I'm from London, UK. Moving to Baltimore for 3 months.

[dogpark]

Originally Posted by steppinthrax

In my previous post I stated "tend to (not always)".

Most of the folk I'm around are very family oriented. They are strict for their kids and in general conservative. They know that I'm not religious, and they respect that. During the spring and summer months the county has a calendar of events. There are "mostly free" family events almost every weekend, for the most part almost every day of the week. I think this type of thing is not really present in Baltimore because of the atypical family situation (single female headed households etc...). People also tend to work 7 days of the week.

There's plenty of family and kid stuff to do on Baltimore if you look. I'm raising two kids here, we have swim team, Cub Scouts, art classes, the Enoch Pratt library, The Book Festival, WTMD First Thursdays, Dugout club at Camden Yards, all kinds of local park events, bike rides, Digital Harbor maker club, you name it. Raising a child well is dependent on the parent(s).

[B.K.]

Originally Posted by dogpark

There's plenty of family and kid stuff to do on Baltimore if you look. I'm raising two kids here, we have swim team, Cub Scouts, art classes, the Enoch Pratt library, The Book Festival, WTMD First Thursdays, Dugout club at Camden Yards, all kinds of local park events, bike rides, Digital Harbor maker club, you name it. Raising a child well is dependent on the parent(s).

Holy Moley, dp, why are you bothering to repudiate this tool's insinuations? Just leave it alone, and it will eventually lose interest and move on to plague another city's forum that it also has no vested interest in.

[dogpark]

Originally Posted by B.K.

Holy Moley, dp, why are you bothering to repudiate this tool's insinuations? Just leave it alone, and it will eventually lose interest and move on to plague another city's forum that it also has no vested interest in.

Because I'm sick and tired of some no-skin-in-the-game class warrior ASSumptions and ASSertions about a town, a place, a people I directly know to be not what the chicken-little-the-sky-is-falling says it is. Let these fraidy cats have the last word, and people think that's it. Its my hill and I'll defend it. I'm not asking folk to live here, hanging a RE sign out and all that, just answering unsolicited inquiries - as someone who lives here and knows it, boots on the ground.

People want to come here because there is opportunity here, to make your way, to grow, to live (steppinthrax came for school, so did designer_genes, and look how different their feelings are about this town). There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

What's wrong is letting some ignorant (as in no direct experience) snob saying "Oh noe, don't go in there, near those people, follow the federal brick road"...

Why let some asshat define Balitmore and its people? I'm all for constructive criticism and have offered lots myself thru this forum and others; constructive criticism is acknowledging issues and suggesting viable solutions - active, healthy debate. Posters like Bmorenomore, Infantile_hives77 and steppinchit don't constructively criticize or debate, they solely list negative points, detract & inflame; these guys don't build or share, they take and tear down, in essence posting outright lies about how Baltimore is, that it should be leveled, that its people have no value. Why let this be the word?

[designer_genes]

Originally Posted by dogpark

Because I'm sick and tired of some no-skin-in-the-game class warrior ASSumptions and ASSertions about a town, a place, a people I directly know to be not what the chicken-little-the-sky-is-falling says it is. Let these fraidy cats have the last word, and people think that's it. Its my hill and I'll defend it. I'm not asking folk to live here, hanging a RE sign out and all that, just answering unsolicited inquiries - as someone who lives here and knows it, boots on the ground.

People want to come here because there is opportunity here, to make your way, to grow, to live (steppinthrax came for school, so did designer_genes, and look how different their feelings are about this town). There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

What's wrong is letting some ignorant (as in no direct experience) snob saying "Oh noe, don't go in there, near those people, follow the federal brick road"...

Why let some asshat define Balitmore and its people? I'm all for constructive criticism and have offered lots myself thru this forum and others; constructive criticism is acknowledging issues and suggesting viable solutions - active, healthy debate. Posters like Bmorenomore, Infantile_hives77 and steppinchit don't constructively criticize or debate, they solely list negative points, detract & inflame; these guys don't build or share, they take and tear down, in essence posting outright lies about how Baltimore is, that it should be leveled, that its people have no value. Why let this be the word?

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[Seafood Junky]

Visit Ft. McHenry (war of 1812).
Go out fishing on The Bay..
Check out Annapolis area, cross the bridge and explore the Eastern Shore. Drive to the ocean (Lewes, DE and Ocean City, MD-also Assatague Island). Head south and check out Point Lookout State Park.