Columbia is a planned city, developed in the 60s and 70s. I was there a few times years ago. I had the impression that it was an upscale suburban city between Baltimore and Washington.
I wonder if a bad element has moved in there, or if gang types hang out at that mall.
Columbia was built to be the utopian bedroom community where all colors, creeds and incomes would live side by side. Now, some 40 years later, reality has intruded. Neighborhoods (”villages” as they’re known) have segregated themselves. There are some very nice areas and some you don’t want to be near even in daylight.
Upscale? I guess it coulda happened but The Corps gave me a bus tour from Baltimore thru DC to Quantico in 1961 and I don’t remember anything but krap. The most recurring scene was an unpainted house, TV sitting in the doorway, and all the folks sitting in a car in the yard watching it——mile after mile. I suppose now they sit in the cars to talk on the Obnamaphone and count up the EBT cards? No shootings at the time——there wasn’t anything worth hitting.
But I did ask the Captain if we were going to attack it? I think he said something like “they’ve already surrendered.”