Tell me about Baltimore

**Buster Highmen** · 07-28-2019, 10:34 PM

**smartyiak** · 07-29-2019, 03:53 AM

What’s with all the love for B-more?

It’s hot and you’ll get murdered. Drive in, visit aquarium, see an Orioles game, and GTFO...live in the burbs. Baltimore sucks.

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**cinnepa** · 07-29-2019, 04:55 AM

yup.

**riser4** · 07-29-2019, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by smartyiak

What’s with all the love for B-more?

It’s hot and you’ll get murdered. Drive in, visit aquarium, see an Orioles game, and GTFO...live in the burbs. Baltimore sucks.

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Just like many other big cities. Trump can fuck off.

**Timberridge** · 07-29-2019, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by smartyiak

What’s with all the love for B-more?

It’s hot and you’ll get murdered. Drive in, visit aquarium, see an Orioles game, and GTFO...live in the burbs. Baltimore sucks.

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You missed the part about gettin' crabs.

As far as the love part, Benny likes it because he's getting pussy there and riser3 has never been there, but thinks he likes it 'cause Trump hates it. Yeah, other than the inner harbor it's a shit hole.

**riser4** · 07-29-2019, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

You missed the part about gettin' crabs.

As far as the love part, Benny likes it because he's getting pussy there and riser3 has never been there, but thinks he likes it 'cause Trump hates it. Yeah, other than the inner harbor it's a shit hole.

Hah. Never been there. Hah. True, I have never resided there. I have visited my family a bunch over the years. It's a big southern city in America with the typical issues, that in large part were created by people like Trump. So they can all fuck off.

SB · 07-29-2019, 06:55 AM

Here is my fav Bmore crab cake recipe. https://andrewzimmern.com/2012/12/31...le-crab-cakes/

I do not use the hot sauce and substitute old Bay.

**iceman** · 07-29-2019, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by smartyiak

What’s with all the love for B-more? ...Baltimore sucks.

Originally Posted by cinnepa

yup.

Well compared to Wilmington and Scranton everywhere else sucks, amirite?

**Benny Profane** · 07-29-2019, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by SB

Here is my fav Bmore crab cake recipe. https://andrewzimmern.com/2012/12/31...le-crab-cakes/

I do not use the hot sauce and substitute old Bay.

Yup. Minimal filler. Keep the crab as pure as you can.

**rideit** · 07-29-2019, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

The Peabody Library at Hopkins is very cool.

My dad was the director/dean of that library for a number of years. I spent many an hour from ages 2-12 terrorizing the staff.

**iceman** · 07-29-2019, 07:08 AM

This is the recipe I use, it's pretty similar to the other one but uses white bread (squishy store-brand or Wonder or similar works best): https://baltimorewatertaxi.com/wp-co...Baltimore2.jpg

The first recipe calls for lump crabmeat, the second one says lump or backfin, in my mind they work better if you use a combination of lump and backfin. Use all lump and they tend to fall apart. Use all backfin and they're too squishy. maybe 60-40, 0r 70-30 lump is how I roll. I prefer to pan fry them in a butter/oil blend. Couple tablespoons oil, couple good pats butter, brown the butter and walla walla.

**smartyiak** · 07-29-2019, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

Well compared to Wilmington and Scranton everywhere else sucks, amirite?

Well...yeah.

And Bennie can get crabs pretty much anywhere in Maryland...it's the State motto or something.

**iceman** · 07-29-2019, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by rideit

My dad was the director/dean of that library for a number of years. I spent many an hour from ages 2-12 terrorizing the staff.

Pretty cool place to grow up.

**concretejungle** · 07-29-2019, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

Yeah, other than the inner harbor it's a shit hole.

Hilarious. Fucking tourist.

**neufox47** · 07-29-2019, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by Bromontane

Reading comprehension fail.

Nope. What are you talking about? I almost quoted him.

**Benny Profane** · 07-29-2019, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by smartyiak

Well...yeah.

And Bennie can get crabs pretty much anywhere in Maryland...it's the State motto or something.

The Crab Houses of Maryland's Eastern Shore https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/travel/12crab.html

I am partial to deep fried soft shell.

**Timberridge** · 07-29-2019, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by concretejungle

Hilarious. Fucking tourist.

Yeah. Ever since the ESPN Zone closed, I have no reason to go back.

I was traumatized by an old boss who whenever we were in any city on business wanted to go visit the local strip joints. I would have to place Baltimore near the bottom of the list for places to spend money to view naked women. I've never been to Scranton though. If you must, Tampa and Houston are the places to go for this sort of thing.

**smartyiak** · 07-29-2019, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

I would have to place Baltimore near the bottom of the list for places to spend money to view naked women. I've never been to Scranton though. If you must, Tampa and Houston are the places to go for this sort of thing.

Wilmington is near Baltimore...but I hear they have a decent buffet.

**Timberridge** · 07-29-2019, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by smartyiak

Wilmington is near Baltimore...but I hear they have a decent buffet.

Do they have crabs?

**Benny Profane** · 07-29-2019, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

Yeah. Ever since the ESPN Zone closed, I have no reason to go back.

Wow, you actually went to that shithole?

**riser4** · 07-29-2019, 09:10 AM

Red Emma's.

**Timberridge** · 07-29-2019, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Wow, you actually went to that shithole?

I'd go anywhere the women didn't have dirty feet, tramp stamps and smell like a Sephora store.

**Grape_Ape** · 07-29-2019, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

I'm there pretty frequently. That city has great bones and water everywhere. There's some areas that look exactly like when The Wire was being made but a lot of money has been going into the city too. In the billions no doubt. Just the Port Covington project (led by Under Armour's Kevin Plank) is projected at over $4 bn in private investment money, and while that project is huge it's far from the only thing going on.

Definitely some really nice areas in the city and also some war zones. Tons of cool old buildings waiting for redevelopment and also a lot in the redevelopment process now. I think there's some stellar real estate opportunities where you could get in really cheap but you might have to wait 10 years.

Biggest problem right now is the tax rate is high, and the police have been at about half-speed since the whole Freddie Gray thing. New police commissoner may help and there's a lot of tax incentives in the pipeline from the state, so who knows but it's far from all grim there.

Pretty accurate. I would say that the po-po is running at about 33% efficiency. I have a family friend who is a cop/detective.

Baltimore's cool. Trump's a retard.

**Grape_Ape** · 07-29-2019, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I do interact with some black people that seem not to like me...

ROTFLMAO

**Grape_Ape** · 07-29-2019, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by huckbucket

Google Maps took us from Hopkins to DC through one of the worse sections of any city I've seen, anywhere. Can't remember the last time I was so unnerved driving a car. Wife and kids with me. Burnt out buildings everywhere.

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I wouldn't call them burnt out buildings...just abandoned. Fulton Avenue is a warzone BUT the lights are mostly timed

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