I live in Baltimore. There is so much that is nice about the city, that it's a real shame to have all the drugs and violent crime we do. We had a recent stretch where there were 300 or more murders in the city every year for ten years. The crime rate has been dropping a lot recently, especially that murder rate, but there are parts of town that I still wouldn't enter with a military escort.
Washington, too. It's just as bad down there, if not worse.
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"Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen."
--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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