Baltimore, Maryland
posted by Paul at 12:31 PM
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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Pictures of "Ghetto America" I have found on the web that draws up deep feeling and/or emotion of urban life in America. I take no credit in actually taking these pictures. To me it is art. How far are you willing to go to get that shot? Where is the most dangerous place you have been with a camera? post your pictures.
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yes, I can vouche for that, i have been there many times. My brother got robbed there... These pics remind me of the HBO serios "The Wire" great show!
it looks run down and dirty, but does baltimore have a lot murders, drugs, gangs, prostitution, and crime?
fuck yea Baltimore is in tha top 5 wrost cities in america
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I have lived in this city my whole life. I am 32 married with 2 kids. I actually live in White marsh. Unfortunately I have to work in Baltimore. It is a damn ghetto. I don't understand why housing is so expensive here either. I am moving to western md in less than 2 years. I am so glad to get away from this place. I would never send my kids to and schools here. Everything is overcrowded and traffic sucks. Who would pay 600k on up to live in Canton or Fells Pt? I am only going to live once and there has to be better places to live and work outside this dump. I live in a 1200 sq ft. townhome which I paid 100k 5 yrs ago. Now they are selling for 230-269k. A single family sells for 450 and up. I have a good job and I can't see spending that money or even thinking about spending that money and have all these problems. And nobody will tell it how it really is. Come to Baltimore and see for yourself. Enough of me bitching, Im back to cleaning my guns.
there is actually some pretty nice looking spots in baltimore. and i love it there. but there are certin spots are streets that are nothing but drugs, gangs, and crimes. people there are not really bad people...its the bad choices they make........
i'm a white guy in a very high drug trafficing rate naiborhood. I have no problems what so ever with any one here. The kids selling drugs understand i don't do it and even look out for me.
I'm a trini living in baltimore and you whites or who eva better stop talkin about the hood cause you dont know how hard life is for color people and black people.
I'm a trini living in baltimore and you whites or who eva better stop talkin about the hood cause you dont know how hard life is for color people and black people.
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i'm a white guy livin in the b-more ghetto and other poeple can't understand what life we have. we have no money , no work so that's why it appear so poor but poeple who livin here are nice i have no probleme with them. just 1 time someone want to shoot me down coz i bit down is bro...becareful with who u have problems lol
its cheaper and a bit better in southern harford county; edgewood, aberdeen, havre de grace
all u scum bags just need to get a job and leave people alone
mutha fuckas dont know shit, both my parents are on the pipe and my older bro was shot and now cant play sports. SHIT IS HARD AND AINT GUNNA GET BETTER. west baltimore 4 ever
what the fuck baltimore has nutting on the callipoe,magnolia,and hollygrove projects niggas murda capitol
mane baltimore
at gon get better cuz we aint gon let it and for dat dumb fuck dat said white ppl dont kno how it is fuck u dont kno shit homeboy
all yu bitches need to shut the hell up ! yall don kno wats gud down here ... baltimore the best place to be .. only time it ain no gud place is for people who don fuckin belong there ! if yu ain from bmore stay the fuck outta bmore ..
im a mixed yungn only 16 yrs old, livin up in bmore .. grew up in bmore ... baltimore my home! i kno wat it like, erebody kno wat it like who live here .. but yu dumb ass bitches dat don live here, n only come here to take pictures of the ghetto places that you see and den go head and call my home dangerous and broke down don kno shit .. of course we gots our ghetto places, but bmore one bad muhfucka .. yall ever check how many tourists we have down here ?? n dem bitches be lovin it here ! so wat the fuck yu talkin bout ... and we got a lot of desperate ppl here ? fuck yu hoe ! yu desperate ! yu prolly some white bitch tht done went to college here lookn for sum black dick an ain get none ... baltimore ain no bad place .. we ain bad people either .. some jus done made bad desissions, some follow an others lead (trynna be part of a gang,etc.) and some of us jus ain gotta choice ! we get raised this way .. we get raised bein careful .. takin care of our pride, so we jus go head n do our thing ... we not bad nor is our place a ghetto city ... jus let it be .. baltimore ain the only place wit a lot of ghetto spots, and chea like i said we got nice places too, don jus always look at the bad stuff naw i mean .
What the fuck are these people talking about I understand you all but I sure as hell can't read this shit write in English I need some good day time hookers anyone know where a brother can find that in Baltimore?
A man yall niggas look some of den niggas in bmore just make wrong decisicions and cant help da shit fuck......i'm from ft lauderdale florida and i love the show the wire it influences me in some ways that i want to visit the ghetto part of ghetto bmore and makes me wanna do some thangs they do in the show but man look jus let people live the way they live and do wat dey wanna do shit (DEEPSIDE GOON 4EVER GET IN WERE U FIT IN)
u guys are assholes. to the dude commenting on "we aint gone let it get better" what type of shit is that? killing people doesnt solve ANYTHING that is why all these young dumbass black males are in jail. it doesnt matter where you're from, what matter is respecting others. Ignorance will get you nowhere! Detroit swag!!!
Livin' in Erdman, right off Manasota- rep the 410, and you harford countys need shut the fuck up like you know wuts goes on round here.
i aint never heard of erdmen, or harford ( unless thats that small city hartford) oooh so scary.....im on here, cuz like the one guy said, bmore intrigues the fuck outta me...from the wire, but before that, another miniseries, the corner....bmore is a bad motherfucker and i am so intrigued by what cities are bad that way, study them.....from bmore, to the go, to memphis, etc....im from minneappolis, it has its bad parts, but nothin like that---no disrespect to people in bmore, i dont look at it just as a ghetto, and its not just bmore...the whole fuckin east coast.......philly, dc, new york---its because thats the first part of the usa that began getting built, they have all them old ass projects, which, makes the ghetto...and the new orleans guy, sayin bmore aint got shit on ur 3 projects, ur crazy....yeah, new orleans ghettos are bad, and ur probly a gotti boy.....but, ive looked at lots a cities, and in my opinion, bmore is the toughest dam city in the world....bmore, is a bad motherfucker, u dont fuck with it
i also think its funny to anonomyous who responded, fuck yea bmore is one of top 5 worst cities, then made a list with toledo ohio first....lol....toledo isnt nothin....minneappolis has higher murder rate.....ur list should go....bmore, philly, dc, cleveland, detroit, the go, etc....flint yeah, gary yeah, but toledo is a joke....probly put that there cuz ur from there geek
this is the harrdest city ever
NIGGERS.
i used to live here for a long fuckin time. i lived out in owings mills and i had a homeboy who lived out in fuckin mondawmin or some shit. owings mills is aight but they seemed to have more drugs n shit then mondawmin. i went to mondawmin and essex and a few other places a few times and those places are nothin compared to owings mills. bmores my home and even tho i moved away (without a fuckin choice) ill always remember where i came from
Baltimore is a beautiful place. It got real bad problems but underneith it all it is one of our greatest cities. So much better than Toledo, flint, gary and compton. Ignoratn people will never understand the struggle the people go though. They are great people, its just sometimes they make decisions that dont help them. People in the suburbs are so prejudice too. They live in their lifeless suburbs not giving a care in the world while there are kids on the street that make them look like you know. Its time for people to start caring about Beautiful cities like Bmore instead of avoiding them at all costs. Since people avoid the city, THEY are a huge part of the problem. It's time for change in Baltimore
wow. what a wake up call this site is, and especially these comments are. I can't for the life of me understand what this country is doing spending all of our time and money focused on issues across the big pond, when we have places in this country that look like this.
I understand that you are proud of your city, but I can't understand why you don't take care of it! It does not cost money to throw away your garbage from in front of your houses or your street gutters. You claim that you are offended by people that criticize your intelligence, then why not take the time, why you are unemployed, to learn to spell?
I do not see this as a race issue anymore, but an issue of laziness and excuses to not take responsibility for the life you were given. I think there are potentials here that are not being liven up to, emotions that are being handled with knives and guns instead of maturity.
A lot of us have hard, hard lives, as hard as you, believe it or not. AND we work long hours, take out the garbage, clean our damn houses, fix meals for our cranky teens, fight drug issues, worry about our safety, live without spouses, etc. etc. But sit around and whine and bitch and blame everyone else for my plight instead of doing something about it is something I don't do. Neither do my hard working neighbors.
