Heitz Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Dooooomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Doug Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I too live in Balti-less, in the Canton area, and work in East Baltimore. I have to agree with the above poster - this place is a very dangerous dump. Some of these areas make the fruit belt look like Disney. Just 2 more years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Are we going to be like the snobs in New York City and Boston, with nothing better to do than to dump on a city that has fallen on hard times? Seems kind of silly considering what Buffalo is going through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltos best Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I live in Baltimore city, and there are plenty of areas that are fine places to live. The bad areas are no worse than similar areas in DC, Buffalo, Rochester, or any number of large American cities. Gotta disagree with ya on this one. Been a Baltimore City police officer for 23 years after growing up in the Town(Tonawanda). No worse place to visit or raise a family then right here. Annually one of the top 3 most deadly cities in the country. Not to mention the home of Ray Lewis & Willis. How much worse could it get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Gotta disagree with ya on this one. Been a Baltimore City police officer for 23 years after growing up in the Town(Tonawanda). No worse place to visit or raise a family then right here. Annually one of the top 3 most deadly cities in the country. Not to mention the home of Ray Lewis & Willis. How much worse could it get? I see that you moonlight for the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce as well. :-) Although I have to agree. In other cities you seem to be better able to avoid the problems. For example, I've never had any issues in DC, NY, Philly, LA, and I worked in Camden (another super violent place per capita) for 4 years. No problems at all. I've been to the Inner Harbor twice as an adult and my car was broken into both times by crack heads looking for loose change and small items they can sell. Needless to say I'm not terribly enthused to return. I suspect that many of those who contend that the bad areas of Baltimore are just like other cities have never been to the bad parts to compare. There are bad parts of NY and then there are BAD parts of NY. Buffalo really doesn't have any BAD parts and if it does they are small by comparison. This doesn't mean I want to hang around on East Delavan and Fillmore at night but I'll go there in the daytime. Baltimore has places I won't go in the daytime, ever. That's what seems to distinguish it from other mid sized cities. It has those uber-nasty neighborhoods of the NYs and LAs but is much smaller in size and population so the effect is greatly magnified. The gang issues in Baltimore seem to be more serious than other cities right now. I'm not sure if NY (or DC)gangs are moving in and they are fighting with locals over corners or whatever but I know that's happening in NJ and causing some problems. I'm not the po po though so i can only go by what I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Is Baltimore really such a bad place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 um, yeah it is a bad place. one of the worst cities in america. one of the highest murder rates, poverty, shrinking population, property crime. bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Wow. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Didn't anybody watch The Wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_House Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Is Baltimore really such a bad place? Nah. Lived here (in the city) 7 years, never been a victim of any crime. Not saying it's perfect, but it has a lot going for it. Actual tourism in the Inner Harbor, a growing finance industry, and of course biotech and healthcare with Hopkins. Plus young professionals actually live in the city (as dangerous as some people say it is), while for some reason, that just doesn't happen in Buffalo or Rochester. Add to that the affordability of housing compared to nearby DC, Philly, and NYC, and I'd say it's a pretty decent place to live. Would I want to raise kids here? No, but I wouldn't want to raise them in inner city Philadelphia or Buffalo either. I'd move to the burbs, which are some of the wealthiest (and priciest) in the country. All that said, I liked Buffalo (and Rochester) a lot too. I just don't see how anyone from Western New York can really trash any other place in the country. There's good and bad everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 bmore = 6 times the murder rate of nyc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 bmore = 6 times the murder rate of nyc buffalo = almost 4 times the murder rate of nyc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 buffalo = almost 4 times the murder rate of nyc bmore = almost double the murder rate of buffalo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I live between DC and Baltimore. I can tell you that the city is a dump. There is a small section on the water that attracts tourists...has some bars etc.. Other than that it may be the scariest damn place I've been to. The area near M&T Bank stadium looks like a place their star LB would be an accomplice to murder. When HBO does a tv serious depicting how dangerous and murder filled your city is, I wouldn't bash another city. Was that you I aw as I was driving home from Elkton MD yesterday and near Baltimore I saw a car with a Buffalo Bills helmet attached to the trailor hitch... ?? Last time I drove through Baltimore was 10 years ago or more.. I missed a turn on the 95 and ended up in a not so nice area at 2AM. But as with any city you can go 3 blocks and find a nice residential area or you have to fo a few miles out and find a nice residential area like Chevy Chase and Glen Burnie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Was that you I aw as I was driving home from Elkton MD yesterday and near Baltimore I saw a car with a Buffalo Bills helmet attached to the trailor hitch... ?? Last time I drove through Baltimore was 10 years ago or more.. I missed a turn on the 95 and ended up in a not so nice area at 2AM. But as with any city you can go 3 blocks and find a nice residential area. "Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get back on the express way?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 My brother and sister-in-law live in Baltimore. They're moving to Buffalo in August to get away from the urban blight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Wow. Who knew? You should visit sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 You should visit sometime. Sounds much too rough for me. I'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBlood Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I only moved here in the first place because I came out of Niagara University and couldnt find a teaching job in WNY. Also my wife got into a grad school in Baltimore. My advice to anyone even thinking about visiting is to stay in the tourist spots like the harbor. Those areas are pretty nice (but overpriced) But other than that I wouldnt feel safe anywhere inside the beltway. Baltimore County does have a little apeal though, the Towson area isnt as bad. But to try and bring this back to the original posting... the writer in Baltimore should stick to trying to gain awarness for the problems in his own city before he decides to take the liberty to talk about another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_House Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I only moved here in the first place because I came out of Niagara University and couldnt find a teaching job in WNY. Also my wife got into a grad school in Baltimore. My advice to anyone even thinking about visiting is to stay in the tourist spots like the harbor. Those areas are pretty nice (but overpriced) But other than that I wouldnt feel safe anywhere inside the beltway. Baltimore County does have a little apeal though, the Towson area isnt as bad. But to try and bring this back to the original posting... the writer in Baltimore should stick to trying to gain awarness for the problems in his own city before he decides to take the liberty to talk about another one. Seriously? If you really live here, you should check out the following neighborhoods, all of which are inside the city limits: -Mount Washington -Loyola College/College of Notre Dame area -Cross Keys -Roland Park -Guilford -Homewood area (around the Hopkins undergrad campus) -Charles Village -Hampden -Federal Hill -Fell's Point -Canton Towson isn't in Baltimore city, and if you don't feel safe there, then you probably shouldn't ever leave your house. You do bring up a good point about how there are actual jobs in Baltimore, which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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