““Everyone is not arriving via mass transit, ride-share or bikes.””

Yeah and not everyone can or wants to arrive via their own personal automobile.

For real, what are a bunch of Redditors going to do? OP we don't work there...

Try anns in glen burnie ,They are flootlongs ,But the chili def reminds me of all american .

I'm sorry that this happened to you. Your experience is 100% valid. I can assure you the majority of people being so unkind here are white or have deeply internalized racism.

There is plenty of research that shows the negative impact of these racial microagressions. Not only psychological but also for your overall health. Yes, your life could've been in danger. Several (unarmed, innocent) black and Latin people have been killed or assaulted by police while doing regular stuff (going to the store, driving, running, walking home) all because white fear (and no you don't have to be white to act on your white fear).

I'm sorry people are being insensitive and telling you it's insignificant and to get over it. If only they could take a minute to try to image what it would be like to go through life experiencing these type of interactions on a DAILY basis, even multiple times in a day. You can have the thickest skin and highest self esteem, it's still hard to go through life with the society around you making you feel like a second grade citizen.

As for advice: make a formal complaint about this employee. You're welcome to still sign up for Merritt. But my experience going there is that it's extremely white. They have black workers but mostly in cleaning positions while the white workers are in higher management and training positions. It sends a message to the people who workout there. It's expensive (I was paying $120/mo vs $50 at my gym now) so you might as well spend that money in smaller gyms, there are some black owned gyms.

Hang in there!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.04.018

Yes, the gun violence rate is a systemic problem and needs to be addressed as such irrespective of the other ways society fails kids in Baltimore/parents need more support.

I saw that hand once. Looked like this 🖕

Baltimore County poverty rate and Title I schools is approaching what City has now.

The county also has a high overall enrollment and more black students then city schools.

BRING IT BACK!

To finish up your last paragraph...

Even if you are caught, you're not 18, so unless it provides citywide notoriety, you'll be home by dinner time and it's not going to affect you after 18.

G&A in White Marsh is known for its hot dogs. After taking forever to move out of the city, they seem to finally be up and running. They’re in the same center on Route 7 as Taco Love Grill.

I have seen one branded Coney Island place, and it is waaay north of the city on Route 1 heading for Conowingo. I’ve no idea if it’s open. I’ve never been there. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone there. Each time I pass it I wonder what the hell it’s doing there. It might be attached to a bar. It may even be passed Conowingo and on the way to Pennsylvania. Honestly you’re better off going to DC. But if you’re looking online and they’re insisting there’s one “in the Baltimore area” I’ll bet that’s it.

Thanks a lot. I have been able to find is a place in Cumberland (if not going to DC).

I had sonic hot dog today thinking it would help 😖

They’re almost like lake trout restaurants (like hip hop chicken is a “lake trout” spot).

Maybe it's because I frequently travel internationally and many of my friends and colleagues are foreign nationals, but I don't think using a passport as a form of valid ID to be weird at all.

I'm sorry that's a really awful experience. I've never been to Merritt and don't have any advice regarding them. I just wanted to highly recommend the Y of Central Maryland. There are many locations throughout the city and county and each one I've been to is 10/10 amazing in every way. Very welcoming and inclusive people and atmosphere. I cannot comment on race specifically, but my kids were born with birth defects/ genetic diagnoses and no one has ever made us feel uncomfortable. I see a lot of families that bring their kids and adult family members of different needs/abilities there and everyone is very comfortable and the Y staff are so accommodating. So like I said, I can't comment on race issues (being white and all) but feel like their inclusiveness regarding my personal experiences is a good sign in that respect. The Y is also very affordable. Family membership is $100 and it includes the pool and a lot of classes and free childcare while you workout (in case you have little ones). You said in another comment you play basketball. I know that some locations do have nice courts and pickup basketball. Ample parking in their lots too, nobody would look at you weird for showing up and parking your scooter. I never had any issues signing up or checking in at the front desk either. Best of luck.

As someone that use to commit a fair amount of petty crimes, I never once thought about the consequences before or during the acts. In the rare instance that I didn't think about the consequences, it was afterwards, which isn't super helpful in preventing crime. And humans have an uncanny ability to justify things that they have done, even subconsciously. "Those people have so much, they won't really miss it." "It's a coproation with billions in profits, they don't need all that anyway." "They have insurance that will cover everything." "My life sucks, this isn't going to make it any worse." "Atleast I'd get 3 meals a day and a warm bed in jail." "It's not like I have other options." "If I don't do it, someone else will. I might as well be the one benefiting from it." .......

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Well, this design is dumb--it's not like it's with the city's power to make MTA participate in making this a transit corridor, but given that they may as well have daylighted the falls rather than make two parking lanes.

Excellent news for everyone. Yes, even automobile users and business owners will benefit from this Complete Street (except for maybe SH Landsman and Sons scrap yard, who shouldn’t even be on Central Ave to begin with).

I had an employee there threaten to call the cops on me for trespassing because I locked my bike up on the rack on the sidewalk.

I had assumed the rack was in public right of way, but apparently it's not. The employee went right to shouting and threatening to call the police. Seems like a pattern there.

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Ah my bad then

You could restructure the SC with an act of congress, which as improbable as it looks in the nearterm is still a hell of a lot simpler than the alternative.

Nipped in the bud might be a bit of an overstatement. More like it was happening for 2ish years and in the good neighborhoods as well so the police finally put together a task force and actually worked on the problem.