From a different thread (didn't want to hijack Elaine's Pyrate tread ) :
I completely agree with this - what a friggin' ghetto. Inner Harbor is still okay, but the minute you step outside that area it's a crime scene waiting to happen.
We were there on a Saturday night, stayed near the convention center, and I ventured forth alone at about 6pm in search of a neighborhood place to have dinner. The streets were deserted. No kidding - everything was closed, even the Taco Bell. The desk guy said everything closes up because the only "business" they get after dark are thugs hanging out and robberies - nobody else will come around because of the crime.
We walked up to Lexington Market - what a mistake. That place was like gang central, with throngs of obscenity-shouting dirtbags who look at you as you walk past. I've walked the back streets of Manhattan at 1am without feeling nervous or menaced in the slightest, but you'd never get me to do that in Baltimore.
Charm City - what a friggin' joke. And Martin O'Malley, who presides over this mess, has the nerve to want our vote as Governor!
Kain99 said:I spent the last three days in Baltimore and I am sad to report.... It's a shiat hole. Inner Harbor is beautiful.... N Broadway with Hopkins, is neat but everything else is super Mc-nasty! Poor excuse for a city... Looks like it's been blasted by holocaust and is being rebuilt.
I wasn't happy... Even in the Mariott Water Front - Yes Rose, I had my Prozac. Nasty town.
My last visit wasn't so bad because I never left Camden Yards... Oh and beware newbies! You'll see rail thin tracks at ever stop light on Pratt and Lombard streets... Don't be a dumb azz and let your tires cross.. Trolly Cars!
Hated the town hugely! Liqour cannot hide the truth Shiat Hole!
Love,
Kain99
I completely agree with this - what a friggin' ghetto. Inner Harbor is still okay, but the minute you step outside that area it's a crime scene waiting to happen.
We were there on a Saturday night, stayed near the convention center, and I ventured forth alone at about 6pm in search of a neighborhood place to have dinner. The streets were deserted. No kidding - everything was closed, even the Taco Bell. The desk guy said everything closes up because the only "business" they get after dark are thugs hanging out and robberies - nobody else will come around because of the crime.
We walked up to Lexington Market - what a mistake. That place was like gang central, with throngs of obscenity-shouting dirtbags who look at you as you walk past. I've walked the back streets of Manhattan at 1am without feeling nervous or menaced in the slightest, but you'd never get me to do that in Baltimore.
Charm City - what a friggin' joke. And Martin O'Malley, who presides over this mess, has the nerve to want our vote as Governor!