Maybe that is one of the reasons we don't live in a slum and you do. Food for thought.
yurp im from park heights and cross tracks dolfield. fa real fa real if u come to baltimore and want to enjoy it just mind ya business. if u get offered drugs dont buy if you get shot you shoulda ran quicker than the next dude but live life statistically your more likely to witness a shooting than be shot anyway stick with your tourist manual we have some wonderful very reasonably safe places p.s. leave the zoo before dark your parked in druidhill park
Baltimore is a very sad place.
The real problem with bmore is the parents. All the parents became drug addicts from the 80's and abandoned the kids. The kids became the parents, and sold drugs to their parents. Now those parents are now the grandparents, still on drugs, and now buying from their grandkids.
Bmore turned the family roles upside down. Grandkids became the parents.
Everything screwed up when parents started buying drugs from their own kids. CAN U IMAGINE?
Gis a suck la
the worst part about baltimore is the citizens. Most of them in the inner city think cuz of bmores reputation they automatically live in a dilipidated area when in fact their area is quite nice just inhabited by lazy people who would rather throw their trash on the ground than walk 15ft to a trash can or put it in their pocket til they can throw it away. That being said bmore does have actual slums/ghettos. Ive been all over this city with my job and been here long enough to see it from all over. A slum aint a slum cuz of some ignorant people bangin and slangin tryin to rep their "so called hood" it gets that way thru govt neglect and oppression meaning good people tryin to make it but being denied time and time again. Most of the people in bmore talkin bout their "hood" dont even live in the actual hood. They think some drug deals and homicides solidify it a slum well guess what the same shit happens in the suburbs. I live up in east bmore, collington square in broadway east a true slum. we got forests, not plants, forests growin out the sidewalks, blocks half torn down, dope feinds and prostitutes livin in the board ups, constant power outages, water that leaves residue when it dries up and corrodes teflon if it sits too long plus the highest homicide rate in the city. And with bmore being the most armed and dangerous city in america that makes my slum give the highest chance of murder in the usa. A SERIOUS PROBLEM that the city aint fixin ie. the definition of a slum. I believe that top photo was takin in my slum right around the federal/bradford street area all my slum look mostly like that. All that bein said I met people from all over usa east nyc, north and west philly, west coast, southside chicago, detroit, d.c., etc and all them agree the right parts of bmore aint no fuckin joke. I had this one cat the other day who grew up in columbia tell me that bmore was the craziest place he ever been. Long story short quit reppin your "so called hood" if u aint in the ghetto I know every section of the city so I know who u are. BMORE gotta change cuz we wanna live better. Im tired of keepin on my waist cuz some idiot wanna rob me for whatever reason. But i still gonna b here cuz it made me a man peace.
Im sick and tired of blacks and other people saying that we whites don't know how hard it is. NOT EVERY WHITE PERSON COMES FROM A RICH FAMILY. i was raised by my mother and there was 4 of us kids. We were evicted from our apartment the day i turned 19 .I started down the wrong path getting caught up with the dope and shit hanging out in places like EA and Cherry Hill with peoples that i was chilling with. One day after getting out of BCDC for a bullshit misdemeanor conviction i said to my self fuck all of this. 2 weeks later i signed up for the Marine corps and haven't looked back since. So please don't look at all white people and think we got it made. Until your ass is pinned down in a building in Falluja Iraq getting ieds blown at you ..I was wishing i was back in Bmore , don't tell me shit about no hood.
Im a true life 8 mile from 21217
Peace
OMG. YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HARD LIFE IS. i live in baltimore but i went up to DETROIT FOR TWO WEEKS, it looks like a FUCKING WAR ZONE, it kinda looks like it got hit by a NUKE. their is so many murders in detroit and the fucked up part is their isnt 1 place in detroit that is safe. they have alot of bosnian people, albanian, polish,a few mexican, alot of colombian, and a fuck load of ARABS, BUT THE CITY IS MAINLY BLACK. SO TRY GOING THEIR THEY WILL ROB YOU FOR YOUR CLOTHS. 19% OF THE WHOLE STATE IS UNEMPLOYED AND DETROIT IS MURDER CAPITAL SO STOP BITCHING ABOUT BALTIMORE, HOW WOULD YOU FUCKS LIKE PAYING FOR YOUS MCDONALDS THROUGH A BULLET PROOF WINDOW. AND FUCKING HUNDREDS OF ROWS OF ABONDEND AND BURNT DOWN BUILDINGS. PERFECT FOR RAPES AND MURDERS. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT BALTIMORE ATLEAST YOU GUYS DONT LIVI IN DETROIT 313
Why do you expect the govt. tp come into these neighborhoods to "fix" anything? For one thing, when cops come into these places most residents are uncooperative or just afraid to talk to them because of neighbors thinking theyre snitching. Why should sidewalks get fixed, etc when the atmosphere is so dangerous or unwelcoming. Fur
thermore, most people who live in the ghetto (not all I know) don't pay taxes that pay for such things so they shouldnt complain.
I grew up in a neighborhood in the 80s and I made sure I would never have to raise a family in that kind of environment-drunks, drugs, violence,prostitution, etc. Though I did get pregnant at 17, I got my GED and went to a local college and got my teaching degree. Now I am a middle school teacher in Va.
No one can blame SOCIETY for keeping them from becoming successful. You can blame your family for not being supportive, but mostly it's your own decion to pick yourself up and make a better life. White people are not the problem. No one will hold you back so long as you represent yourself like a "normal" person and not a thug. A lot of people from the ghetto seem to be proud of being "ghetto" and they are holding themselves back because they want to be "thug" or whatever the word is, but they seem to want to blame someone for making them choose that life, when really it is their own choice.
I do feel badly for the good people that are stuck there because they can't afford to move to a safer neighborhood.I just wish they would not have children until they could move, only because it seems that their kids may get caught up in that ghetto mentality or may be forced into it my peers.
Natalie
that was my little pink and white car. The wheel feel off so I just left it there and bought a bike.
Born and raised in Baltimore, for people that are sayin shit about how its so ghetto everywhere, fuck you, yea i may not live there anymore but i will never forget where im from. People give me shit cuz they say that just cuz i got money now means that i aint hard, fuck you. I worked for hard. I deserve to be rich, but i still represent where im from every day and i will never forget Baltimore. 410 4 life
I live very close to Baltimore. I have found that many places there are gorgeous. We have many historical and nationally recognized places. There are parts of it that arent as good though. There can be a lot of things like gangs or drugs but you can find places like that anywhere. If your looking for a job that just so happens to be in Baltimore City, I reccomend baltimore county, where I live and where my children go to school. They have some of the best schools in the country and provide many safe areas... its about 20-30 minutes from the city
Oh there you ghetto people go again, shouting about how hard your life is.
You obviously have access to a computer. And please learn to spell, I won't take the time to read your illiterate sentences. Please do me a favor and kill yourself and your friends. You are all absolute parasites, and deserve to be wiped
off of the face of the planet. Stop playing the race card and whining about how hard your lives are. They are only that hard because you CHOSE it. I am hispanic and I am doing very well. I am 23, no children, and I have a bachelors degree. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone who whined about racism would follow MY example?
My father was born (1924) and raised in Baltimore as were his parents, and grandparents and greatgrandparents before him back in to the late 1700's. THey immigrated from Germany and Ireland and France. I would love to visit the places they lived and went to church and shopped and did business and were buried. But so many of these places are surrounded by what looks like a war zone(ghetto), and somehow, just by being alive, I offend the people that live there. It makes me sad to think that anyone lives under the conditions of drugs, alcohol, prostitution and the seeming lack of hope in anything good. It puzzles me that people who live in such conditions have access to high priced technology like the internet and computers? Wouldn't food and better living conditions be first on the list of purchases?
every city has depressed areas.... baltimore is no different. its only considered as bad as it is because of the small population of the city, not the individual numbers of acts of crime.
Yes baltimore is not such a great place to live but its not as bad as people say!Of course there ia alot of crime but come on its crime everywhwere! Its not like why you walk down the street you get shot not as long as your not messing with any one then the won't bother you!yes we have ghettos I live up parkheights and yes the 21215, Lls. Baltimore also has great places as in the harbor and we have the baddest bitches in the world! We also have good schools such as City , Poly, Western and Dunbar ! its private schools! But i will say that the west in worst than the east !
