Quote Originally Posted by BaL-|-imore View Post
During white flight, they actually took the time to destroy ALL the trams that brought people from suburbia to downtown? It basically forced low income (black) families to stay IN the city while the rich (white) families that could afford cars moved out to the suburbs. It was racist city politics at its best. Now, they complain about not having enough mass transit available.

But, to your point, the black community, which is the largest race in Baltimore City, has a 33% unemployment. So, yeah Baltimore is pretty poor...and crime ridden.
Just stay in the Inner Harbor or Little Italy and you won't have to deal with the crime