Recent comments in /f/baltimore

ScootyHoofdorp t1_ixdrx0w wrote

The overall trend still holds. Obviously, there are other problems in Baltimore that would prevent just throwing a bunch of extra cops into the streets from being an effective solution. You can try all you want to make it seem like I'm advocating for blind reliance on policing to solve all of our problems with crime, but I don't believe that and I never said that. In my initial comment, I said that creating the perception of swift and certain punishment was ONE WAY to reduce crime, and it can work here too. BPD needs to restore trust with our communities in order to be effective, and they clearly have a long way to go. But it's not as if Baltimore is so unlike any other city that policing could never be a viable option for crime deterrence. European countries have much larger police forces per capita than we do here, and their crime rates are significantly lower. There's a reason there aren't any large cities without police: Policing works, no matter how politically inconvenient that may be for you. Focused deterrence, violence interruption, and any other number of strategies can work here too and I'm glad they're being deployed. And, to reiterate what I said before, all of this should be in addition to materially improving peoples lives and outcomes. But, to cast policing aside as a way to deter crime is to spit in the face of the people who actually live in the communities torn apart by violent crime who are asking for more police.

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RichCattle9055 t1_ixdnckp wrote

Facebook and Craigslist have worked the best for me while I was trying to find listings/property managers. Just search something like “Baltimore housing Patterson park” etc and a bunch of groups will pop up on Facebook

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todareistobmore t1_ixdmxet wrote

Feels like this is the sort of question that gets asked every couple of years and there's no good answer. But if the length of time's the only reason you can't handle it on the street, might be worth looking on Nextdoor to see if anybody using a carriage house or similar for parking would let you rent it for a day or two?

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gaytee t1_ixdk4o2 wrote

Because religion aside they’re still better schools on many metrics than anything the government provides. My catholic school approached most of the religion courses as history and exposure. We had mass a few times a year but even as firm atheist now I’d still be inclined to send my kids there or somewhere similar.

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peteypie4246 t1_ixdio7j wrote

Yup, I went to Calvert Hall, and it was exactly the same. There was a Jewish kid in my grade, and plenty of those of protestant sects. If you didn't want communion, you just didn't stand up and go. Christianity courses were not Catholic-centric but Christianity centric. Ffs, our morning prayer ended with a prayer to St. John Baptist de La Salle, bunch of protestants specifically don't pray to Saints, so they didn't say it. No one cared. Idk wtf is up this school's ass, but good luck keeping enrollment up with that kind of mentality.

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bmorealpha t1_ixdf7ri wrote

My comment stated i dont have the incentive laws but i imagine some sort of tax break or homeownership program for married families only. U mention ignoring and demonizing or underinvesting in black people but i never said anything related to it. In fact the incentives would help to invest in the black community. The problem is a family and cultural problem that promotes self destructive behavior. Split families are a symptom of destructive culture and actions promoted by governments and corps. But this is a local solution for local govt so i wont address that.

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cologne_peddler t1_ixdew98 wrote

Lmao bruh that's one of the very attempts I'm referring to. Holy shit, I didn't expect you to go finding sources that support my point.

>The economists also find troubling evidence that suggests cities with the largest populations of Black people — like many of those in the South and Midwest — don't see the same policing benefits as the average cities in their study. Adding additional police officers in these cities doesn't seem to lower the homicide rate.

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jessiewicz t1_ixdcmqt wrote

It’s very difficult to give suggestions without a price range and when you are looking to move. Do you want someone to look for listings for you or are you looking for an management companies for the future?

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