Yeah, Baltimore can be ghetto. Drive down Route 40 until it turns into Edmondson Ave. and Edmondson Village is the first bad area. It doesn't look too ghetto, the houses are nice, but you don't just want to wander around there by yourself- day or night. If you keep going down to Poplar Grove, that's where it is SERIOUSLY bad, but the neighborhoods still have nice houses. Actually even the oldest, most rundown hoods in Baltimore often have nice old houses. But if you visit, watch out because it really isn't that safe here.
Most Dangerous Cities in America: List of 2009 City Crime Ranking
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What are the most dangerous cities in the US? CQ Press released the list of the most dangerous cities in their 2009-2010 City Crime Rankings. Camden, New Jersey is ranked number one this year, followed by St. Louis, MO; Oakland, CA; Detroit, MI.
Here is a list of the most dangerous cities in America:
Camden, NJ
St. Louis, MO
Oakland, CA
Detroit, MI
Flint, MI
New Orleans, LA
Birmingham, AL
Cleveland, OH
Jackson, MS
Memphis, TN
Gary, IN
Compton, CA
Baltimore, MD
Richmond, CA
Kansas City, MO
Washington, DC
Orlando, FL
Atlanta, GA
Cincinnati, OH
Dayton, OH
this is the most dangerous list that came out this year
Yall blacks saying it is just hard for you do not even know. It is just as bad in places where it is mostly all whites like where I am from in Hampden. It is just as trashy as anyway else except now we have lots of yuppies moving in changing stuff... I am considered weird cause I don't have a baby yet cause I am over 16 and I don't smoke and drink everyday of my life like my peers. Plus I had to go to an almost all black school and I got shit all the time, and yall still acting like it is only hard for you. My family doesn't have any money or a job worth shit so shut the fuck up. Also I am poor and in a bad area of baltimore but I still know how to spell.
hi my grandma used to teach in baltimore and she said it is a slice of heaven there compared to where she was from. She used to be in Sau Paulo where there was poverty and ghetto everywhere. over 10000 people get murdered in sao paulo every year compared to baltimore peaked 350 murders she wished she never had been there and glad she's in baltimore
Half of you people are probably lying about living in b-more and being poor shit how would you even be able to afford a fucking computer unless you stole it..still
Still half you guys are lying about your situation. You are all probably just some little kids who would like us to believe you come from a ghetto and fuck the retard who keeps saying he's a crip shut the fuck up you little wangster
seriously how can people b so retarded?
Good place to get a Blow job! good mullatas lol
every city has its ghetto. most people don't choose to live like that its just the way they live. and THE EAST COAST IS WHERE ITS AT. love the east coast. baltimore is a beautiful city. so is DC
fuk baltimire. Only bitch ass niggaz live up in dat rat hole.
Fuck new Orleans first off. Check this out. Y'all don't know shit bout what ur talking about. I live in sandtown west side Bmore. Lived here my whole life. I use to hustle. Now I teach kids how to fuckin live. Come drive through sandtown. Park heights. Cherry hill. Druid hill. See what it's really like. Yeah we sell drugs we drop bodies. But we are a unified city. A city of fuckin pain and neglect. Stop coming out of your mouths while ur safe behind a fuming computer. Bamako ass niggas.
People you are wasting your time and breath, trying to get through to these people. They are uneducated and have no idea what “the real world is”.
Living in a ghetto is not a way of life, but they don’t know any better. These people are “animals” that’s why they are treated the way they are by society. When you live and act worse than animals you deserve what happens to you in life.
I am part Russian and I tell you what none of you in the “hood” would last one day there! I don’t care what so called “gang” you’re in. You all think you’re, so great! HA! When most of the world is laughing at you while, you’re living your ghetto ass life in your make believe land. That’s right the whole damn world laughs and makes fun of you! When all you care about is drinking, drugs, food stamps, and what you can steal!
There aint nobody respecting you! Nobody has respect for you!
The answer is just shut down all federal housing and benefits and let it be done with! Live on the damn street!
Trust me one day you won’t have uncle Sam, to fall back on and pay for you to keep having kids and be a lazy ass no good pos! Shut down housing and take your kids away! They deserve better anyway, they at least would have a better shot at life. Anyway that’s what needs to be done! Here is why that isn’t going to happen at least for right now. The government wants to fund housing and shit why? So they can keep your asses in areas away from others who don’t want to be around you! You’re all too damn stupid to see that!
Hello you people are living worse than zoo animals, and you don’t fucking get it? It’s a place for society to leave you ROT! In your own hell! You’re all too stupid to figure that shit out. To damn lazy to work! To damn lazy to clean up your trash and your apartments! To damn lazy to live fucking life! You’re useless to our society! Your right where you belong caged up like a bunch of fucking zoo animals where you belong. Don’t toss that damn race card at me either! I’m talking about all races! So fucking cry! Your life is so damn hard! I call bs! How hard can it be having the country take care of your stupid ass.
I was an orphan I’m not going to get into that but I can tell you this much I didn’t have the “ghetto” and food stamps, and other shit to fall back on. I made the most out of my life! I got off my ass went to work and supported myself. So I am totally ok with money coming out of my check to go on your losers! As long as it keeps you in your housing and the fuck away from me!
I will never understand why you all seem to think it's cool to be "ghetto" or "hard" or "street" or whatever you want to call it. You are like a bunch of children playing a silly childrens' game. Who grew up in rougher circumstances, who got beaten the most, who has killed the most people or sold the most drugs...who cares? Can't you see that it's just a circle, going around and around? You are ALL losers.
Baltimore is an absolute hellhole. I can honestly say that after 5 years. I gave it a fair chance. I lived in a terrible area for the first three while I was in medical school, and then moved to a "nicer" area - which unfortunately borders on section 8 housing. The extent of "ghetto" in this city never ceases to amaze me. And it's anything but "cool." People shoot each other on the street and get brought into the trauma bay. We save their lives, perform lifesaving surgeries, stitch them up, put them in the ICU for a month, and they eventually recover - and then they go out and get shot again, or shoot someone else. They never pay a red cent for their medical care - the hospital (and thus the state, and thus the taxpayers) eat the cost. Hours and hours and thousands and thousands of dollars worth of free medical care for them. And these thugs are so unappreciative, they’d just as soon spit in your face as actually say thank you for all of your work, and sweat, and resources.
People here disgust me. They have foul mouths and yell at each other on the street, usually in some variation of several 4-letter words. They fight at 3am in the street when I'm trying to sleep because I have to work, saving their meaningless lives (for free), the next day. They live in taxpayer-subsidized housing, and because they are too lazy to look for work, they have nothing to do but sit on MY steps all day and sell/use drugs and cause all sorts of trouble. Or they knock up another young woman, who then becomes yet another “babymama” at age 13. The 13 year-olds are the saddest cases – I delivered several of their babies when I was still in medical school. They have no idea what it takes to raise a child properly. Then, when I come home from another day of saving their lives (for free), they look at me like I'm crazy for asking them to move out of my way so I can climb up my steps to get into my house. They throw their trash on the ground even though the trash cans are ubiquitous. They have no city pride, no respect for their neighbors, no appreciation for the people who are subsidizing their countless free handouts. Their impish children have no respect for their elders, and run around at all hours of the night, frequently unsupervised. Teenage mothers scream at their children in profanities, even the little toddlers. Pregnant girls and women smoke, drink, and use drugs on the street in front of my house. It sickens me.
This city is a rat-infested hellhole. All of it. Even the "nicer areas" like Federal Hill, Canton, and Mount Vernon are dwarfed in comparison to the huge wasteland imposed by the Welfare State. I am so incredibly disgusted by the people of this city that, as soon as I finish my training, I plan to take my medical practice elsewhere. I have no desire to stay and try to help people who simply refuse help themselves. I'd rather ram my head against a brick wall.
I will never understand why you all seem to think it's cool to be "ghetto" or "hard" or "street" or whatever you want to call it. You are like a bunch of children playing a silly childrens' game. Who grew up in rougher circumstances, who got beaten the most, who has killed the most people or sold the most drugs...who cares? Can't you see that it's just a circle, going around and around? You are ALL losers.
Baltimore is an absolute hellhole. I can honestly say that after 5 years. I gave it a fair chance. I lived in a terrible area for the first three while I was in medical school, and then moved to a "nicer" area - which unfortunately borders on section 8 housing. The extent of "ghetto" in this city never ceases to amaze me. And it's anything but "cool." People shoot each other on the street and get brought into the trauma bay. We save their lives, perform lifesaving surgeries, stitch them up, put them in the ICU for a month, and they eventually recover - and then they go out and get shot again, or shoot someone else. They never pay a red cent for their medical care - the hospital (and thus the state, and thus the taxpayers) eat the cost. Hours and hours and thousands and thousands of dollars worth of free medical care for them. And these thugs are so unappreciative, they’d just as soon spit in your face as actually say thank you for all of your work, and sweat, and resources.
