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Which is so strange because the surrounding suburbs are some of the most pleasant places I’ve ever been. I feel pretty spoiled because crime isn’t something I ever worry about. Im somewhat concerned my 16 yo will wonder into the wrong part of town but cops do a great job of keeping the criminals segregated

Just like the nice Subarus of Vestavia/Homewood/Mountain Brook, most of the violence in Bham is Bessemer/West End/Titusville etc. I’m not saying downtown Bhma is safe by any means. But all of the crimes in the outlying areas I mentioned above is not downtown bham. I live in Helena, just south of bham and spend a lot of time in bham.

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Posted by Robin Masters

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 6:03 pm to tiger1616

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I live in Helena, just south of bham and spend a lot of time in bham

Helena is a really nice area. We are in Vestavia and crime is just not a concern. I leave my doors unlocked all the time. Car doors too. Even when the wife and I go downtown for date nights I never feel unsafe.
I guess it’s just the Wild West in some of the other areas like you mentioned.

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Posted by rooster108bm

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 6:19 pm to tiger1616

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Just like the nice Subarus of Vestavia/Homewood/Mountain Brook, most of the violence in Bham is Bessemer/West End/Titusville etc. I’m not saying downtown Bhma is safe by any means. But all of the crimes in the outlying areas I mentioned above is not downtown bham. I live in Helena, just south of bham and spend a lot of time in bham.

The area they are talking about is on 3rd Ave just across i65 and that is considered downtown. The only damn reason there is no crime in the center of downtown is because everything is closed after dark except for where topgolf is and in Lakeview where cops continously circle the block when there's an event.

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