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Edithgrowing t1_j3usqal wrote

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, “Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore— Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”

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allcapsallcats t1_j3sqev4 wrote

Hi! I volunteer occasionally. It's not super common for reptiles to come in but there are often ones that aren't on the website for adoption because they are on hold for another reason (law investigation, belongs to a owner but needs to be cared for in the shelter for rn, etc.) But like another person said, there's no shortage of non-animal work to be done.

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BmoreCityDOT OP t1_j3snauf wrote

Bird, Link, and Spin, as part of their agreement to be in Baltimore, all have to include low-income plans.

Bird's is called Bird Community Pricing, Link's is called Link-UP, and Spin's is called Spin Access.

All are available to apply for on our website: https://transportation.baltimorecity.gov/node/16117

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lmshertz OP t1_j3rp8k3 wrote

>"For Baltimore transit advocates, there is hope for expanded services as Gov.-elect Wes Moore has expressed an interest in reviving the proposed cross-city east-west Red Line that exiting Gov. Larry Hogan shelved in 2015, calling it at the time a “boondoggle.”
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>There is also talk of new transit options for Towson and Lutherville, with Greenmount Avenue and York Road being a transit corridor, possibly with a subway running beneath it.
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>Baltimore has wrestled with transit woes and how to move people quickly and efficiently for more than a century. And with climate change, what is the best way to accomplish those goals and reduce dependence on gas guzzling, air polluting automobiles, buses and trucks that course over an endless spaghetti network of roads throughout the city and stab into the nearby counties?
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>It was Bernard N. Baker, a Baltimore businessman, who first proposed a 4-mile crosstown subway for the city after Baltimore’s Great Fire of 1904.
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>The projected route was beneath Baltimore Street with passengers given the option to transfer to a north-south route, that would be constructed in a tunnel underneath St. Paul and Light streets. Additional lateral lines would branch off this main system.
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>“Why not a subway from the centre of the city to Peabody Heights and beyond?” H.L. Mencken wrote in 1911 in The Evening Sun. “All that region between Twenty-fifth street and Belvedere avenue is rapidly developing. In a dozen years it will have a population of 50,000 and within its bounds will be $25,000,000 worth of property.
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>“At present it is reached by two cars, and both run, for the first full mile, north of Baltimore street, along very crowded streets. Baltimore, growing rapidly in area, and (counting the suburbs as part of the city) as steadily in population, must come to subways soon or late.”
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>Mencken envisioned that “No doubt the Baltimore of 1950 will have at least three mainlines of subways — one running from Charles and Baltimore streets to Roland Park, another from end to end of Baltimore street, and the third from the City Hall, or thereabout, to what is now Walbrook, with perhaps a fourth running to Locust Point."

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neutronicus t1_j3rd0qd wrote

It's about a mile - you could walk it but in 40 degree weather you probably don't want to

Also Harbor East (area between Aquarium and Fells) has huge buildings and wide streets so it's not my favorite to walk through. IMO it's more pleasant to rent an electric scooter with your phone (they're everywhere), feel the wind in your hair, and speed through Harbor East in 7 minutes or so. Saves the hassle of moving a car and lets you enjoy the waterfront without being on your feet in sea breeze for an hour.

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madefromdoge t1_j3r3xye wrote

Do you have a day of the week in mind ? Local show / live music might do the trick. Start with a beer or a coffee shop , after you break the ice invite to the show . Distraction achieved lol. Plenty of great underground or local music in the city. If your a liquid courage user or not , I'll be forthcoming in saying I use to great drunk to feel comfortable talking to woman . I find that a Real conversation bout life my goals my ambitions and being able to listen has gotten me wayyy farther. I think my fiancee would agree.

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