People here disgust me. They have foul mouths and yell at each other on the street, usually in some variation of several 4-letter words. They fight at 3am in the street when I'm trying to sleep because I have to work, saving their meaningless lives (for free), the next day. They live in taxpayer-subsidized housing, and because they are too lazy to look for work, they have nothing to do but sit on MY steps all day and sell/use drugs and cause all sorts of trouble. Or they knock up another young woman, who then becomes yet another “babymama” at age 13. The 13 year-olds are the saddest cases – I delivered several of their babies when I was still in medical school. They have no idea what it takes to raise a child properly. Then, when I come home from another day of saving their lives (for free), they look at me like I'm crazy for asking them to move out of my way so I can climb up my steps to get into my house. They throw their trash on the ground even though the trash cans are ubiquitous. They have no city pride, no respect for their neighbors, no appreciation for the people who are subsidizing their countless free handouts. Their impish children have no respect for their elders, and run around at all hours of the night, frequently unsupervised. Teenage mothers scream at their children in profanities, even the little toddlers. Pregnant girls and women smoke, drink, and use drugs on the street in front of my house. It sickens me.
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This city is a rat-infested hellhole. All of it. Even the "nicer areas" like Federal Hill, Canton, and Mount Vernon are dwarfed in comparison to the huge wasteland imposed by the Welfare State. I am so incredibly disgusted by the people of this city that, as soon as I finish my training, I plan to take my medical practice elsewhere. I have no desire to stay and try to help people who simply refuse help themselves. I'd rather ram my head against a brick wall.
The humane thing to do would be to move all of the taxpayers out of the city; hell, the state. With no actual productive class, the entire dependent class would be forced to work, or face the inevitable consequences of laziness and lack of productivity. Sometimes I hate the person that I have become as a consequence of living in this city. I used to be full of youthful optimism. Now I just can’t wait to get the hell out of this horrible place. I would never want my children growing up knowing that people like this exist. There's nothing glamorous about being ghetto - it doesn't make you tough. It makes you another worthless piece of scum that mooches off the hardworking people of this city. You take that "I'm a hardass" attitude and your sense of entitlement, and see what it gets you - nothing. Shame on all of you.
I have grown up all of my life in Baltimore and these pictures make me sick to my stomach. If people took pride in themselves and their neighborhood Baltimore would be one of the best cities in the country. Instead I am probably going to move to Boston or NYC...
EVERYONE HERE SHOULD STEAL A DICTIONARY. Then fucking read it.
B-more. One of the most ccraziest mufucking cities on the PlAanet1!!
Its ghetto niggers who are the reason for racist white people. Niggers are all the same, mutha fuka this mutha fucka that, Complain complain. hey whitey got a quarter? hey nigga! Where the beef? Take whitey bag. He a scared mofo probably a suka kukaka! mufaka mufaka!
I know how life can be for a black person who is poor. But you dont understand how it is for a white person who grew up they way i did. Not in a city but in an area of white trash, drunken, racist hicks. And im not proud of it. But just to let you know my alot of people in my area hates blacks, fags, Hispanics and musilums. and in some parts jews. And if your nice like me and you have black friends they c u as a traitor. so if you were to come to my area you would not be safe. atleast in the white trash areas. which i hate all the white trash.
For me living in Sweden its hard to unerstand how it is to live in a ghetto like this. It´s fun to see all wannabe gangstas arabic people in Sweden state that they are living in ghettos. HAHA they would shit their pants if they saw this pictures.
my friend wanna go to bmore & i wanna go with her not cause i think its bad there or anything i just wanna see sth else than fucking boring germany
Where are the good pictures from Baltimore, and why are you only focusing on the ghetto in Baltimore.. oops my bad proper Caucasians (clears throat)...Why are you focusing on the impecuniousness of Baltimore, you guys are a trip every state has a ghetto in it, it isn't just Baltimore............
The real travesty here are the comments. On another note, i dig this blog and the worst part about baltimore is that it sits in the richest state in the country.
People should stop looking down on these citizens. One thing that it seems that a lot of the people calling them trash don't understand is that these people don't know any better! That's how they were raised. It's a generational curse. Instead of looking down on them and calling them animals, we should be figuring out how to help them and give them the opportunity to do better. Most don't know that it's okay to go to college and don't have the resources to learn how to live better. Most don't have parents to show them a better way. Don't be so judgmental. I'm not making excuses for them, but we have to understand that it's not entirely their fault because not everyone is raised the same and not everyone knows any better. That's all they know.
Yo, i go hard as shit. Thug life gansta gangsta, salt n pepper. Bibbity bobby hip hop, on. Stop talking like illiterate bullshit trailer trash.
Most of you on here are very sad. i mean seriouslyy the real problem is you guys, stop fucking shooting each other, stay in school, get a job. and stop talking like you got hit in the head with a shovel. The reason half of you people end up in prison is because you never change shit. you just breed more ignorance, it turns into a never ending circle of crime and poverty. BREAK THE CYCLE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS HOLY SPIRIT.
First of all, to the Russian guy, BITCH FUCK YOU! This is OUR country and you're just squatting here you son of a whore. Carry your bitch ass back to Stalingrad. My name is Erik B.and FUCK RUSSIA!
To the guy from Detroit, yeah you're right, Detroit is a much worse ghetto. I have been there and Detroit is the only city I have ever seen with entire SKYSCRAPERS downtown boarded up. The Bronx,NY is not much different from Detroit in fucked up areas though. Just blocks and blocks as far as the eye can see of decay like a scene from The Omega Man.
To the guy who works in the ER saving lives, thank you! I almost died 3 times and I'm 44.Baltimore has some of the top hospitals in the world and btw, I DO have health insurance, work 2 jobs AND go to college at night. This is my second time in college, I'm going back because I'm changing career fields.
I live in Brooklyn, South Baltimore 21225. The land of the helicopters; it's like Blackhawk Down out here. A couple months ago in a span of 3 days there were 5 break-ins, 3 armed robberies and 2 shootings just on my one block! There are police cameras on every other corner and a huge police spotlight right down the street. I live a block away from Brooklyn Homes projects. We call it "Broken Homes". Summer is coming and that always means more murders.
Every day I pick up trash from my front, side, and back lawn because I want my house to be clean, but every time the wind blows it fills up with trash again. The mentality of the neighborhood is that we live in a gigantic dumpster. Every week we have to call the city to pick up mountains of trash and old furniture, mattresses, etc. that people dump in the alleys because the trash trucks use the alleys to pick up our trash and recycled goods on Mondays and Thursdays, and if the truck can't get through they just say "Oh well", and don't pick it up.Do I have guns? Fuck yeah, I'd be stupid not to.
We have a hell of a tourist industry here, and there ARE some really nice neighborhoods within the city limits. The impression an outsider would get from this forum is that the entire city is one big ghetto and that is far from the truth. Yeah we have gangs but so does every city in the world.
If you think Baltimore is violent, go to Juarez, Mexico where the police ride around 12 deep in armored trucks with automatic rifles.To the guy who mentioned Iraq, thanks for your service man, I am ex Army and my unit was in the first Gulf War. I have lived all over the U.S.in the service,but now I'm back in Baltimore and I love it here. Just not this particular neighborhood.
One good thing I can say about Brooklyn is, we have a spectacular view of the Inner Harbor, but it is kind of depressing to see all the wealth and luxury of Baltimore so close and yet so far away.
So if you want to visit Baltimore, don't be scared. Come see the harbor and Fells Point, go to the Preakness horse race at Pimlico, but stay the fuck out of the ghetto areas and you won't become a victim. Whatever you do, don't go trying to shoot pictures of dudes in the ghetto, they'll think you're a police and shoot you.
Last but not least, GO RAVENS and FUCK THE STEELERS!!!!
Oh yeah, to that pussy who said only bitch ass niggas live in Baltimore, BITCH EAT A DICK!!! I tried to keep it civil until I remembered you said that shit. We'll shoot the fuck out your dumb ass, call 911 for you, make sure they save your life, then come to your hospital room and shoot your dumb ass again,then go to your funeral and piss in your mouth.Bodymore,Murderland bitch.
