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[quote=Anonymous]NP. Baltimore is my birthplace, and grew up in it's 'burbs. Lived in D.C. for a bit, but moved back in 2004. I finally moved out of Baltimore City in 2019. Moved out of Maryland in 2021. I saw the writing on the wall back in 2014/2015. There was a time when things were improving, incrementally, yes. That cannot be denied by anybody who were there during the early-00's. At the very least, the chaos and misery was confined to a handful of blocks and individuals/tiny neighborhood gangs.

I've lived in MoCo during the early influx of Central Americans and have been back there since the winding down of the pandemic drama too. I don't see another Baltimore in the making. Similarities in terms of shifts of socioeconomics and terrible attitudes/outcomes related to education in certain populations appear to be in spitting distance. The problems Baltimore contends with are stickier than antisocial souls taking the red line up to Gaithersburg or Central Americans bringing their struggles and social pathologies with them.

I know someone who considers living in Baltimore to be like peering into the future in terms of crime/social ills. I don't completely agree, but with the astronomical rise in homicide rates and the out of control drug trade nationwide, I wonder at times. It's frustrating that my birthplace is one that I have to make sure I mention that I grew up in "the surrounding area" because people will think differently of you. Or, if you're an adult choosing to live there that you have a death wish.

[quote=Anonymous]... While I was looking, I learned that blacks were lured to Baltimore with the promise of safe neighborhoods in which to raise their families. Instead, they found themselves living in a declining city with increasing crime. Very sad story.[/quote]

Baltimore has had a relatively large AfroAmerican population since easily the 19th century. Maryland as a whole has always been a very black state compared to most. I'm not sure where you got this information regarding black families being "lured" to the city. If you're referring to the ending of segregated neighborhoods; the sorts moving into 'hoods like Irvington, Ednor Gardens, etc. were mostly locals with deep roots.

It's more like they're being "lured" to the bedroom communities, currently. Many I've talked to back there seem to be under the impression that changing a few digits in their 212xx zip code or going clear up to York, PA will guarantee safety and prosperity.[/quote]

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