I'd think it's proximity to the capital would make the city ideal for affordable housing, given that rent in DC, some Maryland suburbs, and NOVA are sky high.
It's sad to see my city go down by the years. I'm currently 17 years old; born and raised in Baltimore. I know that this city can strive for greatness, when I go to college, I want to become an Architect for my major, and make the buildings to make them look bigger (Like New York, Chicago, Singapore, Shanghai). More job and oppportunities.
Am so glad we left Baltimore for New Hampshire in the 1960s. I was born there myself, lived in the Hillendale section of the Parkville suburb near Towson, but I consider myself a Granite Stater now. I drove by Baltimore about 8 or so years ago and yes...a steep decline is evident. No reason for me to ever go back there.
That's black culture homie everywhere y'all go yall turn it into a ghetto let's spit raw facts not sob stories crying bout racism gtfoh stop asking white people for help we slne wit y'all fools
I'm a native Marylander. The reason Baltimore's economy didn't transition is politics. It’s usually in the Top 5 of America’s most dangerous cities. Each year, over 300 individuals, mostly blacks, are murdered there. In 2020 more than half the city’s 32 candidates for mayor, running to replace Catherine Pugh, who’d pled to criminal charges, themselves faced criminal charges. A Pugh predecessor, Sheila Ann Dixon, resigned as mayor in 2010 after her criminal convictions. The mayor between those two criminals, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, in 2015 endorsed the criminal rioters burning the city, declaring “We gave those who wished to destroy, space to do that.” But the real crime is what is done to young minds-77 percent black, 14 percent Hispanic-in the city’s schools. A 2018 survey found that of some 1,300 Maryland state schools, 35 received a low rating of “1” out of “5”; 23 of those schools were in Baltimore. Some 13 Baltimore high schools had zero students proficient in math. Bullying and violence in those schools are endemic. In one shocking case, a student in Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts, a city high school, only passed three classes in four years, yet was still in the top half of the class and was passed to upper grades. And the problem isn’t lack of funds; the city spends about the same per pupil as does prosperous Montgomery County, which has some far higher-rated schools.
This comment sums it up very well. I would add high property taxes too. Property taxes in the city are double the surrounding areas. Why would anyone choose to live in an area with high crime, poor services AND pay double? There is no incentive to own property in Baltimore...this leads to low home ownership. People who dont own their homes tend to care less about them and their block. Unfortunately, they kept taxes too high for too long and now they cant afford to lower taxes even if they wanted to. It is what it is....
The Baltimore City School System is so bad that you have too prove you are a resident of Baltimore County in order to enroll your children in a Baltimore County School and do it each time your child changes schools. In order to prove you are a resident, you have to provide a copy of your lease or tax bill, your ID and five other pieces of mail. If you don't provide the proof, your child will be unenrolled in the school. This also applies if your child is going from elementary school to middle school and from middle school to high school and also if you have never moved during the time.
@@jonusjonus9271 I partially agree with you on the home ownership thing but there are a lot of people who just want to move when they want to move. There is a lot of fixed cost in purchasing a home and lots of extra cost, replacing a furnace, replacing a roof, replacing or updating kitchen appliances. My biggest problem is the culture of electing people to jobs in government not based on skill or integrity but based upon who they are related to, which church they belong to, or did they finance a big block party on your street. Basic Southern Small town politics. That kind of leadership does not rock the boat or propose creative solutions to problems and is very invested in the status quo.
@@jonusjonus9271 property taxes gets overblown. The market adjusts the housing prices accordingly. If you lower the property taxes than the purchase price increases. You can also write them off when you file federal. The city government can't afford to hire basic staffing so it's not lowering its property taxes anytime soon.
Those corruption scandals aren't the reason why Baltimore has issues. It's not like the entire budget was funneled; former Mayor Shelia Dixon got impeached over a $500 gift card. I don't believe the crime rate or graduation rates would be much different if the mayors' didn't have corruption scandals.
I live in Baltimore, one thing no one is talking about is lack of maintenance. Our roads, sidewalks, and services are in disrepair. So many blackouts and potholes. The public pools have green water and broken pumps. Do they seriously have no money or workers to fix this? Its awful.
Our budget is in the billions. We have plenty of money to fix it all. We need to vote for better fam. We keep getting screwed by our mayors and by greedy people who line their pockets.
