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The Denigration of America's Great Cities

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Posted By: DW626, 8/1/2024 7:39:23 AM

I recently traveled by car to Baltimore to seek medical testing at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. I was shocked to see the many empty and boarded-up buildings between the Inner Harbor area, the athletic arenas for baseball, and football and the Johns Hopkins Medical campus. We stayed at the hotel located at the north-east corner of the campus, which was very pleasant. Hospital security staff advised us to avoid the subway system between the harbor and the campus and to not walk that distance, though it is only a little more than a mile. We used an Uber service on this advice between the hotel and the harbor.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: NamVet70 8/1/2024 8:20:47 AM (No. 1770444)
"George Floyd murder" - George Floyd died of a drug overdose.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: philsner 8/1/2024 8:52:13 AM (No. 1770460)
You can't have it both ways. You can't identify the left as responsible for the rot in the city and also repeat their lies as true. George Floyd was not murdered. The lie that he was is every bit as responsible for the problem as is Kamala Harris, who by the way, is Indian and Jamaican, not black. The media is lying when it says she always identified as black. So irritating, Howard. Stop it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: seamusm 8/1/2024 9:01:26 AM (No. 1770467)
If the US Census didn't count illegals as 'residents' for the purpose of Congressional representation and if Dems didn't already use these people as illegal voters, we would not have the current incentive to open our borders. Illegals would only be a drain on tax revenues which are presently used not just to support these people but also to pay for their travel here. The DNC is an evil and anti-American entity. Please vote them all out of power - everywhere.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: GreatGreyhounds 8/1/2024 9:52:36 AM (No. 1770514)
The way to tell that the Democrats are Communists? Everything they touch, they wreck...
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 8/1/2024 10:16:32 AM (No. 1770541)
Actually, not new. A college friend finished his PhD on the west coast in 1976 and got a post doctoral fellowship at John's Hopkins. He drove across the country and parked across the street from the admin building, went to check in. When he returned his car had been broken into and everything stolen. His biggest loss was research microscope slides, of zero value to anyone but him. He was very angry. But two days later, another post doc arrived, parked part of a block farther down, and when returning to his car, was robbed and murdered. My friend felt like he got off lucky at that point. Bal'mer, around Hopkins has been a vicious hell hole for at least 50 years.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: padiva 8/1/2024 10:32:59 AM (No. 1770560)
The husband of a former co-worker worked at Johns Hopkins. He was told to not carry or use a cell phone while walking near the hospital. Always be alert.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 8/1/2024 10:50:21 AM (No. 1770581)
Reminds me of where I grew up, but this is on a larger scale. Lots of thugs. You watched your back. I cultivated a 'look'. Oversized jacket that might conceal a weapon. Long unkept hair unshaven. Old worn clothes. Looked like I did not have a penny to my name. Guarantee of a fight and nothing in return.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 8/1/2024 2:29:43 PM (No. 1770743)
There are no "Great Cities" in the U.S.A. anymore. There are large cities, huge cities, but none are great. The best of them may approach mediocrity; most are cesspools.
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