Recent comments in /f/baltimore

JupiterBass t1_je59jba wrote

On Bodegas Mt Vernon has this one Asian owned corner store that has decent food and seasonings, around the corner off Eager St. there is proper deli and grocery store type spot, and then across the street from Starbucks there is University Mart.

There are Ethiopian and Asian markets that also cook their own food somewhere not far off from the library. I haven't gone yet but this woman who owns a bookstore said the Ethiopian place is good.

The only proper bodegas is "El Bodegon" in Fells Point near Johnny Rads.

I think to be a true bodega they have to have general goods and a deli that cooks food on the spot. Bonus points if they have a cat and a dude who sells mid out front lmao.

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Xanny t1_je5926j wrote

40% of the city also doesn't drive, because they cannot afford a car and thus do not own one.

Transit is not one size fits all. Its providing as many options as possible to give as many people as possible access. Its multi-modal, and requires enablement of all kinds of different use forms - bikes are generally the optimal vehicle for an able bodied person living in a city, but bike lanes are also for powered chairs and scooters. Getting bikes off sidewalks make them safer for pedestrians and strollers. Reducing car lanes makes the whole outside built environment safer for people in general. Getting higher frequency more reliable busses lets people forsake car ownership and thus reducing crowding in the public space, again. Building an actual metro would make Baltimore a real first class city because it would get you around faster in the city than a car ever could.

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Glaucon321 t1_je57yd5 wrote

This is a good description and matched my experience as someone who grew up in the DC-oriented parts of MD and moved to Baltimore. Though it was 40 miles away, and I’d visited a million times, the cultural differences were/are enormous. DC-MD doesn’t have that history that Baltimore does, which is where Maryland’s southern roots really show.

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Fun-Net-1824 t1_je57qmj wrote

Prior to the reddit post last year, I was unaware of the low cost dental cleanings at CCBC, so I found that post back then very useful and took them up on the offer. So on the reddit community end, there is a benefit to having them appear.

That being said, we don't need every single Dental student in the Baltimore region creating their own individual reddit threads every start of semester / every time scheduled patient was a no show.

A potential compromise might be a single collective pinned post at the start of semester?

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anne_hollydaye t1_je576q8 wrote

the vaccine is more important than the license. i'd get on that immediately, and worry about the license later.

(my neighbors have never licensed their dogs. no one in government cares unless someone calls 311. confirmed this when i asked animal control last year after getting a bogus report about a dog which didn't exist on my property.)

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