Comments on: I saw this coming some time ago.

By: Morgetron

Morgetron — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:27:25 +0000

Now you know I live in the ‘burbs and there are advantages and disadvantages. We do have a sense of community in our neighborhood. We still have crime too. (Shocking, I know!) However, that being said — the crime is petty, whereas, in parts of our city there are frequent gun crimes. No thank you. The neighborhood where I live contained the only house in our price range that was in a neighborhood with reasonable large trees and felt safe. Our house is hella small, but the neighbors are nice. In Nebraska our public transportation system is … um … let’s just say “weak”, even if you know how to use it, you’d have to plan your day to include a couple of hours of travel time. We’re pretty spread out in Omaha too. Where I live is about halfway between where I work and Hubbo works. It is what it is, and we do what we do. It’s far from perfect … but perfect for me would be a cottage in the woods, with a high-speed internet connection. If I had to choose between one or the other, I’d choose the woods.

By: TheHolyFatman

TheHolyFatman — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:13:22 +0000

I said people like you who rave about city life only do so when the “city” is kept away from you.

First of all, the “city” isn’t kept away from me. Secondly, I’m not like other people, I know the “real city” and what it entails. I do not vote for the same assholes and I do not like people who “love city life” but don’t like “a bad element” in their neighborhood. People like that move to the city because it’s “the thing to do!” at the current moment. After one crime is committed, they lump all people together in a class as you stated above and DO NOT WORK to fix what creates the problems. They only try to cover it up or wish it away from their neighborhood. Those people usually end up flipping their homes to the next hipster couple who intend on moving to the burbs after their first child is born, anyway. So, I’m Not” People like you who rave about city life.”

Secondly, If the residents of Canton can suck my ass if they don’t want to help create a solution to a major problem. If they don’t like it, well—they can take their false sense of community, pack it up in their mini vans and move to the burbs.

Third, I’ve actually been to third world countries and BELIEVE ME, the murder & crime rates in industrialized third world countries are ten times worse then the city of Baltimore.

By: UAB

UAB — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:38:22 +0000

“gross misrepresentations”? The city has a murder rate on par with the 3rd world, a student body that has proven incapable of passing even the city’s dumb-down standards, and the tendency to reelect the same people who made it possible.

“Also, I don not live in either neighborhood, so you’re incorrect in your assumption.” Actually, I never said you lived there. I said people like you who rave about city life only do so when the “city” is kept away from you.

Take Canton. I know people who live there. They rave about how great “city life” is. Then Baltimore City decide to build get this, a school. A city school. Witness now the gnashing of teeth because Canton residents do not want it there because it is a threat to community safety. Why? because city school children are criminalized as a class due to their lack of discipline, general idiocy, and an unwillingness on the part of the city, both the government and residents, to lower the boom.

By: The Baltimore Babe

The Baltimore Babe — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:44:41 +0000

I can’t wait to move in to the city! Less time commuting.

By: TheHolyFatman

TheHolyFatman — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:47:18 +0000

That’s a bit of a blanket statement. If you want to continue gross misrepresentations, I know plenty of snobby suburban residents who believe that every city resident doesn’t know self discipline or control. Also, I don not live in either neighborhood, so you’re incorrect in your assumption.

By: UAB

UAB — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:37:00 +0000

I think more people would consider city living if Baltimore residents learned some self-discipline and control. Or if BCPD would enforce on them.

I find most people who rave about “city living” only do so when the “city” is safely contained in Better Waverly or Park Heights.