Tell me about Baltimore if you live there
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Anonymous
The murders are more concentrated in the summers these days compared to the 70s. Just wait for it to hit and enjoy along with all types of lesser crimes such as armed robbery and thefts. |
Anonymous
Bmore - regardless of what you say and believe. The perception of people who don't live there (and many who do but can't or won't escape) is it has horrible schools, horrible crime, blight, high taxes, poor condition of city maintained streets. A negative stigma period. I don't know what is worse - Baltimore City, PG County or many parts of DC. Regardless - would NEVER suggest any one live in those locals. Lock your doors and keep driving through without stopping. |
Anonymous
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People just making stuff up because they’re so upset the facts don’t align with their racist worldview
It’s all good though. Nobody wants people who think like this to come here and nobody who thinks like this wants to come here, so everyone is happy |
Anonymous
Why don’t you just say you hate Black people and are scared of being around them? |
Anonymous
| Let’s all agree to ignore the racist troll. Not worth anyone’s time. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| The attendance data doesn't make sense. So the attendance is the same but the chronic absenteeism has gone up nearly 20%. You can't teach the kids if they aren't there. |
Anonymous
When the source is someone with the handle “End Wokeness,” you can’t expect accuracy. |
Anonymous
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Let’s be clear- some of the schools are horrible and until the educational system is properly addressed, Baltimore will continue to have problems.
BUT - there is essentially no chance that anyone reading this considering a move to Baltimore will end up in one of those schools. There are strong publics as well (Roland Park, Mount Washington, City, Poly, BSA). And many many strong privates that are considerably less $$ than DC schools. Also, for all the Montgomery county parents moaning about their kids not getting into UMd, in contrast last yr BSA (100 kids/class) had 2 full Banneker Key kids and a number of other Honors college kids. This yr there’s at least 1 full B/K kid. |
Anonymous
Same. We have a quality of life here that we could never afford in DC - kid is getting a superb private education, we live in a large comfortable house in a perfectly safe area, and we can still save for retirement. If people stopped getting hysterical about Baltimore the prices might go up so I hope they never do! |
Anonymous
| Nova has made you soft |
Anonymous
Not to mention, the private schools are considerably cheaper here than DC! We have an awesome house in a walkable neighborhood and most of the kids bike or walk to school. It really is lovely. Bonus: my racist relatives are too afraid to visit. |
Anonymous
I grew up in Roland Park and live just across the border in Pinehurst and am in and out of the city all the time, but I'm not clueless. Lovely parts of the city, many deeply problematic parts of the city. Dysfunctional government and incompetence everywhere. High taxes and insurance. Left wing electorate that keeps rewarding failed politicians. Baltimore is OK, some clearly love it, to me it's not that special. There is more to life. Moved back to Baltimore due to a coincidental combination of family and work reasons and it's fine for now but will be leaving as soon as we can. I'm not an urban post hipster progressive who hates any changes and I'm also not a Baltimore prep stuck in 1995 and who hates any changes too. I did sound rather negative. People can and do have happy, lovely lives in Baltimore. At the same time, it's not that special or great of a city either because it's also plagued by too many dysfunctional factors everyone has an invested stake in not changing. |
Anonymous
+100 - sounds like an honest and balanced point of view. |