Downtown Baltimore near the Inner Harbor was relatively safe in the mid to late 90s, but today, I wouldn't take long walks in the day or walk to my car at night alone.
Baltimore was the first place I lived and taught after college. I love the area with all my heart, but living there constantly broke it. I have never seen people so numb to the suffering around them or content with mediocrity.
What happened to Baltimore ? Democrats!!,,the same with Detroit Chicago Philadelphia NewYork San Francisco Los Angeles Saint Louis New Orleans Minneapolis and Saint Paul Milwaukee Washington DC Portland. Seattle Pittsburgh Trenton notice a pattern or should I continue????
Been living in Baltimore for a while now. I think there are parts of it, like Fells, Canton, Fed Hill, etc that are some of the nicest and most affordable neighborhoods I’ve been to. Many capture the idealized “middle density” housing with the classic Baltimore rowhome and walking around these neighborhoods with their interspersed cafes and restaurants can be idyllic. The fact that the city hugs the harbor and how water can be seen from many neighborhoods is really unique among American cities, and is quite beautiful. It’s also a historically important and interesting city. There’s really a character about the city that you don’t get from the overly commercialized or prim DC next door, having also lived there for a while. But those are affluent areas and I can appreciate that much of the city clearly struggles with stark poverty, due to a history of racial segregation and divestment. And now, through a lack of both political will and an impoverished tax base it’s challenging to dig out of the hole. Especially when it comes to foundational services like education and infrastructure to bring people in and provide opportunities to reduce crime. Like all things, it’s not wholly bad or wholly good. Feels like the city is getting better in some areas and worse in others. I just hope we can figure it out and make progress, even if it happens slowly
I keep a boat at Fells Point. It's a decent place to bounce around and then when I've had enough, I just go back to my boat and crash for the night. I'll be down-sizing to a smaller boat that's easier to single-hand and I plan to make Fells Point my "home base" as I spend the last of my life trying to visit every town and port around the entire Chesapeake Bay.
Baltimore born and raised - moved away in 2004 at age 33... Things simply got to a point where it wasn't beneficial for me and my family to remain there. I still visit, albeit less frequently over the years - every trip highlights just how much the city has fallen. It's pretty sad to see.
My family, from both sides, was from Baltimore, although we moved to Philly suburbs when I was 3. Since 1980, all of my relatives there have died and there's no reason for me to visit back. Good thing, because the place is not the same. Crime, decay, people that just don't care anymore. A giant ghetto. Highlandtown, Dundalk, Arundel County all wasted. My parents are buried in New Cathedral Cemetery but I doubt I'll ever see their graves again. Long gone are the summer days of crabs and beer on the back porch...
Some of the "renaissance" of the late 80s and 90s was a break for young people to buy houses, $1 if you put $10000 into restoration. Canton, Fells, Federal Hill...lots of working people in their 20s did this, coming in from surrounding counties. Problem was, these people then aged, got married, and had kids. Faced with the choice of exorbitantly expensive private schools or the worst public schools in the US...back out to the counties they went in the 2000s. High crime went higher (it was never "down", statistics were fudged in the O'Malley era) and a soft stance on crime reversed a lot of progress. It was unheard of for any crime at the Harbor even in 2010...not so much now. Look no further than city hall and the city council...it is one-party government at its worst. The city is in dire need of actual leadership and investment in new industries to turn it around again.
Facts. Black thugs rule Baltimore while those in charge Black politicians are not going to do anything about it. So it will continue to be a shit hole.
Peter Cole' right on point! Black folks, and White liberal thinking, and Wokeism destroyed Baltimore. The government is corrupt as any gang. There is no accountibilty for any one in Baltimore City doing wrong! None! There is not one positive thing going on in Baltimore City as of Today, Nothing!
It is always some weak-ass pale face coward with no actual profile pic, that always hide behind their keyboards and talk shit all day, because in all reality they're way too scared to talk shit to someone face to face, because they know of the reprocusions and consequences.🤣🤣
The problem is that the government and people in power protect the 20% at the expense of the 80% so that the 80% are not even allowed to defend themselves.
ANSWER: Democrats, democrats, democrats!!! I love how these type of video's ignore the Elephant of politics as if these things are simply cosmic karma that just happens.
