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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: K8teebug on December 15, 2004, 10:37:00 am
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Baltimore! I love Baltimore and most of the people are actually nice here! (A polite change from all the snobby hipsters of DC).
People who attend Power Plant Live excluded of course.
Feel free to leave your insults below, cause I know you want to.....but Baltimore will always be nicer and more pleasant (albeit a little dirtier) than DC. All part of its charm. That's why they call it charm city.
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plus it has what DC no longer does -- a genuine red-light district!
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Apparently they call it charm city because of little souvenir charms they used to give out to kids at touristy points of interest.
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Who's complaining about Baltimore?
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Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:
plus it has what DC no longer does -- a genuine red-light district!
Yeah..if there's one thing DC's lacking it's corners to buy crack and smack and hookers. We need more of that shit!
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I have to say, being a non-native of either DC or Baltimore and living in NoVA, that there is no reason after a couple visits that I find myself ever wanting to go to Baltimore. It seems to be a dead town, almost as dead as the town I'm originally from, Pittsburgh.
Although, I do hear you got a nice aquarium up there. Maybe someday I'll check that out.
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
People who attend Power Plant Live excluded of course.
Apparently, that is no one.
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yeah who's complaining about baltimore....
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BELIEVE
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Originally posted by econo:
Apparently they call it charm city because of little souvenir charms they used to give out to kids at touristy points of interest.
mr. boh says it's the land of pleasant living.
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Originally posted by LonnieBeale:
I have to say, being a non-native of either DC or Baltimore and living in NoVA, that there is no reason after a couple visits that I find myself ever wanting to go to Baltimore. It seems to be a dead town, almost as dead as the town I'm originally from, Pittsburgh.
Although, I do hear you got a nice aquarium up there. Maybe someday I'll check that out.
I was in Pittsburgh for the first time in October for a conference and I really liked the city. I stayed in Oakland and was around the Pitt campus, but still got out a bit, and I was pleasantly surprised ...
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If one could equate cities to a style of music, I would say that Balitmore is punk rock and Washington DC is adult contemporary. That being said I love both cities.
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I like Baltimore - we have a bunch of friends who live up there in beautiful houses that are about 50% or less of the cost of a similar house in DC
seems to have lots of great little bars and restaurants - the Brewers Art, the Helmand etc etc
it has a reasonably successful football team and a baseball team (unlike DC HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
granted it has some pretty scary areas though
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by LonnieBeale:
I have to say, being a non-native of either DC or Baltimore and living in NoVA, that there is no reason after a couple visits that I find myself ever wanting to go to Baltimore. It seems to be a dead town, almost as dead as the town I'm originally from, Pittsburgh.
Although, I do hear you got a nice aquarium up there. Maybe someday I'll check that out.
I was in Pittsburgh for the first time in October for a conference and I really liked the city. I stayed in Oakland and was around the Pitt campus, but still got out a bit, and I was pleasantly surprised ... [/b]
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Originally posted by jardison:
If one could equate cities to a style of music, I would say that Balitmore is punk rock and Washington DC is adult contemporary. That being said I love both cities.
I'd say Baltimore is Wesley Willis (http://www.monzy.org/wesley/) (RIP little buddy) or hair metal, and DC is crunk (check out my favorite place to keep my ears on the tracks, the NYtimes arts section, if you'd like a definition), or downbeat
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baltimore = garage rock
dc = emo
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i like baltimore alot. heading up there friday, in fact. i like the fact that its close when traffic is managable, nice to leave town without having to spend 4 hours in the car. has more of a native character than dc as well.
Originally posted by LonnieBeale:
I have to say, being a non-native of either DC or Baltimore and living in NoVA, that there is no reason after a couple visits that I find myself ever wanting to go to Baltimore. It seems to be a dead town, almost as dead as the town I'm originally from, Pittsburgh.
Although, I do hear you got a nice aquarium up there. Maybe someday I'll check that out.
someone's never been to the south side on a saturday night. i lived in pittsburgh for most of my life, its a bit harsh to call it 'dead'
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There were some people complaining about it on the Wrens post....glad to see that so many of you like it. I think it's nice there....
I like DC too....
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
There were some people complaining about it on the Wrens post....
Where? I just read through that thread and didn't see any complaints about Baltimore. The only thing I read that could be filed under complaint was redsock's posts about not being able to book the band.
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Originally posted by chaz:
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Yeah..if there's one thing DC's lacking it's corners to buy crack and smack and hookers. [/QB]
It's not lacking that at all......you have Baltimore! ;)
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Originally posted by brennser:
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it has a reasonably successful football team and a baseball team (unlike DC HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
I thought DC was getting the Expo's ...... didn't we have a whole thread on naming the team?
*edit* never mind, I just saw the other thread about the stadium fiasco....HEY! How about the "WASHINGTON FIASCO'S"??
What's going on with the ice hockey season by the way?
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Originally posted by O'Mankie:
What's going on with the ice hockey season by the way?
shhhh. bad subject.....just look away.
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someone's never been to the south side on a saturday night. i lived in pittsburgh for most of my life, its a bit harsh to call it 'dead'
Someone has been to the sa' side on a saturday night. Granted, it is lively, but its one street in the entire city that is lively. However, that's across the river. Have you been in downtown Pittsburgh on a saturday night? Ghost town. (That's what Baltimore seemed to be like as well.) Plus, they just closed down another live music venue. The club show is practically nonexistent in the Burg.
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Originally posted by LonnieBeale:
Have you been in downtown Pittsburgh on a saturday night? Ghost town. (That's what Baltimore seemed to be like as well.)
theres plenty of life in downtown Baltimore!!
Granted, it may not be what you want to do, but theres stuff a plenty.
Of course, the Power Plant if you want a meat market. you also have Federal Hill which has a ton of bars and a few clubs. Fells Point is always good for drinking and bars, as is Canton.
you have some clubs downtown, Sonar, One and a few others. Plus some venues up the streets (i hesitate to say uptown) by the Belvedere and even past the with the Ottobar (which isnt just a concert hall you know)
theres lots of stuff to do in Baltimore, silly people!
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Originally posted by LonnieBeale:
someone's never been to the south side on a saturday night. i lived in pittsburgh for most of my life, its a bit harsh to call it 'dead'
Someone has been to the sa' side on a saturday night. Granted, it is lively, but its one street in the entire city that is lively. However, that's across the river. Have you been in downtown Pittsburgh on a saturday night? Ghost town. (That's what Baltimore seemed to be like as well.) Plus, they just closed down another live music venue. The club show is practically nonexistent in the Burg. [/b]
heh, saying the south side doesn't count is like saying adams morgan or u street doesn't count for dc. dahtahn isn't made for night life, and the strip, oakland and walnut street are all exceedingly busy. if pittsburgh's good for one thing its getting drunk cheap
plus, they've started having shows at the warehouse on 21st street. once one venue goes down in pittsburgh, another one springs forth. its the circle of life