If anyone wishes better for baltimore; donate to organizations that help Baltimore's youth. There's no use in over analyzing issue's you know nothing about. Kids grow up with parents that have to work non-stop, can't pay for child care, and surely can't pay for college. It can make the normal kids trip to college look like climbing mount everest. Give the kids a chance at having legal prosperity. The government surely isn't going to; it's a neighborly responsibility...
You see I'm half white half cuban I don't live in baltimore but I live in new rochelle ny its a small city right outside the bronx what u guys are saying is stupid I live in the hartley houses its a housing project in my city so I live in the hood the hood is the hood where ever you are
Well I didn't live in "the hood" in fact I lived in a white, upper middle class suburban community but both my parents were drug addicts and we were still poor because of their drug problem. Even so we didn't dump trash in our yard and graffiti the place up.
Even so, I still went to college though neither of my parents could afford to pay for me. In fact I got MORE aid because I was poor.
I'm from Ottawa in Canada and live in the hood but it's nowhere nowhere near as bad as bmore,etc. not saying bmore doesn't have it's nice places though..you're probably gonna think this is fucked, but i wanna move to bmore or philly to live in the hood(yeah i know you're gon say if i've never been don't go) because really i don't fit in with the rich kids and all that yo know my life's the hood. i'm a real guy i aint got probs with nobody i don't front i tell you what it is straight up. i'm a rapper too and i feel that living here would really fit my lifestyle cause like i said i don't fit in wit no one only the hood rats,i'm white with red hair,hopefully i dont get shot when i come over. been arrested countless times, youngin only 17 rents struggle with money suck at school dont give a shit. i think about livin in bmore or philly everyday and have the urge to move there.
Whoever the Doctor was with the long post..you know who you are, I'm sorry about your horrible experience here and it is sad to see another productive citizen leave here. On the other hand, I can't blame you either.
I won't lie..Baltimore has some nice areas and some good, decent hardworking people who unfortunately have to live here. I can also say that at one time Baltimore seemed to be a clean, safe place. Not the case anymore.
Whoever the Doctor was with the long post..you know who you are, I'm sorry about your horrible experience here and it is sad to see another productive citizen leave here. On the other hand, I can't blame you either.
I won't lie..Baltimore has some nice areas and some good, decent hardworking people who unfortunately have to live here. I can also say that at one time Baltimore seemed to be a clean, safe place. Not the case anymore.
What do you expect. It is Nig infested. How come no looting occured in Japan after the Tsunami hit? Answer, no Nigs in Japan.
i was born in baltimore city and raised in ellicott city. my parents own a liquor store in the city and i've been down there enough times to know that it can get pretty bad (as far as the way people behave towards asians in a black community) and the drug dealers can be pretty crazy, but for the MOST part if you respect people in the hood, they give the love back. i didn't grow up in the city, but i know enough to say that baltimore doesn't have the worst ghettos. frankly, it's just like anywhere else. i've lived in new jersey, california and florida and EVERY major city has the "undesirable elements," but they only exist because the government doesn't pay enough attention to the poor. i love baltimore because it's like home to me and with all its faults it is still a great american city.
I can tell the school districts suck. Most of the kids commenting are talkin li dis u no balt iz da shit an u don nee be hur, bla bla. Violence and ignorance is not cool. Been around for centuries. Don't be a statistic either.
"west Baltimore 4ever"?? So, you are proud of your crackhead parents and the fact that your life is shit in the ghetto? Good. Stay there. We don't need your ignorant, no ambition having ass in our neighborhood!
You are a true poster child for the great Baltimore school system. You ignorant little fuck! I hope there is at least a McDonalds or a Burger King still in business in Baltimore so you have a chance at a job after your sorry assed teachers push your uneducated little punk ass out of your school.
I love how gangstah and hard you little fucks in Baltimore talk. Except for maybe a trip to Six Flags or To Ocean City, I'm sure you have never ventured outside of the big bad beltway. You would have no idea how to survive outside of your ghetto. You are nothing more than a scared little bitch. Shut your ignorant little bitch mouth and go back to your pissy assed mattress in your boarded up row home. You want "street cred"? Try making something out of yourself. Loser!
Yep. Judging by your ignorant slaughter of the English language, your ghetto ass will fit right in with these Baltimore ghetto losers!
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Fuck douchetroit its all about that Killa City
pussyass douchetroit ain't got shit on st. Louis fuck boy we the murder capital fool our shit is like a fuckin 3rd world country we lost 75% of our population now talk about run down and abandoned fuck boy. shit even kcmo looks worse
LMFAO POSER. son trust me Canada ain't shit. your "hood" is probably a rich middle class neighborhood I'd like you to come spend one week in kcmo on 51st and walround and see if you still want to live out here in the real hood. if you could make it out alive. your fuckin dumb quit fakin Nd make something of yourself while you have a chance trust me poser you don't want to live in the hood its fuckin hell
Maybe you should go back to school to learn how to properly spell and construct a sentence. I'm 22 and white and make 200k a year. Everyone claims to have swag. Swag is being self made waking up putting a suit on getting I'm my Aston Martin and heading to my corner office. All you people in the "hood" who make no attempt at making your life better enjoy whatever housing the tax on my Christmas bonus pays for you. There are actual families who don't have the choice and that's why I give to charity and do thing such as habitat for humanity. But everyone else. No pity.
I agree with the commenters who are neutral. It's easy to say that every city has it's problems, but I'm quite sure Baltimore has a great deal of them due to the city's heritage of being an abolitionist hotbed in the 1800's, it being the childhood home of Frederick Douglass. Let's face it; there are alot of racist angry people in the US who do not like the progression of African Americans and would rather see our extinction. This being said: why not create environments that are not only killing fields but nests the breed impoverished people (lets call them cities). Is it a coincidence that highest crime areas of US cities are predominantly African American (debate this fact smart people). The truth is, is that many impoverished citizens of US cities are being used as a source of funding. Funding for state prisons, public housing, and the healthcare system (if people arent sick hospitals dont make money). The sad thing is, is how close to Washington the city of Baltimore is; the source of such an unjust system. Real Talk. By the way I live in New England.
I moved to B-more from Africa and will tell you right now your plastic ass gangstas are a bunch of pussys. I grew up being a child soldier in West Africa. Howz that for the muthafuckin WEST side? Runnin around with an AK47, killing for a living, killing to stay alive. Now thats some hard shit.
You dumb ass americans don't know how lucky you have it here. With my screwed up background I still managed to educate myself enough to get a better job than 90% of the sorry asses here in B-more. It aint that fuckin hard fools. Problem is you dont want it. Its easy being a failure. Noone eva expect shit from you.
I read a stat other day that 50% of black men in B-more been in prison. 50. Are ya kiddin me? So fuckin dumb you cant even evade the dumb ass police! Jeeezuz. Let me tell you, white, black, pink, whatever the fuck color you are, take a second and think about it how fuckin whack the rest of the world have it and then pull your sorry, lazy asses together and make a fuckin difference yo your life.
Ruins add a little character to a city. Cheers to the last guy's comment.
Baltimore does have some beautiful 19th/early 20th century architecture though, beyond the slums that exist here and the gentrified plastic development that has taken place around the harbour. It's not as bad as a city as people claim, exagerations. Even the first picture shows a man standing in front of "vacated" rowhouse. Which means it may be a ghetto, though a ghetto which few live in, if it's boarded up houses. Baltimore has many blocks of boarded up rowhomes and neglected buildings. So what, It has some soul. At least it's not just some cookie-cutter town like Bethesda Maryland.
yo niggas like that 16 year old said if you wherent raised and born here stay the hell out im 16 years old 2 im puertorican and black i was born in raised in bmore yall white bitches stupid ass hoes you dont know shit bout this plc so if ya motheafuckers wherent born in raised in bmore go the fuck home to cali or where yall bitches came from
-jesselynn-
Due to the openness of the internet, the rest of America, (and the wider world) has been afforded an unfiltered peek into the degraded lives and attitudes of many (most?) Black Americans.
Take some of the comments on this thread.
Ugly, base, childlike comments from 3rd world people, who, surprise-suprise, have turned their city of Baltimore into a 3rd world living environment.
