[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[from occupied ga]

Only what you’d expect in a city run by black democrats

[Bigg Red]

It’s heartbreaking. I grew up in Baltimore County, and I remember trips “downtown” with my mother for doctor appointments or for shopping at the department stores. In those days, there were no suburban malls.

On those trips, my childish eyes were always filled with wonder at the beauty of the city, and, in those days, we were perfectly safe standing and waiting for a bus, even after sunset on a winter evening. (Mother didn’t drive.)

As a young teen, I caught a bus from school to go to my orthodontist’s office in Baltimore. I loved doing that, and I would take little side trips after my appointments. Soaking in the sights of the architecture was a great joy for me.

I know that, up until about the late 1970s or perhaps early 1980s, many Baltimore rowhouse neighborhoods were owned by hard-working blue collar families who kept them clean and in good repair.

There have been attempts at gentrification over the years, but the city, most notably under Mayor OweMalley, has made no serious attempt at stopping criminal activity. People would fix up houses only to have them robbed and vandalized.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Steps leading to the front door were marble and were washed regularly to keep them white. 1988 TNYT article Baltimore Journal; Of White Marble Steps And Painted Screens

The row houses were not tenaments and were 80% owner occupied.