Subj : Re: Trump Was There
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Al Miller
Date : Sun Aug 11 2019 09:11 am

 DS> We have lived in central Maryland for 50 years.  We have seen many
 DS> changes in Baltimore during that time.  There are many ethnic
 DS> communities in Baltimore, and we used to go to the many festivals that
 DS> each would have.  That was probably more true of Eastern Baltimore than
 DS> the west side.  OTOH, the west side has much to be proud of, e.g. John
 DS> Hopkins Hospital and university, the Oriole's stadium and the Raven's
 DS> stadium.  In the middle of it all is the Inner Harbor which has
 DS> developed to be a tourist destination.

I have lived in Maryland my whole life and I'm old.  

IMO, the city of Baltimore is an unsafe place to visit.  The inner harbor is
filthy, I have docked my boat there several times and the trash in the water
says it all.  In my travels on the Chesapeake Bay; Baltimore has
always been filthiest port I've been to...

The city itself is only safe if you stay in the right places, I have several
friends that have been mugged there and I still remember the wandering punks
looking for easy targets when i was a teenager.

And then there was all the rioting not that long ago.... classy place....

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