Basically a loss of factories in the city, close to the homes built in walking proximity to people's job is what ruined the city, the people (Black or white) living there had nothing to do with it. Then there was the whole introduction of crack by the CIA/FBI/ COINTELPRO operation. Those factors ruined the hood. I'll admit Baltimore has its fair share of horrors, but doesn't everyone. To the racists out there- change you tune- its been hundreds of years. 1. Slavery mixed all our bloods. 2. Every human being derived from the first group of humans and they were from Mozambique (SE) AFRICA!! We are all human and we are all African- so get over the racists and read a book or two- people look different because they adapted to different climates and environmental changes.... ask your science teacher. To all my Baltimoreans, please read a book too- know that the world is bigger than East, West, North or South. Define yourself as a strong person and find out the truth of who you are so when stupid people say dumb stuff to you, you will not be shaken. "The man who stands for nothing, will fall for anything" and MOST AFRICAN AMERICANS are NOT DEGRADED. Many of us have not yet figured out how to break free of the hatred and oppression of living in a majority white society that has enslaved, beat, murdered, raped, and worked us to death. Depression breeds disparity. Oppression of the colored people by the non colored people is what started all this. And is the foundation of the great country of America. READ A BOOK- or just keep arguing out of the irrationality of your emotions. It is possible that white people will never see the error of their wrong. It may be impossible in the balance of the Universe for them to even right the wrongs of their century long inhumanity to people of color. And they may never even understand the concept of killing hundreds of millions of people in America's history and hundreds of millions more abroad. I can speak of the activity of white people like it such a short period of time in the history of the world because it was a short period of time- We, dark- skinned Africans where here before you and WE DARK SKINNED AFRICANS WILL BE HERE LONG AFTER YOU KILL YOURSELVES OFF- with all your abortion and other population limiting propaganda- scientists estimate that you will decrease in population to the point of extinction sometimes in the next century. (2050 for blondes, 2100 for brunettes- red heads even sooner). That is called KARMA for your a**. And you Europeans are so full of hatred that you cannot even keep from destroying yourselves, like you have managed to destroy and sit by and do nothing while other people have been destroyed. While you sit aside and realize that the history and foundation of America is slavery. That the very streets your walk and drive upon where paid for by the blood of our African Ancestors, look and see their children suffering in the ghetto while you still prosecute, persecute, fear, and victimize them all because of your own irrational fears caused by your own ignorance and cowardice.
I live on North Avenue- what ignorant people call the worst part of Baltimore City. I work and study at a HBCU and I study at a majority white college. I can tell you first hand, ignorance is (in)human not racial. PEACE
^ Nigger ^
MY FAMOUS BAND, PALE CREATION HEADLINED A SOLD OUT CONCERT IN BALTIMORE A YEAR AGO AND WE HAD MANY COLOREDS PROTESTING THE CONCERT BECAUSE I SPEAK THE TRUTH! OBAMA IS NOT A USA CITIZEN! IMPEACH NOW! YOU PEOPLE HAVE DECEIVED AMERICA AND PUT ONE OF YOUR OWN COLORED IN THE WHITE HOUSE! NOW OBAMA IS TRYING TO MAKE AMERICA SOCIALIST FOR HIS NAZI INVESTORS AND HIS MASTERS WHO HAVE A SPACE STATION WATCHING US. OBAMA HAS TRICKED AMERICA INTO THINKING THAT WE HAVE A MOON, BUT THE MOON IS A SPACE STATION WITH A HOLOGRAM. OBAMA AND HIS LIZARD MASTERS ARE USING YOU IGNORANT COLOREDS TO DO THEIR DIRTY WORK.
niggers always making excuses. the anonymous nigger poster up 2 from this, "niggers will be around long after us". yes, both niggers and cockroaches seem to never die out. no matter how hard we try and how great it would be to rid the world of niggers and cockroaches, we are forever doomed to be infested with both. the niggers and cockroaches seem to have formed a parasitic brotherhood against the civilized white people. to the mentally handicapped poster talking about Obama being a lizard alien from the moon, you need some medical help immediately. your brain is running on empty.
Speaking of poor writing. No offense, but your skills need some serious polish.
I lived in Baltimore Md for 10 years.I was 4 when we moved there and we moved away when I was 14. I lived on Beaufort ave. It was a nice neighborhood and very clean and everyone kept their grass cut and yards clean. That was 47 years ago. The blacks lived in the neighborhood on the other side. Now nothing but black people live there and it is so run down it doesn't even look the same. I am not against blacks.I have black friends. I don't think there is any white people living in any of those neighborhoods now that we used to walk in and play in.
Let it rain napalm over these areas ... I hate bangers and junkies!
Man i was born and rasied here i moved but i wanna go back
I am very embarrassed by these pictures yes there are some places in Baltimore that are ran down. But Baltimore is a great city to live in and to be part of. The same way you can post the negative things post the good things. As far as the people that go to college here if you don't like the city then why attend a school here. At the end of the day we can complain and bitch all we want but if we are not going to help be the solution then we should really shut up. So the next time you see an addict don't laugh at them direct then to help. If you see nasty streets then start a group to go around and clean the city. It's takes us all coming together and doing our part. Lets stop criticizing everything and start working on fixing the problem if not then leave and go somewhere else where there wont be any crime or drugs. o_O
Baltimore is a beautiful city, but unfortunately there are alot of ghetto people's here. You can't fix the problem by cleaning up the street, rebuild houses and such. One day houses will be burn down, trashes will be everywhere again. Simply just because ghetto people are still around, and you can't take the ghetto out of them. If they all could have just a little manners, decency and educated then ours city would be a much better place.
I lived in Park Heights Baltimore for about 13 years and let me tell you, it is hell. I would walk to school in fear of getting stabbed like my friend did, and come home the same way. Eventually I got too used to the life their and started to be a part of it. I was told I was helping out by stabbing people who fucked around too much. Just to scare them. Eventually I was given a nine and told to kill people for money. That's when I decided I lost who I was. I broke the gun and I didn't hang out with those people anymore. Over the next few years I started saving money to leav
Just because you're from Baltimore doesn't mean you need to act or talk like that. You don't need to be obsessed with street cred or what other people there think of you. I know the ghetto capitalistic mentality down there because I lived it. Everyone's trying to get some money and they don't care how they get it, be it selling crack or killing people. But you can say no, save up money, and leave. I did. I grew ip Edmonson ave during the 80s and 90s crack epidemic. I sold crack when I needed money and I was fine with it. I got in fights that escalated to gunfights and people got shot. I killed people for money, and I was making about $5000 per hit. All that money but I knew that it was wrong. I moved out of Baltimore to Ellicott City and I have never been happier. I met a beautiful girl, I have two kids and they can grow up different than I did. They can go outside and play on the street past 6 and not get shot. They don't need to worry about the gangsters and drug dealers going around killing people. So you can change your mentality. What's so great about living like that? People think you're hard? That's bullshit and you and I both know it.
Baltimore, Maryland is nothing but filth and disgust. The lakes and streets have more grocery carts then the stores do from lazy as people. That state needs a serious cleanup.
here is a novel ideal.... go to school, open and read a book.. learn how to speak proper English instead of the back alley gutter slut English.... and then maybe you can get a good job and then get a good home... and be productive to society.... or maybe we can use Baltimore as a model of what happens to you when you drop out of school and become a drug dealer...
Wow.... It's really sad how most of the people on here down everyone in Baltimore..... I live in windsor hills. That's Baltimore City my neighborhood is awesome.... Mixed neighbors.... Baltimore is not bad it's mostly certain areas that choose not to take care of their neighborhood..... Really don't bash or be offended do something about it
Okay, I'm white and I live in Baltimore. Yeah, it can be bad. But honestly, everyone is right about what they say. If you don''t get involved in gangs or drugs, they wont take interest in you. I've met gang members and drug dealers and they're usually really cool people who made shitty decisions. As long as you aren't an idiot, you'll be fine. I honestly can't wait to get out of here, but I can deal with it for now, it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, but its not good. And as for everyone getting mad at these
"ghetto" kids for pulling the race card and whining and what not,please stop. Yeah, they are ghetto, but some of my best friends are. I have a fairly good life, but I know people who have it bad, and when you have it bad in Baltimore, you have it REALLY bad. It's saddening to see how many people get turned the wrong way because no-one gives them a chance because they're "ghetto" or black. It pisses me off sometimes.
Bmore is nasty you people need to do better i say they burn all them row house and start over.
