of Franklintown or in that general area would tell you that you made a comically bad decision. You don't need a bunch of sympathy from strangers on here if you're recently homeless - you need to wise the fuck up.

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HALabunga OP t1_isjopzk wrote

Point taken. I literally didn't know where I was at, I just entered laundromat into my phone. Not very streetsmart of me! And I know being clever ain't gonna save me. I was just tired of dealing with assholes when when wrote that.

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Meepmeep0957574775 t1_isk1k7p wrote

The problem is its NOT that easy to know. West Baltimore doesn't just = dangerous. Walbrook Junction might be rough at times but the neighborhoods of Dickeyville, Franklintown, Mt Holly, Ten Hills, they're quiet and mostly very nice. Same with Poppleton and Pigtown and Hollins Market. You don't know which neighborhoods are rough or dangerous, or if they're just that way at certain times of day, until someone tells you specifically which neighborhoods to avoid or you've lived here long enough to figure it out. Or you're lucky enough to exist only in the L.

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Meepmeep0957574775 t1_isk11u2 wrote

Gtfo that is NOT Franklintown, that's Mosher/ Edmondson.

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rollin_in_doodoo t1_isokg54 wrote

Shit, I always thought that was called Franklintown, but you're right. Franklintown is over by Dickeyville. It looks like there's a neighborhood called Franklintown Road right next to Mosher so maybe that's how I got it mixed up.

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