moderndukes t1_iwc9t8v wrote on November 14, 2022 at 4:07 PM

> I've heard multiple people not from Baltimore refer to the city as a "war zone" and I think it's important that they get a "boots-on-the-ground" perspective

Those are people who either only watch Fox45 and Fox News, or watched The Wire and didn’t understand it.

Ambitious-Intern-928 t1_iwctshd wrote on November 14, 2022 at 6:20 PM

There are absolutely people that live here that describe it as such, you think the people living in the rough areas of the city live in some imaginary fairy land? A 13 year old just died from being shot in the head near Douglas-homes. A 14 year old was just shot in the back in Belair-Edison. Pretty recently a 9 year old fatally shot a 15 year old in Edmonson-Village and the family felt it was intentional. There are BRUTAL assaults everyday and many are just random bad-ass kids looking for trouble. I think pretending everything is rosey is just as bad as completely sh***** on the city. These are REAL PEOPLE, not numbers. The murder rate doesn't even begin to paint the real picture, we have way more non-fatal shootings and many of those victims now require long-term care. Many victims of assault have life-long injuries. I don't understand why people get butthurt when somebody points all of this out. Yes, the same thing is happening in other cities, that doesn't mean our extremely high rate of violence should just be swept under the rug.

moderndukes t1_iwcxt3z wrote on November 14, 2022 at 6:46 PM

> I think pretending everything is rosey is just as bad as completely sh***** on the city.

Nice strawman - all I said was that the "war zone" and "boots-on-the-ground" language is parroting Fox News, I didn't say Baltimore is a perfect place.

Ambitious-Intern-928 t1_iwcyspw wrote on November 14, 2022 at 6:52 PM

But it's NOT just fox rhetoric, that's my point. Just over the weekend somebebody was telling me how they switched their living rooms and dining rooms to avoid bullets on Preston St (down the hill) and their exact words were, "you gotta do what ya gotta do when you live in a warzone. I've heard people living in Carrollton Ridge decribe their neighborhood as a warzone, this is not isolated, I've heard dozens of Baltimore residents describe their neighborhoods as warzones. You saying people living in Baltimore don't have this perspective is just FALSE.