Politics; education and demographics are the reasons why. I would know firsthand cos I'm born & raised and drive buses in-around the Baltimore metro. This city is literally one good fortune away from being a livable place but, as mentioned above, those three things bury B-more far too often
I live in Carroll County west of Baltimore. The suburbs like here, Howard, and Hartford counties are really some of the best and richest in the country. Downtown Baltimore has seen some redevelopment over the years, they recently built the 2nd tallest high rise in the city and Maryland. But the crime and the politics have killed many potential for this city and its people. Also the way the road system is set up, like I-70 ending at a park and ride and not continuing to I-95, forces everyone on the beltway which makes traffic nearly as bad as DC sometimes. However, being near DC has contributed to Baltimore's metropolitan area growing nearly 5% still over the past decade, so Baltimore could maybe improve. I honestly think the riots back in 2015 was rock bottom, but it barely has gotten better since.
If we stop electing thieves who just want to steal tax payers money we could see improvements in Maryland. Vote all these self interested criminals out of our government! That would be a good start in improving Maryland!
Like republicans are any damned better! Look at Jacksonville, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa. All red republican run cities with high crime rates and gang violence
This is my motherland. I relocated to PA as an adult and then briefly returned before moving to Oregon with my kid. I wish it didn't have to be that way, I do miss it. My father worked for Beth Steel. Portland is now experiencing what Baltimore already has, and it scares me.
I lived in Baltimore while going to grad school. Then moved to Eugene, where I had a kid. I shudder to think how poorly his life would have turned out if he had been born and raised in Baltimore.
I currently live in Baltimore as I go to school at Hopkins, and its really sad to see how much potential the city has. When it comes to academics and related opportunities, the city is incredible, especially if you want to go into medicine (Johns Hopkins Hospital is one of the best in the world) or law (close proximity to DC), but it seems like so many of these opportunities are simply not available to the people who live there. This is blatantly obvious when I walk around the city and find myself near the "bad places", which are so incredibly run down and broken compared to the affluent areas around Inner Harbor and north Baltimore. The difference is astounding. I have some friends who went to high school in the city, and they've told me stories of how horrific these environments are for students and the terrible scores these schools have as a result. I really do not know all the details of why such a interesting, and at times beautiful, city has fallen the way it has, but I hope that at some point the city will put as much money into public schools and neighborhoods as it does the rich areas around the Harbor and universities.
I am not stating you are naive to the realities of Baltimore City, but you're missing or not acknowleging the gorilla in the room. Baltimore at one point was one of the best places to visit, but due to one-party politics, ( dems ), the corruption within the city politicians , and the planned road map to keep the Black population held prisoner to their virtual plantation, is why Baltimore is what it is today. It's sad to see but the people living there also need to fix their culture. I hope Baltmore returns to its glory days.
Thank you for making this point. Baltimore is absolutely Beautiful city. Doesn't have as bad areas, of course it does cause most cities do. Drugs and crime is the product of historic racism and red lining in most cities.
@@bgr5214 Drugs and Crime are not due to historic racism, it's due to one party rule. Democrat cities have never been long term success stories and when you have the Democrat party hand feeding the Black population to keep their votes, this is part of the result. Fatherless families, poor education systems lead to crime. Crime leads to businesses and economic opportunities leaving. This is NOT racism, it's social engineering.
And don’t forget about PT Flaggs. I use to go there on Sundays back in 1989 - 1990 for teen night. Baltimore was a great place to grow up in as a teen back in the eighties - early nineties.
Its simply poor management.. Baltimore suffers from what many cities suffer from a population unwilling to elect officials that will make a difference instead voting in the same people year after year..
Exactly, look at Jacksonville, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa. All red republican run cities and all of them are suffering from high crime rates and gang violence. So don’t give me this crap that republicans are better because they are not.
When driving down the eastern seaboard, I cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge, get off onto Rte 1 to 301 and skip Baltimore entirely. No thank you......
Derbagger22' You don't have to get off 95 south to avoid Baltimore. Just keep driving past it, the same with Wilmington, Delaware You don't have to get off 95 south to by pass them. It take five mins to by pass balto, and five mins to pass Wilmington.
@@elev8torguy130 Of course you do, except it’s not about what you think it is. It’s about the Democrats shipping jobs overseas and selling our country out to China.
