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>> Baltimore is a city that once had downtown problems far, far, far worse than anything in Peoria. Yet the downtown and waterfront has come roaring back and it has been that way for some time. They built a football stadium, baseball stadium, cleaned up the Inner Harbor built new hotels and expanded the convention center. Even one of the largest employers is a Medical Center Does any of this sound familiar? However, it took a city council and a mayor with a vision and the know how to get it done. Fells Point, adjacent, to the Inner Harbor is another area that has come roaring back.
Having said that there some other areas of the city that have been somewhat overlooked and neglected. The schools still need a LOT of fixing. Again, does this sound familiar? In those affected neighborhoods there are some boarded up homes and buildings that have been boarded up for a few decades.
I think this a good example for Peoria that you just can not devote all the time and money for the downtown and ignore neglected schools and neighborhoods.
@billybob:
If you make a wrong turn leaving Camden Yards you will get shot. WTF are you talking about.
@meanjarhead:
How familiar are you the Inner Harbor? Many, many times we have walked from Penn Station down Charles Street, to Canden Yards and sometimes back again. We have walked from Camden Yard over to the Inner Harbor and on to Fells Point. Never, ever once did we feet, see or hear anything that made us feel threatened.
That is in absolute stark contrast to anything there in the 70s and early 80s.