Gentrification will save Baltimore City from itself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unpopular opinion, but its the truth.

I totally agree with you! The gentrifying Gods need to come and save Baltimore from itself.

[Anonymous]

There is a reason. I live in the Patterson Park area. I grew up in Baltimore City till end of middle school, and moved back now in my mid 30's. Some of us that "got out" early maybe because our parents wanted better for us are now coming back to "reclaim" our city and make it for the better. I came back because I love my city and wanted to vote here. I don't believe building the city back up and putting hard working tax paying people here is a bad thing or even "gentrification", especially for me. Than you have the people that work in downtown Baltimore(the upper class/upper/middle class) that want to live where they work and finally are infact doing that...that's been on the rise since 1999 when the projects came down and it's been happening ever since. The college kids that come from everywhere (even Baltimore) are getting degrees, working here, falling in love with the city and staying etc. It's not necessarily all bad.

[Anonymous]

People need jobs. People moved to Baltimore for jobs decades ago. Same with Philly and Detroit. Now their descendants are in places with no jobs.

Much of these cities needs to be razed. How much housing stock is uninhabitable and how many people are there to live there? Zillow has about 3200 for sale in Baltimore and about the same number in pre-foreclosure. The listings have numerous auctions-sales of foreclosures. Plus sales of foreclosures.

It is bad. Murders, crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People need jobs. People moved to Baltimore for jobs decades ago. Same with Philly and Detroit. Now their descendants are in places with no jobs.

Much of these cities needs to be razed. How much housing stock is uninhabitable and how many people are there to live there? Zillow has about 3200 for sale in Baltimore and about the same number in pre-foreclosure. The listings have numerous auctions-sales of foreclosures. Plus sales of foreclosures.

It is bad. Murders, crime.

But the buildings there are actually gorgeous, and it's way more convenient for artists who want to sell in New York than Detroit is. The city just needs to get the attention of artists priced out of New York.

[Anonymous]

Batman will save Baltimore...I mean Gotham...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People need jobs. People moved to Baltimore for jobs decades ago. Same with Philly and Detroit. Now their descendants are in places with no jobs.

Much of these cities needs to be razed. How much housing stock is uninhabitable and how many people are there to live there? Zillow has about 3200 for sale in Baltimore and about the same number in pre-foreclosure. The listings have numerous auctions-sales of foreclosures. Plus sales of foreclosures.

It is bad. Murders, crime.

But the buildings there are actually gorgeous, and it's way more convenient for artists who want to sell in New York than Detroit is. The city just needs to get the attention of artists priced out of New York.

Some move to NJ. Plus Eastern PA. Filled with them. Why would they move to Baltimore further away from the epi-center?

[Anonymous]

I don't know how old some of you are

Baltimore is basically exactly where DC was right when MCI center/Verizon center was getting off the ground (mid 90s)

As others have said you do need a strong mayor Anthony Williams to kick things off

It was done before with the Inner Harbor transformation..... that's really going way back haha

[Anonymous]

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Much of these cities needs to be razed. How much housing stock is uninhabitable and how many people are there to live there?

Md actually has a plan to raze vacant houses in the most troubled neighborhoods where such houses have become nuisances. But much of Baltimore is not like that, and new housing is being built in response to market demand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you can't be more correct! Gentrification will definitely save Baltimore. It is common knowledge that the presence of white people make every place better. Before whites gentrified America, this place was forest and savages. Until white people gentrified Africa, Africa was inhabited by primitive civilizations. If it weren't for gentrification, Asia wouldn't have developed gun powder, architecture, or spices for food. I wake up everyday, and give thanks to white jesus for making white people so that the world can be a better place.

The native americans did not have social service programs or school systems that required tax revenue to fund them. City of Baltimore does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whites surgically segregate their children's education no matter where they live. Even the liberal whites aren't crazy enough to subject their children to liberal nonsense.

Disagree. The charters in DC are far more diverse than DCPS schools.