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DMelanogastard t1_je8ipjo wrote
Reply to comment by theallen247 in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
How could I not realize that capitalism is when iPhone! I’ve been so thoroughly outwitted
DMelanogastard t1_je89g84 wrote
Reply to comment by M3g4d37h in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
Me personally I just can’t relate to being alcoholic, racist, capitalist prick
DMelanogastard t1_je890t9 wrote
Reply to On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
Important detail is that he moved it because the city was set to take over the team. The prick robbed us of a TRULY publicly owned NFL franchise (even better than the Packer’s public stock ownership model)
DMelanogastard t1_j9wyfin wrote
Reply to First time home purchase by LordKibutsuji
Are you single? After you take other people’s advice of getting to know the different areas, maybe look into buying a condo? The 2bed 3bath 1800sqft townhome next to me just got bought by a single guy who only shares it with his cat. He’s a nice neighbor and it’s his money to spend, but imo it seems like a bit of a waste
DMelanogastard t1_j9p385p wrote
Reply to If someone says “the most effective nonprofit (or community group) in Baltimore” - what groups do you think of? by caseyswatts
Habitat of the Chesapeake is pretty great! They’ve renovated over 770 homes including communities of high need like Sandtown and McCabe. This city has a very unique problem (more vacant houses than there are unhoused people) which allows $ to go a lot further by renovating than other Habitat chapters which deal mostly in new builds. They also have a political advocacy wing that lobbies for housing reform legislation both in Annapolis and DC. Plus Habitat ReStores take furniture donations which reduces waste, sells them to community members at fairly reasonable prices, and then dumps every dollar back into the organization. Finally, they usually score really well on charity watchdog websites with more than half their board filled by non-salaries positions and less than 6% of their annual “income” going to administrative expenses (75% to programs, 19% to fundraising). The only downside is their religious foundation which I feel like could be a little weird on the international level, but in my experiences volunteering with them in Baltimore it’s never been mentioned
DMelanogastard t1_j11xpok wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Socialist spaces in Baltimore? by fiorelloyellow
I’m so wildly confused by this thread. Is sit_down a socialist arguing with Antoine who he thinks is a conservative but is actually a Marxist?
DMelanogastard t1_j0ch5ut wrote
Reply to comment by yeahyeahyeahyeah in What do you call those narrow tunnels between row houses? by squiddydc
If a mugger is staking out an alley theoretically used only by you and your neighbor, you have some serious problems
DMelanogastard t1_iy68g52 wrote
Reply to comment by instantcoffee69 in Elon Musk’s Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America by bmore
Specifically it was “fuck Baltimore for making me spend a bunch of money on cops to beat the shit out of people who protested Freddie Gray’s murder” which REALLY resonated with his voting base
DMelanogastard t1_ixacm3y wrote
Reply to comment by moderndukes in “Controversy emerges over changes to Baltimore’s Central Avenue streetscape as it nears completion” (Baltimore Sun) by moderndukes
Oh nooooo! Surely the bikes going 20mph and the pedestrians going 3mph will generate so much less business than the cars flying by at 40!
DMelanogastard t1_jecsr8y wrote
Reply to comment by DorianCHoldingsworth in Anyone else not living in DC think that the fact that the acronym DMV isn’t literal is stupid as fuck? by dhg1927
Wale uses it on his song running back that way which was the first time I ever heard it “the DMV on the map, that’s a city, two states”