i live in an apartment building, up high. like a year and a half ago i heard some crazy powertool sounds on the street down below, and it was two guys stealing the bike that was heavily locked/chained to a very sturdy guardrail. i yelled out of my window and called the police but obviously they didnt come until it was too late. the bike was found a few blocks away, totally stripped. the owner got a new bike but keeps it locked up in a garage. definitely don't leave it on the street.

I agree. This is a great example of how we need to focus less on how to get to 290 murders in 2023, and more on how to get to 150 murders by 2033. (Those are arbitrary numbers, but you get the idea). Smarter people than me are going to have to come up with ideas here, but I think it starts with keeping kids in school and getting them educated. The children that are at risk of committing murders when they’re 16 and 17 need to be engaged when they’re 6 and 7.

One thing that’s frustrating to me is that nearly everyone would agree with the statement that Baltimore City is actively failing large portions of its youth, but when the inevitable consequences of that flare up in a major way, we’re like “they’re 17! They should know better.”

Please go to Perry Hall Heating & Air! Best experience I've ever had with a home installation company. We paid around $5000 (2 years ago) for a new full HVAC system. They were really up front with us that in an older row home we only needed the very base model as anything more expensive would be a waste. Never once felt the pressure for any kind of upsell!

> The solvable problem is to raise boys so they do not feel like killing other people is the way to resolve their problem.

Super tough for a bunch of reasons, and definitely the societal message being the opposite is a main one. When we feel like we have a problem with someone, we send our boys to kill their boys, and they do the same.

You can drive to Halethorpe in maybe 20 minutes from Hampden across the city, and Halethorpe usually has free parking depending on when you arrive. At that point you're already nearly at BWI, slightly shorter MARC ride. It's kind of dumb with traffic, but certainly doable. You can also certainly ride your bike from Hampden to Penn Station, and from there you can even take the Amtrak for a faster but slightly more expensive ride than MARC.

Always appreciate the more optimistic takes on this sub! Agree on all fronts, especially after watching the gentrification controversy play out in the last city I lived in.

Anecdotal, of course, but since the WFH shift started in 2020, for every person I know who’s been chased up to the county by “crime and/or taxes”, I’ve met 2-3 new folks doing the “DC salary paying Baltimore bills” migration.

Its not nearly that simple of an equation. Thats akin to saying “more sunlight is good for your mood, good for plants and animals, so stay in the sunlight all day every day with no sunscreen on.” And especially with the history and even current status of the bpd, this is just a gross oversimplification of a statement.

G & A use to be in Highlandtown but recently moved to white marsh (opposite side of town). I haven’t been to the new location but it’s been in the same family and has been on TV a few times. Known for Coney Island Hot dogs.

I'd read through this page, first.

Oriole is an excellent place for obedience training.

In 2021 I paid about $2500 for a new furnace w/ programmable thermostat. Went with https://www.cleanairhvac.com/, they were very good and reasonably priced. Only challenge was it took a while to get the furnace due to the supply chain shortages, but hopefully that's improved.

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The Chausser upstairs is fun for football Sundays. Cheap bottomless drinks too.

Most service dogs are owner-trained. The cost of a dog from an organization like ADI is astronomical...and folks in need often cannot afford them.

I think Baltimore's leaders would be thrilled to hire more police. The problem is finding enough people who want to do that job.

Expect anything while driving in Baltimore these days. Glad no one was injured and the pizza made it.

Population is increasing in gentrified areas and falling rapidly in crimeridden poor areas. The best hope for Baltimore is to keep gentrifying and pushing the boundaries of redevelopment into poorer areas while the 100% gentrified areas become pricier. That's how other US cities have cut crime. That's really the only formula that has shown to be effective. This is of course politically unpopular, though it is happening.

In any case, median income in the city has increased much more than the national median since 2000. This is a major sign of gentrification - weathier, more educated people are moving to Baltimore.

Also, even though overall population has fallen, the number of households has increased a lot in recent years. We still have a relatively high persons per household number. It will likely continue to fall until we are on par with wealthier cities.

That’s nice and all, but I take issue with the idea that (1) we haven’t had elected officials that want the city to heal and (2) that wanting the city to heal means anything as far as policy change.

Unless the city/state implement widespread poverty alleviation measures and transformative transit/housing/jobs programs, then we will keep having lots of murders and shootings in the poorest parts of the city.

Even NPR admits that more police lead to less crime.. Some estimates even say one more police officer leads to 0.1 less homicides. Those are predominantly Black lives. If you think Black Lives Matter, which I do, then you should support more police.

you get what you pay for

Lock it in the shed too.

My friend has a Honda Monkey, he has a massive krypronite chain. You could double up and use a cable as well. Layering security lowers the risk of it being stolen. Same goes for bikes.

I am in my 50s and never heard of this. Interesting concept.

Following (since I can’t recall seeing one since the 80s).

Yikes I was completely unaware of this. Thanks for alerting us and sorry this happened to you.

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