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

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.