Black people. I'm black and I know a lot of the nonsense is because of it. But every city is like that yet Baltimore still falls behind, then what's the next excuse?... "Education"
I am a native New Yorker who has lived in Baltimore for the past 11 years. I love it here! Great restaurants, parks, and really nice people. Yes, we have our problems, all reflective of what has gone in so many other places in the United States. But Baltimore is one of the most affordable places to live and has lots of potential.
I have lived in the Baltimore area since 1989 including living in Hamilton for 6 years. I could not disagree with you more. It’s a crime ridden dump with a lazy and obnoxiously overpaid federal work force. Total and complete sh#thole. You must work for Social Security or Hopkins
Yes lots and lots of black crime that could easily be solved, but the people of great baltimore keep voting to put up with the incredibly diverse cultural crime!! Well done guilty white dude.
Baltimore has better water views than DC. You could probably buy waterfront property dirt cheap in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins Hospital is also there. Maybe they should put the new FBI headquarters in Baltimore. When you drive I-95 you have to stop for lunch and try the blue crab. Getting in and out of Ravens stadium is so easy its perfect for visiting fans. If you keep driving to NYC expect to pay a lot of tolls. You are better off going south on I-95 and pay zero tolls all the way to Florida.
What happened to Baltimore? The same thing that happened to all of the old industrial cities. Democrats. You voted for it, you got it. Conglaturations, you lost.
Yeah and republicans are even worse. Look at West Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas all red republican and all impoverished, undereducated and underdeveloped.
great point, Pittsburgh shifted to banking, and other industries.and have one of the most underrated Skylines in the country with majestic views, you come out of that Ft Pitt tunnel from the airport and the City lays out before you., No shade but Baltimore ain't for me.
It's kind of ironic they have world class universities located there to. University of Maryland med campus is in Baltimore not to mention Johns Hopkins. Lots off research very little innovation.
Most of the hard working middle class moved their families to outer suburbs so they can raise their family and not worry about drugs, crime and trash left on the streets. We lived near Gay Street in the mid 50's. We could take a bus up to Sears and enjoy Broadway in the evening. During the holidays we enjoyed shopping at the large stores to also watch the displays and not worry about serious crime or our car broken into.Stores were open late at night! Now look at Baltimore city!! It makes one sick to see even small mom and pop stores gone!
Ain't that the truth!! We grew up near Pimilco race track and went to school there until 1964! Before that Broadway and North Ave were the places to shop! All the stores at Christmas were decorated with lights and shoppers really enjoyed the Holidays there. My dad alway had his cars serviced at Sears. The old stadium was the place to enjoy watching the Colts play and hot peanut stands at each corner. High Crime and drugs destroyed the City. At age 74 I still look back and remember those days!! John
Funny, the old Baltimore Colts (now Indy) left and the Ravens took over. They were originally in Cleveland. The Orioles came from St Louis (Browns). They had the Baltimore Bullets, NBA team, which is now in Washington DC and named the Wizards.
Bron here and still here..😥The problem with Bmore is the city council and it's government are totally corrupted and terrified to stand up for the people here just trying to live and have a little something.LoudLove..🔊🔊🔊💜💜💜
When the industry left, the prosperity left. The only thing that didn't leave was poor folks on welfare. They had no way to move. It would be better to bull doze down the whole thing and let other cities absorb those that are left.
Sparrows point ship yard is actually still alive and well. Not as a rail road but it now serves as a home for VW and BMW port. It’s where all the new cars get imported too. And that includes all over VW and BMW subsidiaries such as Bentley (VW) and Rolls Royce (BMW).
There all bum wage non union jobs where they have to bus people in from the city. And they gave the billionare who ownes the place a 90 million dollar loan that I guarantee tax payers will never see. All wile promising the residents in the area they where gonna build parks places to eat ect ect ect.....
@@neilpuckett359 there all bum non union jobs most don't pay over 20 an hour. Amazon is down there. They had to put in a bus line to transport some people to the jobs. And the state " loaned" 80 million dollars to the billionare who bought the place. Can't wait to hear the story on why the loan is not gonna be payed back.
Having grown up in Cleveland, the similarities between that rust belt city and Baltimore are striking. What isn’t similar are Ohio and Maryland. I’ve lived in Annapolis since 1986 and am proud to almost qualify as a true Annapolitan.
