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jabbadarth t1_ir4z70f wrote

>This is why I won’t live in Baltimore,” the message read. “When I was driving through there, it didn’t even look like America. It looked like the middle of fucking Uganda. Even war-torn Ukraine looks nicer than west Baltimore.” 

Fucking morons. The middle of Uganda is a beautiful place. Sprawling modern cities rolling into beautiful countryside. I wonder if there could possibly be another reason this mouth breather chose Uganda as their example.

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Honeyblade t1_ir5lweh wrote

I think most Americans think any country Africa is just a third-world wasteland. It's by design, it's the only way any media portrays any African nation. They have no idea how beautiful places like Ghana, Uganda, and Namibia are.

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aresef OP t1_ir5qefx wrote

Or I've never been to Lagos but it looks like a wonderful place.

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jabbadarth t1_ir5up3v wrote

I'll admit I was quite ignorant myself until a few years ago. One of my coworkers is from Uganda and regularly visits. I asked her what she did while she was there and she said she stayed with family and would go clubbing and go out to dinner and see movies etc. I was like wait what's in Uganda. I just had that stereotypical view of Africa being nothing but villages with cities containing tin roofed shacks. Some cities in Uganda are closer to wakanda than they are the wide perception of Africa.

Edit:never change reddit. Downvoted for talking about how I learned something.

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Honeyblade t1_ir6bzmn wrote

Also the wildlife in Namibia is so cool and beautiful! Worth it just to go look at the plants and animals.

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[deleted] t1_ir5pj46 wrote

Or Tanzania or Kenya or... List goes on

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Honeyblade t1_ir5rm91 wrote

Exactly, there are so many beautiful places in Africa!

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FlimFlamMagoo728 t1_ir5enln wrote

I know the good, christian thing or whatever would be to try and engage them and get them to come to the city and see all it has to offer and all of the vibrancy and life that exists across the city, and also try to get them to understand that the people that live here are in fact still human beings that are of equal worth to them.

But that is not what I would do if I ran into one of these little assholes on the street.

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jabbadarth t1_ir5ub9q wrote

I live in the county now and when my wife and I talk to people about moving there from the city their eyes always get wide and they act like I moved out of north korea. Our answer is always we loved it but between 2 kids in a small rowhouse and covid we decided we wanted more space. They always seemed genuinely shocked that we weren't somehow stuck in the city.

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FlimFlamMagoo728 t1_ir5uvoy wrote

It's honestly wild how people that live so close to Baltimore can know absofuckinglutely nothing about it. I love living here.

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F-ingFranz t1_ir6lxkn wrote

(White) people from Frederick and Howard county make the biggest fucking deal about Baltimore “I wouldn’t go there without a gun” yeah okay Liam fucking Neeson I somehow managed as a white dude to work all over the city and county for years with no issues but yes please tell me about dangerous it is

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PigtownDesign t1_ir6mb7p wrote

“I wouldn’t go there without a gun*”

*Except for a Ravens game.

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jabbadarth t1_ir5vdyy wrote

My boss lives in Olney and has never been to Baltimore city. I work in Cillege Park and I'd say a majority of people I have met that live south of Columbia haven't been to baltinore other than decades ago for a highschool field trip.

I mean I get DC is closer but Baltimore is only 30 minutes away. Insane to not ever even check it out.

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