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ColdJay64 t1_ivt9g7q wrote

Reply to comment by the-denver-nugs in which east coast city is most comparable to Baltimore? by caw2k22

Baltimore reminds me of a combination of Richmond and Norfolk, more than any other one city. I went to college in Norfolk (ODU), and my brother lives in Richmond (Church Hill). I also lived in Baltimore for two years, and am now in my third year in Philly.

On an individual neighborhood level, there are some similarities between parts of Philly and Bmore, but the amount of gentrification, relative lack of blight, walkability, and sheer amount of people make Philly feel a lot different. There's also a level of wealth and young families that you just don't see in Baltimore neighborhoods. Same goes for the amount of retail and shopping, and relative lack of business vacancy. Baltimore is a large built environment but feels deserted.

Lastly, Center City is a top downtown in the country in terms of population (2nd or 3rd most populated), walkability, and population density. It feels like a true large city. Downtown Baltimore is more deserted than downtown Richmond, and has practically no new development beyond 414 Light and the new M&T building on Light.

Regarding Atlanta and Charlotte, I think they have a lot of similarities to each other.

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S-Kunst t1_ivsr2ts wrote

Reply to which east coast city is most comparable to Baltimore? by caw2k22

Not Boston. Boston has always been a city of the arts. It also was not the industrial hub as Baltimore was.

I lived in Philly in 1979, and see many of Baltimore's aspects in that town, though Philly is larger, was more prosperous. nor was part of the Jim Crow south. The neighboring townships were more developed and were not just farm settlements.

Richmond is a good contender, though it had less industry, but very much contained the Jim Crow aspects.

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the-denver-nugs t1_ivsby42 wrote

Reply to comment by jabbadarth in which east coast city is most comparable to Baltimore? by caw2k22

ehhhhhh i'm from richmond. baltimore is richmond but like richmond 20 years ago. also what is people greeting you on the street? baltimore people are like richmond when it was ghetto, they greet you to ask for a cig or money lmao. nobody else talks to strangers here. I had more convos with strangers when I visited with strangers in philly this year and in richmond this year dispite living in baltimore full time and only going to philly/richmond for a week each.

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