Interesting how this city prospered during segregation but declined as soon as segregation ended. It is almost as if the people of Baltimore understood black people better then us and knew that they needed segregation in order to protect their society from them. Another great city ruined by desegregation.
Moved to Fells Point last June. Several car break ins and hit and runs later, it’s safe to say I won’t be renewing my lease. I can’t wait to see the skyline in my rear view mirror as I head southbound on 95, assuming my car won’t be totaled/stolen by then.
The Baltimore crime problem is seriously exacerbated by how the city has chosen to police itself. "Metrics based policing" has transformed "law enforcement" into "violation collection" resulting in incentives for counterproductive behavior. Officers are recruited, trained and evaluated on their ability to produce citations. This is entirely divorced from outcomes. It has become a business of filling jails and courtrooms rather than making neighborhoods safe. And the response from the public is just as tragic and predictable: jury nullification. Because of the abuses of folks like the Gun Trace Task Force (and several others), public trust in the BPD is so low that you can't find 12 residents of the city to convict on any charge brought by the district attorney's office. It is no surprise that the force has been in and out of federal consent decrees for the better part of 30 years. There are many motives for crime, but if going to the police is no option for redress, the government has lost its command of its monopoly on violence. This, more than anything else, explains the failure of governance in Baltimore and the consequent rise in crime.
great comment..the same thing is happening in philadelphia....almost everynight now kids, and kids in cars surrond the center city, jump on cop cars, etc..and law enforcement must lay down
Ah yeah. Once again, the total lack of morals in young people and the total corruption and lack of responsibility in adults is actually the fault of the only group of people actually out on the street trying to protect them. 😏
When the "people actually out on the street trying to protect them" are steeling evidence cash and drugs and selling them to crooked Philly cops, you have to wonder how sincere their "protection" is.
Lived a little north of Baltimore for over 50 years. After Mayor Schaefer, the city started going downhill. The past 20 years the death spiral has accelerated. It is now dirty, unsafe and the retail is largely vacant. Our family used to go downtown to the Inner Harbor, O's games, concerts, museums, Hippodrome, etc. just about every month. Ten years ago, we stopped going and have never gone back. I worked in downtown Baltimore for 15 years in the 1980s and 90s. It was vibrant and active during the week as well. Now the downtown area looks like a wasteland and is largely empty. What happened...decades of corrupt politicians that let the city rot and a woke police force that is not able/allowed to combat crime. I don't see any way back for Baltimore now that the criminals (both political and street) run the show.
I grew up in Baltimore city when it was a decent place to live. Things started going downhill fast when I was 14, so we and many other people moved to Baltimore County. Just before I went into the US ARMY 1968-1971, race riots broke out and the City burned. The MD National Guard got things under control. There have been several race riots since then and the city was looted and burned again. I worked in Baltimore City for 25 years in some of the most dangerous gang infested areas. I contacted the MD State Police to get a concealed carry permit because I feared for my life. The Officer asked me if I was carrying large sums of money. I said no. He said you are not eligible for a permit. I said to him, so what you are telling me is someone else's money is more important than my life. He said, yes that is correct. After I retired, I never went into Baltimore City again. It is one of the most politically corrupt cities in the country. The City government is corrupt, the public schools are corrupt, and the judicial system is corrupt, and has a revolving door policy of putting violent felons back on the streets 24 hours after they are arrested. The Mayors end up in Federal Prison, one after another. The District Attorney is currently being tried in Federal court. Crime in Baltimore City is simply a way of life from gangland murders to elected officials.
Baltimore is a big city version of both Youngstown Ohio and Niagara Falls New York. Both those cities were corrupt to the core and the Mafia had a powerful grip on both cities. Was Baltimore also under the powerful grip of the Mafia?
MD State PD did the same thing to me when I asked for a concealed permit about 22 years ago. So I decided to donate $2,000 to my County Executive's re-election campaign and the local county Democratic Party. Guess what? Concealed permit was approved!!!
