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Cold-Pitch-2690 t1_itpqyty wrote

I am a new student at Northeastern University.

Currently I live on Mozart Street in Jamica Plain. Is it a safe area? And how about the stop and shop around there? I have heard that Jackson Square isn't safe because its adjacent to a public housing project that has a bad reputation for being a dangerous spot, which is why for commute I take the bus from Perkins Street.

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QueenOfBrews t1_itq0hvl wrote

Why inconvenience yourself just based off of what you heard? Taking the train from Jackson to Ruggles will be fine. Yes there is a housing project, but the chances of you randomly getting jumped in the middle of the afternoon are slim to none. Live your life, explore the neighborhood. JP has a lot of great parts about it.

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bbqturtle t1_itpwlxp wrote

It's not the most safe area but 99/100 times you'll be totally fine. If I were you I would take the orange line from Jackson square to ruggles.

Your personal safety depends on if you're alone and the time of day, but generally I think you'd be fine unless it's 2am and you're by yourself there's a tiny chance you could get spooked

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PapalStates t1_itq55h2 wrote

99/100 is pretty accurate, so about 3/4 “questionable encounters” a year.

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Cold-Pitch-2690 t1_itqvlr9 wrote

>if you're alone

Is it really unsafe to walk alone? Asking cuz I'm alone usually. However, I avoid walking alone past sunset

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bbqturtle t1_itr63ku wrote

No it's not really unsafe

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Cold-Pitch-2690 t1_itr6nfu wrote

I was asking because I had a bad incident near the blue bike stand between Bromley Heath and Jackson Square station - a guy from that project racially abused and punched me below the ear near the blue bike stand there at 6:30pm on a Sunday

Maybe it was a one-off incident, that too maybe because it was near Bromley Heath. But I always want to ask about a place's safety now before I venture out alone

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