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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]30 years ago, I visited friends in Baltimore who had purchased through a special program in one of those horrible blocks.  They were sincere liberals who really wanted to do their part to improve Baltimore.  The townhouse was cheap and they spent years and years trying to improve it with blood, sweat, and tears.  
I visited more than once, but I do recall on one occasion being in the little yard in the back and seeing a very large rat run along the fence.  It was disgusting.  I had my two small children with me, and was just horrified.

This couple worked hard on this place and were true believers in helping people.  They put their young kids in the local schools and worked hard to improve things.  When the kids got to be around 10 or 12, they threw in the towel and moved to one of the areas on the edge of Baltimore.  They did this with sincere regret that the venture was not a success.  I think they spent about 20 years on this place.

They were not trying to "gentrify" the area.  They just wanted to make it better.  Maybe, they helped a few people, but it did not work.  Their townhouse was one of two or three on the block which was not a total abandoned disaster.  They did not have much money, but did the best they could.

My point: Trump was talking about rats--not people.  That CNN commentator was way out of line to say otherwise.  Baltimore is literally full of rats--one of the worst, according to Orkin.[/quote]

Thanks for your post.  
And, Trump is right.  Many parts of Baltimore are hellholes.  And, have been for quite some time.  
It's ironic that this fact has been stated many times on this forum, but now that Trump has pointed it out, it is an issue.  [/quote]

Why isn't he speaking out about the mice/roach infested White House?[/quote]

The White House is more than old, and even President Harry S. Truman joked in 1945 that the building remained the "crown jewel of the federal prison system." It has not been renovated fully since the 1950s.

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Excuses, excuses.

Until he issues a tweet about his mouse-infested home, hard to take him seriously about his concern for the rats of Baltimore.[/quote]

Besides, Baltimore is older.  So age is no excuse.[/quote]

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