Baltimore ftw. I think maryland OUTSIDE THE city is Gr8. The ppl r friendly and welcoming. A minority of schools like my high school maritime industries academy is ghetto only bcuz a vast majority of kids take the school and bmore mta bus from the CITY where its crap. But minority of kids in the county which is mostly black r friendly so it don't matter whether you black, asian, spanish, whatever. It comes down 2 city or county.
You must not have read my post the way I intended. I wrote the above post. I am not from Baltimore, but my husband is. He, like you, survived the Park Heights streets back during the 80s and early 90s. Although he never dealt with drugs nor "offed" anyone, he was surrounded by it and even witnessed his cousin gunned down by a drive-by just a few feet away from him. Most of his cousins and childhood friends are either dead or in that big old hotel without a window on Falls Way. He realized that he needed to get out. He put himself through college, while working three jobs, and now has a decent life. My anger in my post comes from seeing the remainder of his family - nephews who are teenagers and young adults, who have adopted the ghetto mentality of their parents. We love these kids and have tried our best
to show them that there is a big world out there and more than just the ghetto that their lazy-ass
parents have provided for them. We have taken
them on vacations with us, tried to help them with
school and tried our best to guide them away from
that lifestyle. Unfortunately, they embrace that
hard, "gangstah", ghetto lifestyle. One nephew told
me last year, "my mommy tole me that I can get tattoo if I get good grade." A "good grade" is a D or
above. This kid can barely write and speaks so
poorly that you can barely understand him. After all of that being said, he graduated highschool...I guess we can call it a social promotion. Instead of going out and trying to work a job (we have even offered for him to come live with us in Ellicott City to give him a better opportunity), he chooses to sleep till 2pm, hang out with his loser father, and get into "the system" like the rest of his "never leave Baltimore, proud to be ghetto and if anyone says anything differently, they are a sellout" Baltimore family. It is heartbreaking to see. We have given him multiple job applications - good paying jobs with pensions that he could easily get if he wasn't afraid to work. He is not interested. He throws them in the trash. No ambition at all! It is a shame. His good- timing parents, who have had lots of payouts throughout their lives, with life insurance payouts and many "fall down and sue" incidents, could have moved them out of the hood, but chose, instead, to stay in an abandoned, dangerous neighborhood and spend their money on Polo shirts, chrome rims on the cars that they often have to hide to dodge the repo man, and their much important casino time. They are the poster childern for GHETTO. Unlike a lot of unfortunate people who are in that type of environment because they struggle, but have not been blessed with an opportunity or means to get out, these people have. They have been given more free money than I can even begin to imagine having....but they CHOOSE to live there. They choose this life and wouldn't have it any other way. They are quick to blame "the man" for their problems, but their "man" is their own damn selves. It's truly a tragedy!
Congratulations on making your way out of that area. I admire you for choosing a better life for you and your kids. I just wish some of my family would put their kids first. Pardon the lame Baltimore reference, but it is the old "crab in the barrel" mentality."
I agree. Dumbass, illiterate punks playing like they are big, important dudes. Here is something to think about - isn't it more "gangstah" and hard to actually get a job, work, and take care of your responsibilities than to be a lazy, dumbass piece of garbage who talks a lot of shit but is nothing but a coward? Get a job you losers!
You obviously haven't been to Baltimore. Yes, most cities have ghetto areas, but about 85 percent of Baltimore is comprised of ghettos, whereas in most other cities 85 percent is normal, tax generating business areas and subdivisions. I lived in Baltimore in 1998-2003. It's truly a cesspool. However, the people born and raised in these areas have few choices and even fewer chances. I don't completely blame them for the sad state of a once great city.
Liar! Your grammar and writing are exactly like a person raised right here in America. I don't believe for one second you were a child soldier.
I was born in Towson and raised in Baltimore. As a child I loved it but now I absolutely hate it. I still have my apartment there, but I'm hardly there at all. I live in my girlfriends place in Columbia instead and although there is racism out here, Id rather be here than in Baltimore. Everyone is a crab hater and all they do is sit on their stoops and stare at people all day. They do not like positive energy unless it's used in a street way and they hate on you at all aspects of what you do if you have more than them or if you are unique. I hate it and when I move it will be far away and for good. I regret staying as long as I did. I used to live in Philly and I liked it way better there. More diversity and people aren't as crabbish. They just accept you as you are, as long as you keep it honest with them as I did so I had little problems there.
Amen to the Med. student and the West African young man. They are both right. Pray for me. I am in regret for moving back to Baltimore. I hope I can leave here one day soon, forever.
In Baltimore, ain't nothing to her, old dirty ass bitches.. Bitch, clean your dirty ass twats, and wearing your condoms is a must in an area like that. Even if it's the wife.
And the hills have eyes! Hot co-co for your snow-blow, anyone. Anyway, if there weren't scams everywhere the city could be alright, oh and the roaches. And don't look for hard narcotics because some coke just might be some old breast milk. Lol
Just check bmores murder rate
Just like in ever city,country and or state has nasty bad places with bad schools overcrowding and drugs and guns. Compared to other places it isn't that bad so don't make it seem like those pics sum up Baltimore .
Education! Education is the way, education,education,education!
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Yes I lived there for 20 years on and off now all my children and grandchildren live there I am afraid for my grandchildren.
Nah man. #chighanistan
Orlando Florida? That just can't be Right.
Baltimore is no different than any other city of course there are poor people or should I say the disinfrachised. And there are those who because of this resort to crime, but these people are the exception not the rule. Most of the people in the city are friendly and kind. As far as the condition of the city, its all political the city appears to cater to the rich or should I say the 1%. Taxes are high here, I think we maybe the only state that taxes rain and toilet flushing. These kind of things are absurd but there are only a few families that control this state and these are the real criminals! Of course there is a lot of beauty here as well Maryland is surrounded by the Chesapeake bay and its quite lovely.Our seafood is the absolute best! I do realize that shows like the Wire, homicide depict Baltimore as a rat hole full of crime and drugs but pleas remember where these drugs and guns originate. Pray for our city and all cities. NAMASTE
Baltimore is no different than any other city of course there are poor people or should I say the disinfrachised. And there are those who because of this resort to crime, but these people are the exception not the rule. Most of the people in the city are friendly and kind. As far as the condition of the city, its all political the city appears to cater to the rich or should I say the 1%. Taxes are high here, I think we maybe the only state that taxes rain and toilet flushing. These kind of things are absurd but there are only a few families that control this state and these are the real criminals! Of course there is a lot of beauty here as well Maryland is surrounded by the Chesapeake bay and its quite lovely.Our seafood is the absolute best! I do realize that shows like the Wire, homicide depict Baltimore as a rat hole full of crime and drugs but pleas remember where these drugs and guns originate. Pray for our city and all cities. NAMASTE
I am a gay nigger and addict. Is Baltimore a good place to do drugs and suck gay black cock?
It's desperate people every where. If it was so sad then you shouldn't have went to school here.
Hello everyone. Well first let me say that Baltimore is a great city. It has a lot of history here and a lot of stars have been born here. Like any city we have our share of crimes. We also have a lot of poverty but that is changing as more jobs are being added. What saddens me is these negative, nasty and belittling comments that I am reading. Understand something people that when people are living in poor conditions then they will resort to survive in anyway they can. Yes that young man will go sell drugs to help his mother pay the bills. Speaking of the mother who is forced to raise her children a lone BC the father is serving time in prison or can not find work BC of his past record. That single mother has to work to care for her child and the child is left with no activies. So, all he has as a mentor is Day day and them that are slingling on the corner. It is a socioeconomic issue that has been occurring in the black community for a long time. If a person lacks the neccessay resources then they will do what ever it takes to survive. Now for all you people that make fun of the BCPS system you should be ashamed of yourself. The public schools are not bad. Many of teachers Dont take time out with these children they are quick to label them, put them on meds and then put them in jail. Plus, they are not putting in that extra time like many teacher did a long time ago. They are burned out but they still do teach the lesson. Most of a child's learning comes from home anyway. Now as far as the white ppl that have comment that you are so scared and all these drug dealers in your neighborhood then either report it or move (problem solved)! As far as the ones that are in the struggle and going dealing with so much in your life. I would like to encourage to push forward and give yourself a better life. There are lots of good schools in Baltimore so, enroll in one. Education is the key to get out of poverty. If your parent is strung out there on drugs seek help for them. If they Dont want the help then help yourself. Join programs, clubs and organizations to keep yourselves busy. Lastly, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT I'm going to say that again BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT. Stop complaining and downing the next person and start helpings. We can't wait for the government to help us we have to come together to help one another. We have to stop doing and judging each other and step up aa a community and help. If you see that single mother struggling then lend her a hand. Donate some clothes or invite her over for a meal and give her resources. This goes for the whites as well. Stop frowni g your nose up and being so "scared" and be a mentor to a young man or girl. See the problem is we all have turned a blind eyes to the issues. We have adapted the "its not my problem attitude" and we all fail. It saddens my heart and it needs to stop.
