-—WTF? Does this family usually vacation in Baghdad?-—
Oh’ come on now. The Inner Harbor is a cool place during the day...
Baghdad is probably safer after dark though...
I was in Baltimore a few years back for a conference in the tourist district area. I had to walk several blocks to the venue from my hotel, and found that there was a elevated walkway that you could take that took you over the busy city streets.
It was very nice. I got up a little before the conference started, and took the elevated walkway around 0900. It took me over roads, through some little malls, etc.
Bustling with people and felt very safe.
When I went back to the hotel around 1800, I took the walkways again. But it was very different. Not only was nobody taking the walkways, but the little malls were deserted and the cages were down over the storefronts. The sidewalk was bustling with people dodging the traffic.
I was pondering this ominous situation, when I walked onto a walkway, and there were three teen “youths” blocking the elevated sidewalk about halfway across. Then I understood and realized what a fool I had been. I backed out, closed the door, and backtracked through the deserted mall which seemed downright menacing now, and got down on the street with everyone else.
This was probably 10-12 years ago. I can only imagine what it is like now.