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Human-sweatervest t1_iwjpcu4 wrote

Reply to comment by SaveFailsafe in List Ave at E Coldspring Ln to Harford Rd has been closed to through traffic. There have been numerous auto crashes due to motorists using it as a shortcut, and so we are closing the road to through traffic indefinitely beginning Fri, Nov 18. by BmoreCityDOT

As someone who lives pretty much exactly halfway down List, a physical roadblock halfway down the street would be a truly terrible idea. A speed bump would be welcome!

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ampetertree t1_iwjox4i wrote

Reply to comment by z3mcs in Kimberly Klacik Announces Exit From WBAL by aresef

Honestly I think he understands and plays that role on purpose. There’s a particular audience they need to hold onto unless they want to finally admit they need to pivot to more of a center lean or dare I say center left to grow their audience. C4 is an even minded person imo and he brings that historical calmness you need.

My only faults is he’s not as good as he thinks he is on fiscal issues and sometimes I feel like he pulls back and plays dumb to not offend that northeast/eastern shore crowd.

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[deleted] t1_iwjohgs wrote

Reply to comment by BmoreCityDOT in List Ave at E Coldspring Ln to Harford Rd has been closed to through traffic. There have been numerous auto crashes due to motorists using it as a shortcut, and so we are closing the road to through traffic indefinitely beginning Fri, Nov 18. by BmoreCityDOT

You’re running a social media account, I don’t think it’s a dumbass question. Irrelevant and not important, sure, but you didn’t need to meme him for it.

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Level-Enthusiasm4478 t1_iwjn8ut wrote

Reply to comment by BmoreCityDOT in List Ave at E Coldspring Ln to Harford Rd has been closed to through traffic. There have been numerous auto crashes due to motorists using it as a shortcut, and so we are closing the road to through traffic indefinitely beginning Fri, Nov 18. by BmoreCityDOT

u/BmoreCityDOT ... this is the type of sas we need. Not the sas we desrve.

Btw ,side note. I noticed a shit tone of cars today on the promanade near little italy and peir 5. Do you know what is up with that?

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SaveFailsafe t1_iwjme9x wrote

Reply to comment by Level-Enthusiasm4478 in List Ave at E Coldspring Ln to Harford Rd has been closed to through traffic. There have been numerous auto crashes due to motorists using it as a shortcut, and so we are closing the road to through traffic indefinitely beginning Fri, Nov 18. by BmoreCityDOT

If they're serious they could put a physical roadblock halfway down the street. So residents can get in and out either end, but you have to exit the same side you enter.

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savethewale t1_iwjiffs wrote

Reply to comment by LR_DAC in Making Baltimore look good on the Internet by perceptron-addict

This isn’t the gotcha moment you think it is. However, it is a good way to bring up the inherently tricky nature of reporting crime statistics. For example, if you search cities by murder rate, you don’t always get the same top results due to methodology; New Orleans is sometimes listed as the top city. However, you can also list cities by violent crime rates. Little Rock Arkansas, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Cleveland Ohio, & Kansas City Missouri are frequently listed in the top ten on these lists, but they are not frequently described as “war zones” in the media. Incidentally, they are also not majority black cities.

Additionally, this methodology is also predicated on an assumption that per capita is the best way to report crime. However, if you look at total homicides, for example, Philadelphia had 561 homicides in 2021 compared to Baltimore’s 337, almost double the amount of homicides. Put another way, an average day in Philadelphia has almost double the number of murders compared to Baltimore. NYC had 485 (depending on source) You can also look at it by area. If you use Philadelphia’s 561 murders and divide it by 142.7 square miles, you get 3.9 murders per square mile compared to Baltimore’s 3.66 per square mile or Milwaukee’s 1.99.

Using the term “war zone” is also sensationalist and disingenuous. For example, the current death toll in Ukraine is north of 200,000. All that is to say, more than one thing can be true. Baltimore can have a high crime rate and still have cool things that the media doesn’t report on, other large cities can have cool things and lots of crime that isn’t focused on as much in national conversation.

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gaiusjuliusweezer t1_iwjhfh0 wrote

Reply to comment by DemocracySmellsLike in Baltimore is a contender for a Strong Towns Community Action Lab by bikesandbroccoli

If you took any of Baltimore’s “main streets” (fells, federal hill, Hamilton, etc.) and plopped them in the mountains or on the shore there would be like one lifestyle magazine feature per month and the houses would cost 2x.

If they were in DC or Boston they would be 4x

Might as well take advantage of the discount!

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