As far as my spelling errors or typos. It is what it is
Yes, I dropped out in the 9th grade, was in foster care and had two babies. But, guess what I have two certifications plus I went back and got my high school diploma. I have a bachelors degree and am finishing up my masters now. So, if I can do it anyone can. I Dont seek approval and none of my accomplishments mean anything unless I use them to help others.
Please stop posting negative stuff about my city! Get up and help out!! BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT!!! Peace -Tee
Let them stew in the stinking shit they create for themselves. Cut off welfare. 5 generations living at grandma's house paying zero rent, bills, etc.. Then sell drugs and rob/murder for pocket money. Then go to McDonald's, bag of weed, Newport's, and some 40s. They destroyed the neighborhood themselves. Get off your ass and fix it.
Don't tell them what they shouldn't have done and no shit there are desperate people everywhere. What they are saying is that there are more than usually. They said there were sad areas, never did they say that the went to school in a sad place. Smart ass.
It sure is...black dick everywhere..& they will stick it in anything..male,female,dog,cat,alive or dead
Nigs have ruined every city in America
Baltimore has a lot of history and had a great potential. Some here said it has it's good spots. True that. Some sport are really nice. The problem is, that those are literally just that - small islands of remaining culture amidst ran down, trashed and hardly qualifying for living dumpster.
Of course, investing money into inadequate projection of the image of a mythical superpower is more important than clean cities, good education and well-being of the citizens. Not sure when that happened, but today's America is indistinguishable from what Americans like to call "third world".
I live in Cumberland on the other end of the state and the drug situation is getting way outta hand. I can't even imagine taking up residence in Baltimore, it is probably a thousand times worse
BOO HOOOOOOOO!
BOO HOOOOOOOO!
Park Heights has the best dope in the city. Eastside at Huffman and Holbrook streets has some dam fine dope too.
I grew up in that same neborhood in the late 60s,70s and 80s. It' called Belair Edison. I lived on a street right off of Brehms Lane and it was a beautiful place to grow up. I even dreamed of buying my own home there when I grew up but that was not to be. Sometime around the mid 80s things changed drasticly. My lovely neighborhood slowly but surely started turning into a ghetto. My parents were lucky enough to sell our home quickly and move far far away. Now the whole area is a full blown rat infested,drug dealing, gangbanging, needles and crack vial littered streets,boarded up houses, people being murdered often dirty shithole ghetto. I wouldn't even drive through that area now unless I was in a tank. And you rep the 410? You rep ignorance and violence. You should rep the zoo monkey. You don't even matter really because you wil end up in the pen or the grave with your gangster bullshit anyway. Who you gonna rep then fool???
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AND YOUR STUPID ASS IS REAL PROUD OF THAT!!!
SHIT YOU CAN'T EVEN SWING A DEAD CAT AROUND WITHOUT HITTING A JUNKIE IN BALTIMORE. WE ARE THE HEROIN CAPITOL OF THE NATION. DON'T BELIEVE ME? GOOGLE IT.
half of them know about sad areas because that is where they go to get their drugs.
half of them know about sad areas because that is where they go to get their drugs.
Ggg
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Fuck Baltimore, born and raised in that shithole. Full of lowlife assholes who'd probably rape and Rob their mothers
I live right outside of Baltimore. There ARE tons of desperate people. Disgusting people . no conscience people etc. Baltimore is a shithole
Trump was right, Bmore is a shit hole and yet, Rep. Elijah Cummings hasn't done jack shit to fix it and he's been the representative since 1996, some 23 years. While his estimated worth is 2 Million. And you all just keep voting him in year after year.
I suppose life would be hard for someone who doesn't have the kind of skills it takes to open a garbage bag. Why is the garbage everywhere, making the place a cesspool paradise for vermin? Is everyone so mentally ill that it's just Grey Gardens all the time? Is it congenital? Do questions like these make life better for everyone there, because we are all asking now - wtf is wrong in your head? Does everyone there just expect the help to come in and take care of it for them? A little bit, like the smallest little bit, of initiative and ingenuity and these places could be thriving hubs of culture. But no. Blame some outside force for how hard it is to put litter in the bin and just wallow and die in feigned helplessness and filth all while complaining that no one is fixing all your problems for you. It's your home. Look how you choose to keep it. No wonder making an economy there is an impossible task. Who would want to do business with someone who expects servants to do every basic thing for them? Clean your neighborhood yourself. Take a bath. Make an effort to do anything at all - maybe even just talking to people nicely would help. Life is hard, but the people who tend these places work as hard as possible to make it unbearable, too. No respect.
Bitch no itd not
Every place n'ggas go, they destroy.
thank you for the informative post, will definitely come back for more.
To whoever has created or regularly comments on this blog -- what the hell is wrong with you? What is this fascination with urban blight? This should be something that we all think of ways of improving, not draw attention to. There is something very racially charged about many of the comments on here and overall i hate it. Imma get out of here
this page is literally a breeding ground for racists and as a white person Id like to apologize to all the black folks from the city who have to see this shit blog
I bet people all poopstains in their drawers
The poverty rate of Blacks in the USA dropped from 60% in 1959 to 22% today. White Americans currently have a poverty rate of 9% - The current poverty stats for Maryland are 13%(Blacks) and 6%(whites) respectively.
The largest causes of poverty are 1) drug consumption 2) single motherhood 3) low education levels, especially in the areas of English and Math.
So, in the long term, the situation has improved significantly for Blacks, not by a little, but by a multiple of 3 times less poverty.
Furthermore, the major drivers of poverty are founded on personal decisions. Taking drugs is a personal decision. Early, unplanned motherhood is based on weak personal decisions. And education, at least at the levels needed to push oneself to reasonable high school English or Math can be readily achieved simply by listening in class and doing one's homework.
If one believes that others are responsible to improve you, well then you will be as successful as Venezuela/Zimbabwe/Greece.
Become a winner and not a whiner. Change, what you can change. Don't go for the quick win, but work on the mid to long term.
Yes it is a GIANT SHITHOLE full of murderous thugs.
Excuses don’t make
It a safer or better place. It’s a dump. Period. It’s full of violent shitbags no matter what reason you believe caused it to be that way. You said it yourself people have Choices. That city is full of people making the wrong ones. The best choice to make is to move somewhere else or be a victim of 50 year of Democrat policies
Can we get Trump to build a wall around Baltimore please?
Baltimore is a S H I T H O L E !!!
I was driving my bicycle in Baltimore last month, Pigtown specifically, when all of a sudden I hit a crack in the ashphalt (yes, imagine that, a road in bmore that ain't in tip-top shape!)...anyhow, this crack sent me careening off my bike and I landed pussy-first into a tree, a big fucking maple tree! Turns out I sprained my pussy and now it's in a cast. Anyway, before the cast, I was limping through Pigtown, sore, sprained pussy and all, when I did chance up a group of surly street trash, eyeballing me up and down like I was a wee snack. I was frightened to shit, so to get outta that scary situation, I did what any sensible gal would do: I said to the group "Who of y'all here needs your dick sucked? Form a line here to my right...no more than two cocks at a time, though (a lady needs to show a bit o' class now and again). So I did - I licked those dicks, up and down, like they was corn on the cob. After I blew them all - plus two hornier dudes who went back for seconds, I made my escape! I limped to the corner just as this rundown piece of shit bus was trudging thru the intersection, seemingly on it's last fucking wheel, and I flagged the driver down. He did NOT stop, of course, cocksuckers that all bus drivers are, so instead I 'bumper-hitched' (grab onto the back bumper and slide along on my feet). I worked! I made it to the bay where I fucking swam for it! So yeah I think Baltimore is a fucking SHITHOLE!
Yea, it's self-made Mr. Aston Matrin
My son graduated in Townsend and Baltimore he was also doing an independent study with John Hopkins as an independent study with John Hopkins as an intern my son was howled up at knife wink twice so yeah Baltimore is pretty much more fucked up than any city around here
BIX NOOD MOTHAFUGGA
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