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You haven't seen much of the city, then. I live not far away, and functional cities do not have streets that look like what many of Baltimore's streets look lik

You haven't seen much of the city, then. I live not far away, and functional cities do not have streets that look like what many of Baltimore's streets look like. And they don't have public schools were not a single student, out of hundreds, is meeting the minimum standards of proficiency

tomrod 3y ago
> functional cities do not have streets that look like what many of Baltimore's streets look like You may be experiencing a bit of proximity bias. Roads all over the north east are torn up. I'd argue the school district issue can be fixed, but it will take funding.
- George83728 3y ago
  He's obviously not talking about the state of the road surface. Anybody who's spent much time in Baltimore, not just in the tourist areas, knows what I mean.
  - tomrod 3y ago
    Then said commentator should obviously spend time writing with more clarity so their intended connotation is understood rather than using rhetoric that points to the state of the road surface. Anyone who's spent much time discussing and fixing real issues, rather than writing off whole cities as intractably broken, knows what I mean.
    - George83728 3y ago
      There's no sense clarifying things for the deliberately obtuse.
      - tomrod 3y ago
        Aye, and for the rest of folks such as you, me, and the original commentator, it's important to clarify things.
- Georgelemental 3y ago
  It's not the road surface, it's the city blocks with not a single window that isn't boarded up, and a third of the houses have trees growing inside. As for the schools, they already get a ton of funds: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/update-baltimore-city-now-americas-third-most-funded-school-system https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/update-balti... But more money won't fix systemic incompetence, corruption (https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-baltimore-mayor-catherine-pugh-pleads-guilty-federal-conspiracy-and-tax-charges https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-baltimore-mayor-ca...), and misguided policies.

tomrod 3y ago

> functional cities do not have streets that look like what many of Baltimore's streets look like You may be experiencing a bit of proximity bias. Roads all over the north east are torn up. I'd argue the school district issue can be fixed, but it will take funding.

George83728 3y ago
He's obviously not talking about the state of the road surface. Anybody who's spent much time in Baltimore, not just in the tourist areas, knows what I mean.
- tomrod 3y ago
  Then said commentator should obviously spend time writing with more clarity so their intended connotation is understood rather than using rhetoric that points to the state of the road surface. Anyone who's spent much time discussing and fixing real issues, rather than writing off whole cities as intractably broken, knows what I mean.
  - George83728 3y ago
    There's no sense clarifying things for the deliberately obtuse.
    - tomrod 3y ago
      Aye, and for the rest of folks such as you, me, and the original commentator, it's important to clarify things.
Georgelemental 3y ago
It's not the road surface, it's the city blocks with not a single window that isn't boarded up, and a third of the houses have trees growing inside. As for the schools, they already get a ton of funds: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/update-baltimore-city-now-americas-third-most-funded-school-system https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/update-balti... But more money won't fix systemic incompetence, corruption (https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-baltimore-mayor-catherine-pugh-pleads-guilty-federal-conspiracy-and-tax-charges https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-baltimore-mayor-ca...), and misguided policies.