I’m not this old, but my understanding is that a lot of people have bad feelings towards the development of the inner harbor, it took much of the cities priority, focus and resources away from “rest of Baltimore” and funneled it all into the waterfront and it’s neighborhoods while other former retail districts and residential areas deteriorated due to disinvestment. It also didn’t help that this was during urban flight and suburban growth. And shortly after the race riots of the assassination of MLK (1968). That being said, the overall benefits of the change from working harbor port to current tourism/amenity redevelopment are obvious.