[RayChuang88]

The city of Baltimore itself is actually a completely separate political entity from the rest of Maryland. As such, when white flight happened in a big way after the 1968 riots caused by the reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Baltimore fell into the same financial distress as Detroit--indeed, Baltimore is one of the most financially-distressed cities in the USA, and even the opening of the beautiful Camden Yards for the Orioles and M&T Bank Stadium for the Ravens has not helped revive the city.

[GeronL]

and even the opening of the beautiful Camden Yards for the Orioles and M&T Bank Stadium for the Ravens has not helped revive the city

Anyone could have seen that coming. Nobody thinks some big government program (stadiums) is going to help the real economy.

Reminds me of that thread about Soviet leaders who would come to visit the US and yawn when they visited NASA but go nuts when they saw a supermarket.