Crimes are giving Baltimore City a bad name. It's also keeping people from the suburbs from coming into the city and tourists and event organizers from choosing Charm City as their desired destination, but some leaders are hoping to change that perception.
With the murders on track to pass 300 by the end of the year, it has those looking from the outside in questioning how often they actually need to go into the city.
"I believe everyone is more cautious when they go into the city now, which is unfortunate, because we used to go down to dinner in the city weekly and now we don't," said Mary Sanders, a Carroll County resident.
Sanders is not alone. Those who do say they're a little more on edge when they make that trip down Interstate 83.
Take Lenwood Hall, for example. He lives in Baltimore County, but his 16-year-old daughter goes to school in the city.
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like Baltimore didn't already have a bad reputation
ReplyDeletejust ask anyone from the eastern shore
IMAGINE THAT
ReplyDeleteWe're a long way from chicken shacks and juke joints, but it's looking like Baltimore is on a slippery slope to take itself there.
ReplyDeleteTheir reputation was not good before and now it's worse. Glad I live on the eastern shore.
ReplyDeleteYeh the eastern shore is the place to be.....no jobs....no money.....no progress.....the shore is sinking faster then any of you realize......you couldn't pay me to live here....that's why I moved my family off the shore......best move ever....the shore is a beautiful place to visit.....not to live.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed going to the Inner Harbor and especially the National Aquarium but over the last several years, I have stopped going to Baltimore all together. I no longer feel safe in the city much less on the roads going by Baltimore.
ReplyDeleteThe total lack of quality leadership, and the deceitfulness in the State Attorney's office has caused this city to fail from grace, and has put the final nails in their city's coffin.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteTheir reputation was not good before and now it's worse. Glad I live on the eastern shore.
October 8, 2015 at 2:27 PM
this place is getting just as bad, almost
I visited the eastern shore and specifically Salisbury about a month ago after living there 10 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe how much it has changed.....for the worst.
Baltimore is moving east. It is like an infection. Control it now, or get out!