Monday, July 29, 2019

Charm City


“Don’t shit in your own nest.” — old English proverb

Sixty-two years ago, before the Baltimore Harbor tunnel was completed (November, 1957), drivers had to traverse much of this inner-city when going north or south between New York and Washington, DC. Back then I recall that this city was famous for its freshly-scrubbed white front steps (often owned by minorities) — a badge of pride for the Charm City of Edgar Allen Poe.

Now things have dramatically changed and, according to almost every honest observer, Baltimore resembles a “third-world country” (ala Bernie Sanders). It has the highest murder rate in the US and is a sullen, broken, corrupt society. Why did this descent into hell occur. Perhaps 52 years of unbroken Democrat mayors and 23 years of being represented in Congress by Democrat Elijah Cummings?

I guess anyone lamenting this fall from grace is a racist? Just another symptom of why Baltimore is such a rotten place to live ... it’s always someone else’s fault.

4 comments:

ChillFin said...

Kusner owns thousands of units in Baltimore, hundreds of which had code violations for filth, mold, and vermin in the past three years. Jared, the third-word landlord... Ironic, isn't it?

George W. Potts said...

If so, Cummings (and his father-in-law) should call him out ...

ChillFin said...

Why do you say "If so,"? Do you need verification that Kushner is a slumlord?

George W. Potts said...

I did research your comment further. Apparently his apartment units were “near Baltimore” and I don’t think they were in “slums” nor did it say what the racial makeup of his renters were. However, of the 200 violations, 86% have been corrected. And mice are not rats. We get mice from time to time and our house is not a slim.

How come you liberals always respond to such charges with “yes, but”?