As if Klacik is anything more than a stripper in the eyes of most Republicans. She’s token black eye candy and little more. If she had any sort of self awareness she would be horrified.

H Mart often has them

Based on how I’ve seen workplace complaints play out I can’t fault anyone for being reluctant to say something. There is always some form of retaliation, including termination. The best thing to do in the interest of self preservation is to just move on. Not the most satisfying answer but the righteous path that leads to unemployment doesn’t pay the bills.

It’s easy to say someone should report something when you have no stake in the matter. It’s much harder to do it when you know it will start a witch hunt for you. This is by no means a police exclusive trend.

Ideally there would be mechanisms in place to better protect people who report illegal activities, EEO discrimination violations, etc. In theory some of this exists. In practice… good luck.

They definitely play the game fairly well. Not as well as some politicians that will go much further, but well enough.

I think you’d get a lot more unity around Dan Snyder

I think it’s a lot of Midwest transplants, Ohio inclusive. It’s also the seventh most populous state so the statistics favor a lot of Ohio transplants

The worst part of this is probably evidenced by the low visibility and low number of comments here. You’d think something like this would blow up and be huge news. But it is widely accepted that the Mosbys are trash so this comes as a surprise to nobody. So few people bother to comment.

The state of Ohio sucks.

Bodhi is in Baltimore but is worth the drive, IMO. Little Spice by BWI is a decent choice.

Their pies are great! Good coffee too.

A long time in the making but it seems like the opening announcement came out of nowhere. They only recently installed the astroturf and had assumed they still had a ways to go. I guess not.

> My jaw dropped at 135k

Your jaw would really drop if you moved into a $135K home in a good neighborhood. Especially when you found out it was going to be another $135K to make it habitable.

That property is also going to need a solid $100K in renovations I bet. If not more.

> We're definitely open to it - but the Under Armor campus nearby makes me think it might be a tech-like corporate bubble (and the houses I've seen are more expensive and look a bit more like generic flips or newer builds).

This is extremely, extremely far off. There is no tech-bro corporate bubble anywhere in Baltimore. The UA campus there is also on the way out.

I don't mean to be rude, but I think you need to reconcile the HGTV stuff with reality. Especially if you're looking to have kids. Depending on what kind of lifestyle you're after (accessibility to other families, schools, need for a car, etc.) there are some neighborhoods that might be much better suited to you. I would put architecture as a very low priority, personally.

Alleys are extremely common in Baltimore, BTW. They're everywhere and range from clean pseudo roads wide enough for two cars to narrow, dark passages out of a murder mystery.

If kids are a big consideration of yours, which I assume they are given you mentioned it, Locust Point is definitely the vibe you're looking for. There are a ton of young families there. There are always people out walking and the water taxi is conveniently located.

Also, a warning about "character" on the interior. It's usually a term that describes some impractical, quirky feature that will negatively impact your usage of the space. When I was looking to buy my current I saw plenty of houses with "character" and it was usually crap like some old stove in the middle of the living room rendering the room useless without removal -and/or- some stairs that are impossible to get any furniture larger than a nightstand up. In townhomes you really, really don't want to sacrifice usable space to character as it will quickly turn into annoyance or outright hatred.

The bike trail scene in the city is not great, to say the least. And that's me being nice. It's total shit compared to nearby cities.

The loop around Fort McHenry can be combined with riding past Under Armour for a bit of a tour of Locust Point. Riding around Fort McHenry is almost exactly 1 mile and you often need to be careful due to the large amount of people who utilize the trail on a nice day.

Lake Montebello is a better alternative for a short loop than Fort McHenry. It's quite wide so it handles traffic much, much better.

Jones Falls starting in the Woodberry area and going north to Mt Washington is great. I don't know what your level of fitness is but this northern part of the city has some decent climbs in the Mt Washington and Lake Roland areas. The southern part from Woodberry south to Druid Hill to Penn Station is good. It's a mix of riding on low traffic roads and trails (primarily Druid Hill). South of Penn Station to the Inner Harbor is a way to get north/south but nothing I would choose.

Maryland Ave is also generally efficient way of going north/south (to Penn Station as well) but be careful. There's often a lot of assholes in the bike lane plus cars frequently turn across it. Keep your head on a swivel as you approach intersections.

Gwynns Falls is not heavily utilized and goes through/near some rough areas. I'd suggest saving this for group rides.

