Article says they are keeping the Baltimore office space, this is a move of "HQ" and an expansion of USA real estate.

It's aaaalmost like collusion and price fixing is a logical byproduct of extremist late-stage capitalism, when only small numbers of companies, even duopolies, control almost every industry...

Nah!

Sorry to sound so sarcastic, but we're nuts if we don't think this is going on in many/most industries.

But... but... capitalism!

I would just create records for yourself initially.

Can you make a timestamped video of the VOC detector showing positive readings that appear to be sketchy? I would create a chain of evidence/information, as top commenter suggested.

This should be something you can do without causing immediate friction with and for your fam, right?

And the folks who shielded them all these years, one imagines.

Meth labs really do blow up sometimes.

https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs7/7341/7341p.pdf

I don't think OP said they didn't believe her, they said the hospital didn't believe them, and that they had told their mother the smell of cooking food shouldn't burn your throat.

As in, meth labs often go kablooey in a big way dangerous.

AdBlock isn't stopping it for me. They are sponsored Reddit posts.

I have many, many qualms with my country, its leadership, core economic principles, I could go on, and on, and on. I have been really clear about how stacked it is since I was pretty young, and I am definitely less young now (not old!)

I just don't see cryptocurrencies, as realized for the most part, as the solution to these problems. I think it's actually another problem, and we need less problems.

This has already been done to a decent portion of the US economy, including huge amounts of real estate, the most popular social network that is almost certainly closely monitoring our people and youth...

I know you were being snide, but you probably could have picked a more compelling buyer than "the Chinese." I will take Baltimore as-is over Chinese totalitarianism any day.

Sell it to the Chinese? You were also one of the people complaining about masking policies and VERY short-term shutdowns, weren't you...

I looked them up after getting the same text. I was like, what do I do with this info...

Hah, totally forgot about this (I haven't seen The Wall in probably a quarter century or more).

The one time I got busted by the parents with a friend smoking weed at home as a teenager, we had been watching that movie. I didn't get in any real trouble.

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar, you're gonna go farYou're gonna fly, you're never gonna dieYou're gonna make it if you try, they're gonna love you

You can call the Mayor's office as well, and speak to a staff member. I've done it.

Things were actually getting better for a while. It seemed to shift significantly (for a few reasons, I think) after the Freddie Gray riots and consent decree.

The lack of Siri integration with the basic measurements of Apple Watch/Fitness...

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Maybe having a Governor who isn’t rabidly anti-Baltimore will help!

I mean shit, the new Governor went so far as to kind of exaggerate his youthful ties to Baltimore City. This could be seen as boding well!

I know.

You seem to not realize that many people, including many Latinos/Latinas, consider this to be "white" by 2022 standards.

You know that Italians and Irish used to not be considered white?

Thank you. JFC…

The thing is, it was getting better for a while, at least in the right direction, and then it went totally back to as if literally no progress had been made for decades.

I think it's reasonable to comment on, maybe even lament over.

Can we all realize already that nationality and ethnic group in many parts of the world are not the same thing.

There are people in Mexico who are indigenous, and there are people in Mexico who are basically European.

The Americas are very large, and every single part of them from Canada and Alaska down to Chile and Argentina has this dynamic in play.

Let people pick their own ethnic (and other) labels.

Sure, it's not just a Baltimore problem. And good advice, btw -- thank you for sharing. This kind of situational awareness is critical.

But can we get real for a moment, and acknowledge that Baltimore is one of the most violent cities in the United States? Baltimore's crime is not just like all other cities.

Statistics have consequences. Well over a murder a day on average, as an example.

I really think the people of this city have grown complacent, when it comes to the out-of-control crime issues in the city. No, we're not the only city with these problems, and many smaller communities are dangerous, too.

But seriously – look at Baltimore's crime rates. They are very, very high.

I don't walk around after dark by myself, period. I know of way too many horror stories, including someone I know who was shot and almost killed (and this was a bit before street crime started getting much worse).

I'm a middle-aged man who lives in a better-than-average (crime-wise) area in the city, for what it's worth.

Yeah, it's pretty common. Certainly I've heard similar stories a number of times, in media, online, and from friends, over the past few years.

Where was this, if I may ask? Generally, like which neighborhood? And what time of day?

Sorry to hear this happened to you.