The usual city-bashing from freepers. Some things never change. I have friends in Baltimore and visit Nola as much as I can. These are fine cities if you know what you’re doing. The Baltimore riots occurred in an inner-city far from nicer areas like Fells Point. Why would any middle-class white person go to an inner-city unless it was to buy drugs or do a poverty tour?
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Largely, I agree with you. Exercise some common sense, do some homework, and America’s cities are still well worth visiting.
But your Baltimore knowledge needs a bit of updating.
Canton is now the upscale downtown neighborhood, with Federal Hill coming in 2nd.
Fells Point is still the way it has always been, rough and a bit dirty (just the way we Baltimoreans like it). But there are still some gems of restaurants in the neighborhood.
Dirty compared to what? Looks nice to me.