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View Poll Results: is baltimore a northern city?
yes 52 45.61%
no 62 54.39%
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Old 11-22-2014, 03:26 PM
 
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Because northern culture extends far beyond the Mason-Dixon Line and is much stronger than southern culture extending north beyond of the Mason-Dixon Line. That's why Baltimore and Washington DC are considered northern cities by many people. If southern influence was strong beyond the Mason-Dixon Line than cities like Philadelphia and New York City would be considered southern cities in culture.

Washington DC and Baltimore are both mid-atlantic and northern, just like Philadelphia and New York City.
^^ Great post!
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Old 11-22-2014, 03:29 PM
 
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Because northern culture extends far beyond the Mason-Dixon Line and is much stronger than southern culture extending north beyond of the Mason-Dixon Line. That's why Baltimore and Washington DC are considered northern cities by many people. If southern influence was strong beyond the Mason-Dixon Line than cities like Philadelphia and New York City would be considered southern cities in culture.

Washington DC and Baltimore are both mid-atlantic and northern, just like Philadelphia and New York City.
Exactly this is very accurate.
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Old 11-22-2014, 07:47 PM
 
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Great Post!
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Old 11-22-2014, 09:02 PM
 
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Because northern culture extends far beyond the Mason-Dixon Line and is much stronger than southern culture extending north beyond of the Mason-Dixon Line. That's why Baltimore and Washington DC are considered northern cities by many people. If southern influence was strong beyond the Mason-Dixon Line than cities like Philadelphia and New York City would be considered southern cities in culture.

Washington DC and Baltimore are both mid-atlantic and northern, just like Philadelphia and New York City.
+ 9 Wonderful post! Thank you for your contribution!
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Old 11-23-2014, 12:58 PM
 
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Finally, more people are starting to accept the fact that Baltimore and Maryland are northeastern.
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Old 11-23-2014, 01:07 PM
 
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Thing that surprised me the most about Baltimore is how small its Italian-American population is relative to other Northeastern cities, especially considering it was a port of embarkation for so many Italian immigrants at one time and is so close to major cities with HUGE Italian-American populations like Philly, Trenton, Newark, NYC, New Haven, et al.

What happened there?
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Old 11-23-2014, 01:30 PM
 
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Thing that surprised me the most about Baltimore is how small its Italian-American population is relative to other Northeastern cities, especially considering it was a port of embarkation for so many Italian immigrants at one time and is so close to major cities with HUGE Italian-American populations like Philly, Trenton, Newark, NYC, New Haven, et al.

What happened there?
Maybe the Baltimore Italians moved to the suburbs during the White Flight?
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Old 11-23-2014, 02:51 PM
 
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Thing that surprised me the most about Baltimore is how small its Italian-American population is relative to other Northeastern cities, especially considering it was a port of embarkation for so many Italian immigrants at one time and is so close to major cities with HUGE Italian-American populations like Philly, Trenton, Newark, NYC, New Haven, et al.

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Very few boats of Italian immigrants came to Baltimore. Most boats went to Philadelphia and NY. Many Italians immigrants came to Baltimore by train from NYC. There was also a lot of prejudice against Italians in Baltimore, that didn't exist in Philadelphia or NY.

Ships filled with immigrants came directly to Baltimore from Bremen, Germany, which is why there are large numbers of people of German descent in this area. Ellis Island was the big port of embarkation for Italian immigrants. From Ellis Island they were sent to where work was available, such as the steel mills of Pittsburgh, the factories of Chicago, and the coal mines of Northwestern Pennsylvania, which is how many ended up in those areas.

Italians in the Baltimore area did move to the suburbs. Parts of Randallstown had many Italian families when new communities were built there in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Old 11-23-2014, 03:16 PM
 
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Very few boats of Italian immigrants came to Baltimore. Most boats went to Philadelphia and NY. Many Italians immigrants came to Baltimore by train from NYC. There was also a lot of prejudice against Italians in Baltimore, that didn't exist in Philadelphia or NY.

Ships filled with immigrants came directly to Baltimore from Bremen, Germany, which is why there are large numbers of people of German descent in this area. Ellis Island was the big port of embarkation for Italian immigrants. From Ellis Island they were sent to where work was available, such as the steel mills of Pittsburgh, the factories of Chicago, and the coal mines of Northwestern Pennsylvania, which is how many ended up in those areas.

Italians in the Baltimore area did move to the suburbs. Parts of Randallstown had many Italian families when new communities were built there in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Baltimore has a port that leads to the ocean, just like NYC and Philly. But, why does Baltimore has less Italian immigrants than NYC or Philly? How did prejudice against Italians in Baltimore happened?
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Old 11-23-2014, 03:29 PM
 
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Baltimore has a port that leads to the ocean, just like NYC and Philly. But, why does Baltimore has less Italian immigrants than NYC or Philly? How did prejudice against Italians in Baltimore happened?
This is not true at all. Just look at Little Italy in Baltimore.
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