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phmsanctified t1_je9pymm wrote
Reply to comment by finnknit in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
Yeah a lot of us lost out on the connection to football growing up, I was 3 lol. I think theres one pic of me as a little dude wearing Baltimore Colts stuff.
succotash_witch t1_je9psvx wrote
Reply to ECLECTIC RESTAURANT in BASEMENT of corner rowhouse perhaps a few miles from Second Chance? I went perhaps 5 yrs ago. I'd like to go back & can't figure out what it's called or where it is. I tried Yelp and can't find it. (I hope it's still there! If not, I'd appreciate other suggestions.) by rgbarometer
A few miles is basically the whole city. Or did you mean a few blocks?
scottywottycoppertip t1_je9pp6j wrote
Reply to comment by sboz317 in ECLECTIC RESTAURANT in BASEMENT of corner rowhouse perhaps a few miles from Second Chance? I went perhaps 5 yrs ago. I'd like to go back & can't figure out what it's called or where it is. I tried Yelp and can't find it. (I hope it's still there! If not, I'd appreciate other suggestions.) by rgbarometer
Yes
sboz317 t1_je9pjmd wrote
Reply to comment by zalapadea in ECLECTIC RESTAURANT in BASEMENT of corner rowhouse perhaps a few miles from Second Chance? I went perhaps 5 yrs ago. I'd like to go back & can't figure out what it's called or where it is. I tried Yelp and can't find it. (I hope it's still there! If not, I'd appreciate other suggestions.) by rgbarometer
That’s what I was thinking. Is that bar still around?
trawbe t1_je9oml1 wrote
Reply to On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
That's cool
PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_je9o8ak wrote
Reply to comment by rpd9803 in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
And shit like this happens. And the city never controlled the police, which the state used as a racist oppressive force, basically designed to capture slaves. Etc.
Nolubrication t1_je9npgr wrote
Reply to comment by Bmorewiser in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
Right. We just gotta keep on incarcerating our way out of this mess. Because that's totally working.
Muted_Ad7308 t1_je9nku4 wrote
Reply to comment by hymie0 in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
Why not?
Nolubrication t1_je9nfko wrote
Reply to comment by motorola_phone in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
Nothing is easy. But prohibition simply does not work.
bvzxh t1_je9ndgi wrote
Reply to comment by sit_down_man in Stinkum from the Wire out scamming in Station North & Mount Vernon again by ashandafurdiegoyim
I love the one where his boyfriends car got towed and he needs you to venmo him cab money to go get the car out of the impound lot. 😂
jturner5858 t1_je9n46i wrote
Reply to ECLECTIC RESTAURANT in BASEMENT of corner rowhouse perhaps a few miles from Second Chance? I went perhaps 5 yrs ago. I'd like to go back & can't figure out what it's called or where it is. I tried Yelp and can't find it. (I hope it's still there! If not, I'd appreciate other suggestions.) by rgbarometer
The restaurants mentioned above are not corner row houses. There was a restaurant in the basement of a row house on the corner about 5 years ago, across from the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Cathedral and Biddle streets. Closed now. It was great. The building houses a boutique hotel now. They really could do well to open a restaurant there again!
Bmorewiser t1_je9n12s wrote
Reply to comment by Nolubrication in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
I don’t think your idea will have the outcome you think, at least not quickly. The notion that most shootings are turf battles doesn’t track with my experience, which is plentiful but limited I guess only to cases that result in convictions or trials.
Most of the shootings are drug-adjacent, but not like the movies or tv might have you think. In the 80s and 90s it was common to see one crew just shoot up another rival crew over a spot on some corner but I don’t see that now. What I see is one crew beefing with another crew over some dumb shit, that leads to a fight, and that leads to a back and forth tit for tat.