Herring Run is so-so. Not great. Not bad. If you're by Montebello it's probably worth checking out once. You probably won't have much of a desire to do it a second time.

The Middle Branch Trail is in kind of rough shape, with some parts in quite rough shape. I would not go out of my way to ride this.

The article literally says

> Seeding abandoned city neighborhoods with enough immigrant households to build real communities is just an idea now. But it is under serious consideration.

I think you need to visit these abandoned city neighborhoods. The places that are generally habitable are not abandoned. Run down with some vacants, yes, but not abandoned.

So you're saying the author didn't intend to refer to abandoned city blocks despite referring to them in both words and the picture? And the author instead meant to refer to entirely different properties instead but provided no contextual clues to this, leaving it as an exercise to the reader to jump through hoops to figure out what is actually intended? Brings back memories of textbooks with "the proof is left as an exercise to the reader" kind of statements.

Completely agreed. There is plenty of housing stock that is actually close to some stuff - transportation, groceries, jobs, etc. Why not start there? I truly don't understand this weird obsession with the abandoned city blocks full of homes that look like a warzone.

Did you conveniently miss the part where I quoted

> Seeding abandoned city neighborhoods with enough immigrant households to build real communities is just an idea now. But it is under serious consideration.

Because that picture IS a picture of the mentioned "abandoned city neighborhoods." Don't take my word for it, go visit yourself. I promise you there will be abundant parking available.

Also did you miss the part of history where building isolated high density housing for marginalized populations led to crime and decay and those are now being torn down in favor of mixed income housing? That happened across the country, including here in Baltimore. Turns out "let's throw the poor people facing significant challenges and with limited resources into camps" wasn't actually a recipe for success.

I really don't see how you could possibly argue in favor of putting a bunch of Afghan refugees, as an example, in an area with no jobs, poor transportation, and plenty of crime. They already had their entire lives uprooted and face tons of barriers to success. Do we need to make it even harder? Why can't they be within walking distance of Fells Point, as an example, so they can have employment options available to them without the need for a car or figuring out how to navigate some shitty bus system? There's plenty of housing stock available for that.

The vacant properties in good shape and are inhabitable are NOT the ones in the picture in the article. Also, the article states...

> Seeding abandoned city neighborhoods with enough immigrant households to build real communities is just an idea now. But it is under serious consideration.

Those abandoned city neighborhoods are NOT the ones with habitable vacant properties.

For now, yes - bulldoze them and turn them into open spaces with local plants for pollinators. There is plenty of housing stock that is not in the absolute worst possible areas that can be rehabbed for a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of the challenges.

This will also, hopefully, alleviate some of the burden on maintaining public services in these areas. We have water/sewer/gas/etc. in place for a population over double Baltimore's actual population and it's all aging. Low pressure gas lines are being replaced with medium pressure lines because the old lines have corroded to where they are full of holes that are plugged by dirt.

Unlike many other cities, Baltimore is NOT in high demand and land does not command a premium value. There is plenty of supply, even if there is a large spike in demand. We don't need ambitious programs to rehab the absolute worst blocks in the city.

Best part is the people pitching these solutions would NEVER, EVER come even remotely close to possibly starting to consider the idea of moving anywhere close to those neighborhoods. No chance.

Sure, mixed income housing is highly preferable to throwing a bunch of marginalized people in the least desirable parts of the city.

Can the romanticizing of vacant properties stop already? Pretty sure I’ve seen vacant properties pitched on here as the solution to damn near everything - homelessness, drug addiction, poverty, crime, etc. I’m sure they’ll be the answer to COVID by the end of the year.

I feel like a fair number of people have never seen these largely abandoned neighborhoods. The homes are generally shells full of hazards, at best. You’ll see trees growing out of windows and where the roof should be. The remaining bricks are of questionable integrity, with some homes having portions crumble. The remains of the interior are often full of lead, needles, and garbage.

These places are generally not close to very much. They’ll be smack dab in the middle of food deserts dryer than the Sahara. Nearby jobs will be nonexistent and transportation options will be limited. Oh and for funsies let’s put groups historically reluctant to call the police (immigration concerns or whatever) in locations surrounded by high crime. What could possibly go wrong?

This whole bullshit about vacant properties being the answer to everything but those dastardly rich Texans keep buying them up and prevent Baltimore from turning a corner is dumb. It’s starting to approach COVID-19 Bill Gates 5G mind control vaccine level of stupidity.