JUST moved to sandtown w. baltimore....OMG!!! (home, move to)

[fragile stone]

Well you must understand I moved in with my father who said that this area was nice and how BEAUTIFUL his house was and how peaceful and comfortable i would feel here...therefore i trusted him and didnt do research at first he told me it was in hampden then i found out i was in sandtown...but no worries because I'm moving to owings mills asap!!

[barante]

Your father told you that he lived in Hampden, when in fat he lived in Sandtown?
George W. just told the nation that the U.S. could have prevented the killing fields in Cambodia, when the U.S. always at the time denied it even was in Cambodia!
Something just doesn't compute.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by smiley411

From what I am reading about B-more it could not hold a candle stick to Harlem today!!! Harlem has been re-done andit is beautiful!!! Anyone can walk in harlem...it is a rainbow of cultures and no one on 125th is taking shots at anyone!!! It is VERY safe, vibrant and reborn!!!! No abandon buildings in harlem!!!

I'm not surprised. The Yankee elite based in New York and Boston controls the country and takes the wealth from the rest of the country and just uses it for themselves, fixing their own cities while Baltimore and other to the south and west (and therefore worthless to the northerners) are left to rot.

[Vampgrrl]

Generally, Americans these days are whimpy security minded cowards.

Why stay and fight the good fight and do something positive with your life besides collect a paycheck and buy more sh*t?

sigh

[Oakback]

Originally Posted by Vampgrrl

Generally, Americans these days are whimpy security minded cowards.

Why stay and fight the good fight and do something positive with your life besides collect a paycheck and buy more sh*t?

sigh

I disagree. Just as the frontier folks of old, risked life and limb for the dream of riches, so do many of today's home buyers in Baltimore.

Despite the lucky few who are tuned into the markets, and know when to get in and get out, it's still my personel opinion that there ain't no gold in them thar hills.

[Jamison]

fragile stone, good luck with your move!!! (and sorry you got a nasty surprise like that)

Vampgrrl, to quote you: "Generally, Americans these days are wimpy security minded cowards." Huh?? Um, YEAH. Especially when you have children to consider. And, even if you weren't thinking of your kids, what in the world is "cowardly" about wanting to live in safe place?? W-t-f??

Also, to dissect a quote: "Why stay and fight the good fight and do something positive with your life..... " Yeah, back to the old "if'n yooz don't be stay in N'awlinz, you beez a loserrrrr". Alrighty then.

To the remainder of quote, "....besides collect a paycheck and buy more sh*t?" Totally agree with this, as materialism/consumerism and the "I'm better than you are 'cuz I gots mo stuff-n-you-do" is nauseating.

Btw, because I don't prefer this area (New Orleans, the place I WAS RAISED IN and have spent the last 30 years residing in) does NOT, I repeat, does NOT mean I fail to grasp the subtleties, niceties, etcetera-ties of New Orleans. Come on, PLEEZE, take the idea a few steps further - follow it to a sensible conclusion. You're hangin' out in the shallow end of the pool ovah deh.

WHO DAT. (rolling of eyes at these inane local sayings, UGH, SO EMBARRASSING!!)

[Jamison]

To add, you wanna see "cowardly"??

You'll find plenty of that over here in the Hammond/Ponchatoula area, where certain peeps (BULLIES) who rode a certain wave into town spend their days and nights terrorizing good people OF ALL COLORS. D-a-m-n right I'm concerned with security. Further, when Ka-donka and her boyfriend get that richly deserved smack down because they decided to terrorize ME in the movie theater, in traffic, at the park, in line at the store, you'd best look to them for signs of cowardice. (which motivates a bully after all, doesn't it?)

Because I'm no COWARD.

[emsgoof]

Jamison, I believe the security remark was directed more towards the fact that most Americans are willing to give up their basic liberties (government non-intrusion on their personal lives) in the name of "security". The problem is you're giving up your basic liberties and not really receiving much "security" in return. Just an example. The airspace over DC is highly regulated (ie: only airliners are allowed through the area). It's restricted to personal aircraft, business aircraft, etc. Airliners and medical helicopters only. Why, do you ask? Because someone thought it was necessary in the name of "security". But, it's been shown that the only serious cause of destruction with aircraft are from airliners! The last time a private airplane flew into a building (New York City, some baseball pitcher), it started a fire, and killed the 2 occupants of the plane, that's it. There have been worse fires started in buildings just from smoking accidents! The restrictions are insane! But, because it sounds like "security" (even though it provides none, and restricts people from moving freely about the country), no lawmaker will get rid of it. If they did, they'd be criticized for not being "tough on security".

[Jamison]

Thanks, emsgoof, and I didn't mean to be rude to Vampgrrl.... (she and I disagree, and that is fine)

At this point, I suspect I'm hypersensitive - that comes from living in a "war zone". (and comparing pre/post Katrina, this place certainly is) If you lived here with me - HERE with me (as others who shall remain nameless do NOT, and I'm not referring to Vampgrrl) - I think you would understand why.

But anyway. Thank you for the kind explanation! Living here, I don't take that type of courtesy for granted.

[BlkBaltimore]

id move to sandtown if someone gave me a house in a HEARTBEAT!!!! I guess as a Baltimorean.....I look at the housing stock and potential differently. I bet that house in ST is HUGE!