I can't remember where I heard about this research but, if I remember correctly, new storage facility construction has a correlation with inflation rates and poverty rates rising. It seems that it tends to be a strong indicator of higher rates of folks either having to downsize their homes or of defaulting on their mortgages and having to move into rental properties, move in with relatives, and even becoming homeless entirely.

Basically, the more storage facilities you see popping up generally indicates that the percentage of our population who are going through financial hardships is increasing.

It's generally a pretty small percentage of storage unit patrons that are simply holding onto too much shit and mostly just folks storing the last of their possessions in the hopes that things will turn around and they'll be able to afford a home of their own again.

So folks should be upset for your reason and this one.

Yup. It’s pathetic.

THE BANNER ROUTE STILL RUNS!?

This needs more upvotes

I have a pet theory that storage units, mattress stores, and psychics are all money laundering operations in Baltimore. I have never seen so many in my entire life as I have in Baltimore. Especially the psychics like what? Along with all the trash liquor stores and abandoned buildings it's just a sad look.

Yeah, that’s the main problem. People holding onto too much shit. Otherwise these monstrosities wouldn’t be popping up everywhere like they are.

There are 4 Charm City Circulator routes:

Purple Route

Green Route

Orange Route

Banner Route

This exactly. The limited routes only make sense for a sliver of the population, and the whole thing stinks of “well we wanted one, but it’s getting prohibitively expensive so we stopped”, a la Honolulu’s monorail, a travesty that began construction over a decade ago, and is now about to open up its first section, a 10 mile stretch of rail that stops about 8 miles outside the airport and doesn’t quite reach Honolulu proper, much less the tourist areas like Waikiki, making it almost completely useless.

That 7-11 down the road tried to get folks to sign a petition against putting a sheetz there. Apparently it worked.

r/TIHI

Vote for who exactly? Corrupt politician A or corrupt politician B? At the end of the day, voting does very little when the residents aren't interested in holding politicians to account. Doesn't matter who you vote for if after the election you just shrug off all the bs and say "well we'll get it right next election". Protest. March. Get on TV and make your displeasure known.

Kill neighborhoods? lol wut? It’s on a busy, confusing intersection in a commercial district surrounded by strip malls and office buildings. It’s not a “neighborhood” and hasn’t been for a long time.

As for green space, walk 1000’ west on Padonia, under the overpass, and you’re in the woods.

I see these fucking things being built all over. What a waste of space. People need to stop holding onto to so much shit.

Yes.

Lame!!! Banks, storage units, and medical centers, nobody ever puts up anything fun

As someone relatively new to the area, is that blue line the one that runs right next to the McCormick factory in hunt valley?

Royal farms.

yes that is correct. Some people will try to say that the light rail killed howard street - but really (from what I understand) it was already in decline - they were hoping the light rail would save it.

so there will be three at that intersection? good lord.

Unfortunately I haven’t started actually looking for contractors yet. If you find a good one that offers a reasonable rate please let me know

There’s nothing inconsiderate about my responses, nor anything presumptuous about how my particular experiences with using transit translates to other people’s abilities or capacity.

There are however a lot of claims made by other people here that would incur extraordinary costs with potentially far less benefit than many other solutions, soaking up funding that could otherwise go to other very deserving needs like child care, healthcare, senior centers, schools, lunches etc.

Just because people really like trains doesn’t mean their proposals for trains are superior to other options.

Who should I call to repoint my rowhome. I want licensed and insured, not Uncle Donny.

I just saw the OP and dropped by to say the same thing. We did it once, we can do it again.

The site was rumored to have been purchased by Sheetz when Bob Evans first closed. Anyone know what happened with that?

I would say for being inconsiderate of others and acting like because you can do it, everyones else can. But hey, whatever makes you sleep good at night.