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2018-04-03 -Land of the Free

What's causing Baltimore's population loss? It's no mystery

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Posted by Fred 2018-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Why am I thinking "third world"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-03 04:07|| 2018-04-03 04:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm thinking 'Detroit'...

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-04-03 04:33|| 2018-04-03 04:33|| Front Page Top

#3 The more a place has hyphenated Americans the less it behaves like America and people flee to non-hyphenated American places...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-04-03 05:46|| 2018-04-03 05:46|| Front Page Top

#4 At least it's racially diverse...

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-03 07:19|| 2018-04-03 07:19|| Front Page Top

#5 It should be spelled die-versity

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-03 08:16|| 2018-04-03 08:16|| Front Page Top

#6 I forget where I discovered this bit of information but it seems Baltimore is exporting its troubles elsewhere. Either Baltimore city or Maryland state are paying $2000 dollars to people who will relocate. Seems Western Maryland is a target spot. Crime has dramatically increased in Cumberland and along the creek from Midland to Westernport. Drug treatment clinics popping up also. New idea is a place to shoot up unhindered. Reminds me of the Opium dens of times past. Now with the new Heroine treatment with narcan(new nasal spray) doesn't work. I call this planned parenthood for adults.

Posted by Dale 2018-04-03 08:18|| 2018-04-03 08:18|| Front Page Top

#7 The city’s burdensome property tax on homeowners explains why the city has more renters than homeowners.

It explains nothing. Landlords don't adjust rents to incorporate property taxes? What an ignoramus.

Baltimore's (and St Louis) single most easily addressed problem is that it is not in a county. If they were returned to their respective counties problems would not be eliminated, but the surrounding affluent communities would have to be more involved and responsible for cleaning them up. As it is they have become literal ghettos.

Posted by Spanky Glomort8304 2018-04-03 09:27|| 2018-04-03 09:27|| Front Page Top

#8 It explains nothing. Landlords don't adjust rents to incorporate property taxes? What an ignoramus.

There's the demand side to consider - can you get higher rents and / or quality tenants when people are leaving in droves? Seems doubtful.

Posted by Raj 2018-04-03 09:42|| 2018-04-03 09:42|| Front Page Top

#9 (sarcasm, sort of)
This ignores the useful aspects of the $hit#ole neighborhood, city, or country.
It's a good place to keep people you don't want around you. And they don't seem to mind.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-04-03 10:19|| 2018-04-03 10:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Blue Cities - the 21st Century equivalent of Native American reservations. Big difference being its voluntary.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-04-03 10:50|| 2018-04-03 10:50|| Front Page Top

#11 It should be spelled die-versity

Fast becoming uni-versity.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-03 10:55|| 2018-04-03 10:55|| Front Page Top

#12 One son used to clear titles after repos. They most complicated place to clear was Baltimore. Baltimore refuses to turn off gas, water and power connection fees (even though the actual stuff is turned off) so fees keep accumulating. They allow the ownership of a payment to be traded so multiple folk need to shake you down to clear up a title. This clearing can only be done one day a year at the courthouse. They don't accept check or credit card or debit card or line of credit. It must be done at the prescribed time with cash. Since he wasn't located in Baltimore is used to drive him bats until he hit upon a solution. Criminals were in the courthouse too. Criminals needed bail bondsmen. So he checked and a bail bondsman with enough money always on hand was just across the street. Bingo! He finally figured out how to clear the stupid Baltimore titles. He had his company make a deal with the bondsman and things went smoothly from then on.

Posted by 3dc 2018-04-03 12:03|| 2018-04-03 12:03|| Front Page Top

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