Baltimore and Detroit are the armpits of America. I used to think it was just incompetence or gross negligence on the part of authorities but after doing my own research I have come to the conclusion that it is by design that things are so fukked up.
Why is John's Hopkins university in a CAC part of north Baltimore, while the hospital is near a war zone in East Baltimore? To experiment on the desperate and harvest organs. Why are the schools fukked up? As long as it's fukked up they can keep asking for more money from the state. They are at $2billion a year budget and are just as dilapidated as ever. Why are the roads in such bad shape? They can continue to charge for repairs instead of fixing the road right once. The city functions on dysfunction.
Nearly half of all economic activity is tied to the black market. There wouldnt be a Lexington Market if it wasn't an open air drug market. If it wasn't for food stamps there wouldn't be any corner stores.
There is a small group of people profiting off of the city, and none of them live here. Imagine your a young professional CAC who buys one these overpriced rehabs in canton or fells point. Sure you live near restaurants, bars and Starbucks.... but after buying a house the next step is having kids.
Where will they go to school?
What playground isnt covered in glass, drug paraphernalia, and used condoms?
You gonna let your kids ride a bike outside dodging drunk drivers, fiends and potholes?