I grew up in west virginia and live in baltimore. I would rather raise my kid in Baltimore than west virginia. Here, my kid has some of the best schools in the country. I have great healthcare and a 6 figure job. I would have none of this in a red state. I would be lucky to be a manager at a fast food restaurant and my kid would have a 20% chance of dropping out of school and getting hooked on meth or painkillers. The truth of Baltimore is thats its actually two separate cities. The east side, which is extreme and extremely influentual and well maintained and the west side which has been nearly abandoned. Why is simple. Poor people dont vote or donate to campaigns. The rich do and so east baltimore gets all the attention. This is made worse by the road system that blocks off east and west baltimore. If the rich dont see it, its not there. The subburbs of baltimore are all upper middle class. This is where i live. Its very nice. The zoo is the weirdest area. You have to drive through these ghetos and are immediately greeted by some of the richest areas in the state. The zoo area is very nice but on the other side. Red states arent any better. My country home town in west virginia has a far bigger drug problem per person than baltimore with lower employment and no heathcare. Having grown up in a red state, unless your in a blue city, the best thing to do is get the f' out.
@thomasmccullagh1300 west virginia voted over whelmingly for Trump by 68% of the vote. Republicans hold a super majority in the state. It's entire executive branch is republican. There is not a single blue district in the state. Nearly all are deep red. West virginia politics revolves around coal. Coal hasn't been profitable since the mid 1950s and since there is very low voter turnout, the coal industry pays big bucks to politicians to keep businesses out of west virginia and keep education near non existent for low educated, low income workers that can't leave the state for better employment.
It used to be just weird enough to be interesting.... It could grown on you... I was there like 4 years ago...... it is a rotten place I will never go to again.
1bridge' lol lol Baltimore is worse! in Hell they don't have Liberals screwing you over for using the wrong pitch folk to shovel the coals for the fire & brimstone!
Neither the residents nor the politicians (both city & state) are doing anything to reform the city, notable the crime & poor schools. So the population continues to decline.
What happened to Baltimore? I would say that it was struck with the rich and multifaceted African American culture and the delightful people in whom that culture lives.
My ancestors first bought land in what would be Baltimore in 1705. My great grandpa worked at the steel mill and his brother worked at the shipyard. My grandpa grew up in a row home near Green Mount Cemetery. He described it as a hell hole even in the 1950s, joined the navy to escape, and only went back to occasionally visit his parents. But even they left the city for the suburbs in the 1960s. I visited once with my grandpa in the ‘90s and we drove past the house he grew up in. It looked like it had been bombed or something. The whole block is torn down now. He was scared out of his mind driving through the neighborhood he grew up in. I was too young to understand. I later dated a nurse who did a year-long preceptorship or something in Baltimore in an ER. It was scary how casually she talked about people coming in after being shot or stabbed every night. Especially since half were on so many drugs they didn’t have a clue what was going on. I’ve been back a couple other times, but the closest I care to go now is driving down I-95 and stopping at Fort McHenry and eating some crabs at Nick’s Fish House before continuing on.
Only go to Baltimore if you want to be a victim of a crime. I visited the aquarium last summer and had my car broken into just so the person could steal a Hydroflask water bottle that was on the floor
Baltimore is a city of Row Homes..it is extremely Time Consuming to obtain the large blocks of land needed to bulldoze derelict row homes into say new condo buildings.. as the video depicts you have ~10 or so attached row homes with 4 of them occupied, 4 vacant and 2 of them being squatted in or 'occupied but vacant'..And these Row Homes are Everywhere in the city..Obtaining the land IS the main problem in Baltimore
The prevailing housing type in Baltimore is also a problem. Many people don’t like these row houses that are jam packed together one on top of another. That is another disincentive.
As a life long Baltimore resident, demographics has nothing to do with it. It's the corrupt politicians that ruin the city. You really need to get out of that racist thinking you have, because you'll never get no where in life with that kind of mindset!!
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATES RUNNING IT AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS , IT'S A CRIME DUMP WITH A REAL OUT OF TOUCH MAYOR THAT DOSEN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT HE IS DOING ! THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CITY . 😢
The lowest class of people in the city seem to have little regard for the maintenance and cleaning of their streets and homes. It does not take money to pick up litter from the street.
We would hang out uptown on Charles St., Fells Point, Inner Harbor. Lots of great bars, music, restaurants & people back in the late 1970s & 1980s. Felt very safe at night & had a blast. Would never go near Baltimore City now, probably get robbed or killed. Great places are gone now.
