Another paisan born and raised in Baltimore. As Ravens said, there is a decent Little Italy and at one point there was a tight-knit Italian community in the city (mainly Little Italy and Highlandtown), but it's very spread out now and into the suburbs. The Italian community overall is much less noticeable here than other northeast hubs like Philly, Jersey, NYC and Boston.

Little Italy has always been a very safe and nice neighborhood, despite being next to the projects and near high-crime parts of East Baltimore. I used to hear growing up that it was so safe because there was thought to be a mob presence, but nothing is going on nowadays.