The fact is if Baltimore was still a vibrant steel, ship and car producer it would not be the 3rd world hell hole it’s become. You can’t blame that on Democrats.
I don't blame that on Democrats. I blame that on Baltimore.
Baltimore didn't just lose its industry to foreign competitors. It lost its industry to other regions of the U.S. I demonstrated that in my earlier post about the auto industry. The shipbuilding industry is another excellent example. This is an industry where the U.S. has become a shadow of its former presence as Asian nations have dominated the industry for years (South Korea, China and Japan in particular). That's no coincidence, since it's one of the first truly global industries, and -- more than any other -- is subject to purely economic forces with minimal political influence.
And yet there's still a major shipbuilding presence in the U.S. -- because domestic shipping companies are required by law to use U.S.-built vessels. It is in this segment of the industry where the decline of urban sh!t-holes like Baltimore is most apparent. As with many other industries, shipbuilding has largely migrated from the Northeast to Southeast and Gulf Coast states where the business climate is simply better. There's no excuse for that, as far as U.S. cities like Baltimore are concerned. They have nobody to blame but themselves.