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BJJBean t1_j3xiiyn wrote

My friends from Raleigh came up to visit once. My buddy literally said "So, do you guys just not have trash cans here?"

Baltimore's level of litter is straight up embarrassing and it speaks heavily towards the kind of people who live in this city.

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z3mcs t1_j3xl7rp wrote

> it speaks heavily towards the kind of people who live in this city.

There's a lot of really good people in this city. And a lot of shitty ones. I had the same experience with a west coast city. It gets talked about like its nice but you get there and are greeted with a straight up piss smell that takes up whole blocks. Baltimore is like every other city - some good things, some bad things. Some bad people, some good people. There are horrible things that happen in other cities that never happen here, and the reverse. That said, fuck people who litter.

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Timid_Teacher t1_j3zap9s wrote

My dad is in San Francisco for work right now and he says he can't leave his hotel and there are armed guards at the door. Also, his coworkers saw some men beat some random person up on the sidewalk -- sounds awful.

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Illustrious_Listen_6 t1_j3xt0j9 wrote

I’m a big believer, if the area is clean, It will definitely bring positive vibes… I really wish city leaders would understand that… but they don’t

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Holiday_Car_9727 t1_j3xms6d wrote

You don’t want to visit Seattle because moving here I was shocked how clean downtown is, but than Seattle is awful!!

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BJJBean t1_j3xniuk wrote

Never been to Seattle but I went to Portland last year. I was super excited to go cause all I ever hear about is how hip and cool the place is. Arrive there and it's an absolute shit hole. Tent cities everywhere, trash, filth, etc. I looked at my wife and was like "Well, at least Baltimore isn't the worst place to live in America."

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sit_down_man t1_j3zdrn3 wrote

I visited Portland this spring and was pretty shocked too. Just covered in garbage. Yet somehow it's so damn expensive and has this positive reputation? For all its faults, at least Baltimore is cheap lol

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