What city is the most comparable to Baltimore? (best, map, rates)

[the resident09]

Originally Posted by KodeBlue

How is Wilmington a "Baby Baltimore" when it is in the Philadelphia Metro? Shouldn't it be a baby Philly? Baltimore and Philly aren't anything alike.

Lol.

Have you been to Wilmington? The neighborhoods are like a split image of Baltimore City. There's probably no city in America that comes closer by comparison.

[ccm123]

Philadelphia.

[jcp123]

Originally Posted by STLgasm

St. Louis is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up there in the running for this one, for so many reasons:

--Both independent cities bordering suburban counties of their respective names
--Historically northern minded cities stuck in border states (north-south identity crisis)
--Similar demographics
--Similar reputation
--Similar metro/market size (DC notwithstanding)
--Similar orientation/urbanization patterns
--Similar social/political/economic dynamics
--Similar developmental evolution

St. Louis was my first thought before I even went into this thread. And for some of the same reasons.

[KodeBlue]

Originally Posted by the resident09

Lol.

Have you been to Wilmington? The neighborhoods are like a split image of Baltimore City. There's probably no city in America that comes closer by comparison.

I've been to Wilmington several times. It looks like Philly. The demographics is far more similar to Philly, accents are that of Philly. The rowhouses look like Philly rowhouses.

I just don't see the Baltimore correlation

[Charlotte485]

Chose Wilmington

[lammius]

I think if Richmond and Norfolk had a love child and fed it steroids til it went Hulk mode, you might get something like Baltimore.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by KodeBlue

How is Wilmington a "Baby Baltimore" when it is in the Philadelphia Metro? Shouldn't it be a baby Philly? Baltimore and Philly aren't anything alike.

Oh? The majority of the votes so far say you are wrong.

[Koji7]

It’s not St Louis the people are different, the culture is different and the geography is different. I would go with Philly, Wilmington and then Richmond.

[woxyroxme]

I would have to say Philadelphia based on what I have seen on CharlieBo313’s worst ghetto hoods of __________ youtube channel, narrow streets and row houses.

[KodeBlue]

Originally Posted by Ben Around

Oh? The majority of the votes so far say you are wrong.

There is no right or wrong answer. This was an opinion based thread my friend.