There’s certainly some reason to think that legalization would limit the draw of gangs, and that would help. But some of these beefs date back decades and are just ingrained in the streets and neighborhoods. I’m not sure you’d get the result you think you would, but I’m also certain you’d end up creating more addicts and most of the murders, robberies, and burglaries I see are committed by addicts.
motorola_phone t1_je9mogx wrote
Reply to comment by Nolubrication in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
so you're telling me you think it would be "easy" to nationally dismantle the law enforcement industrial complex and institute all the societal safety nets that are required of a program like this?
zalapadea t1_je9lrxh wrote
Reply to ECLECTIC RESTAURANT in BASEMENT of corner rowhouse perhaps a few miles from Second Chance? I went perhaps 5 yrs ago. I'd like to go back & can't figure out what it's called or where it is. I tried Yelp and can't find it. (I hope it's still there! If not, I'd appreciate other suggestions.) by rgbarometer
Maybe the basement of brewers art?
Nolubrication t1_je9le3s wrote
Reply to comment by motorola_phone in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
If you're referring to something like Portland, that is not the same as a national drug policy. Makes sense that doing it on that scale would turn the city into a "destination". Not a comparison to what is happening in Portugal at all.
Inner_Aerie7747 t1_je9kvas wrote
Reply to comment by hymie0 in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
I heard the owner’s mother stopped talking to him over it!
israeljeff t1_je9kuar wrote
Reply to comment by Seletixarp in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
Steel. Lots of Pittsburgh expats in Essex.
codyvir t1_je9kgqx wrote
Reply to comment by lexabear in We added a new (custom-made!) sign to Westbound Druid Park Lake Dr at Park Circle to ensure the left turn lane is clear. by BmoreCityDOT
There really should be.
motorola_phone t1_je9k7a1 wrote
Reply to comment by Nolubrication in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
>You take all that money being wasted on enforcement and incarceration and divert it to health services
it's reeeeeeaaaaaally not that simple lol we have some of the worst problems in the country for drug use and homelessness and part of that is because all drugs were decriminalized. it makes sense if you really think about it haha
edit: also forgive me if I'm wrong cause I don't know a lot about baltimore yet but isn't it true that mass incarceration and overpolicing is like a REALLY big complex problem here because of the systemic racism? wouldn't that have to be dismantled too?
Nolubrication t1_je9jyo1 wrote
Reply to comment by motorola_phone in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
Sure it is. You take all that money being wasted on enforcement and incarceration and divert it to health services. You're telling me your "hometown" did this, and it was an abysmal failure? I find that hard to believe.
sit_down_man t1_je9joja wrote
Reply to comment by fire_foot in Stinkum from the Wire out scamming in Station North & Mount Vernon again by ashandafurdiegoyim
Yea he’s just asking for money. His pitch is convoluted but he’s not abrasive.
motorola_phone t1_je9jlk4 wrote
Reply to comment by Nolubrication in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight
as someone whose hometown has arguably the worst drug and homeless problem in the nation (and we actually did decriminalize all drugs), decriminalization here isn't as easy or simple as it is in Portugal and imo it's more of a band aid fix
rpd9803 t1_je9jhgr wrote
Reply to comment by madesense in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
Hard to govern when your tax base flees to Baltimore county, and the state diverts as much funding away from the city as it could.. but not wrong.
BarbaraBeans t1_je9jbej wrote
Reply to Cost friendly vet recommendations? by Good-Carpet4251
Belvedere Veterinary Center also tries to do tons of unnecessary tests and upcharge the hell out of you. They are awful. Last time I went because my cat was vomiting, they recommended all these unnecessary tests and make you feel bad for rejecting it. I ultimately paid $1200 for a few tests which showed nothing. Fuck them. My cat was fine by the next day.
I've since been to much better facilities and they've not come remotely close to charging me $1200 for a visit (my cat has a yearly vomiting fit it seems)
As for a cheap facility: 🤷♂️
NorthboundGoose t1_je9q3t4 wrote
Reply to Stinkum from the Wire out scamming in Station North & Mount Vernon again by ashandafurdiegoyim
He’s active on Reddit, struggled with some mental health stuff in the past which is generally when he claims to do this during lapses. Hope he gets better again- but yeah probably good to not give.