That doesn’t change the fact that we as society and culture value guns more than people. And our society it different than Asian ones

Public transit and section 8.

There are areas in the US that have very high rates of gun ownership and yet low crime. How do you account for those?

Oh yeah, those attorneys are ruthless and there's about 4-5 firms in the City that buy almost all of the tax sales. They don't even want the properties, they're just trying to gain that temporary lien ownership so that they can charge the attorney fees on top of the liens+interest.

The attorney fees are legal, but there is a maximum amount they're allowed to charge which increases over time to a set limit. It's supposed to cover the cost of the attorney who helps the bidder, but these vultures have set themselves up as both 'the buyer' and 'the attorney', and they always charge residents exactly the maximum.

policing and cops don't reduce crime — they only show up after the crimes have happened

Polish Treasures (at least last year) sold paczki every weekend, if you're not able to make it to the other places. Granted, I don't know if they're still doing so, but I fucking love paczki so I went there several times after easter for a fix

The city sold the back half of my former brother-in-law's lot (1/2 of his back yard and his entire garage) in a tax sale, since his property somehow had 2 addresses, or was two properties sold as one... I can't remember that exact detail. However, it was a rowhome, with a nice long back yard w/ a garage at the end, and the city had been sending the tax bills to 0000 Whatever St, because there was some data entry error when he bought the house. A scummy lawyer couple (were in the news and served jail time for some tax sale purchase shenanigans) from Timonium bought it up, and wanted to charge something like a $5000 fee, on top of whatever was owed to get it back.

Thank you!

I feel that. My grands lived on Bethel next to H&S. Their house was torn down several years back so I can't even drive past and get the memory flood.

I was born and raised in the shadow of Ostrowski's. Seeing that it's two row homes now every time I visit my dad hits me in the feels.

Still miss their kielbasa, always was damn good.

The Polish Table on Eastern down by Home Depot should also have them and I imagine Sophie’s in Broadway Market will have them as well and her golabki is #chefskiss

Fffffff Ostrowski's. Even my distant self knows of that place, and despite not ever going, I dislike the fact that they're gone.

See this is what happens when I'm separated from the culture. My parents are both Polish but I wasn't raised with any sort of pride in that culture, so I had no idea these places existed.

Thanks a ton.

Thanks for the additional suggestions! I'll get on the horn tomorrow and see what's what.

It's Fells Point, so it'll be the usual Fells Point parking situation. Though you should be ok getting parking around there.

And man, this only makes me miss Ostrowski's even more.

Also, check Polish Treasures on Chester street, right across from Holy Rosary. They have them as well!

Eventually unclaimed funds should wind up at MissingMoney. Some states run their own unclaimed property search sites, too.

My dad found a savings account that a family member created for him when he was born. Just sitting there 60 years later. I got an unemployment insurance overpayment back from my state.

The PNA sale, like the commenter above suggested, or Sophie’s Place at the Broadway Market would probably be your best bet, but I’d try calling Sophie’s Place before going to see if they carry them. I don’t think Krakus’ or At The Polish Table has them :(

THANK YOU. I'll be traveling past there that afternoon, so that's perfect.

How's the parking situation? I've never been.

If you are free between 4p-10p on Thursday (2/16) head over to the Polish National Alliance on Eastern. It’s their Fat Thursday sale. You’ll be able to pick up paczki, pierogi, golabki, kielbase, chrusciki, and beer.

That's straight up criminal.

This is true. In order to claim the funds, you have to first see if there are any other claims against it. They make you search the court record for any standing suits/orders regarding the unclaimed tax sale auction funds and then certify that you have done so before they will cut you the check.

Thanks so much for this everyone! Very helpful - are there any neighborhoods that I should look to target where there's a decent amount of meetings within walking distance and a minimal level of distracting nightlife and bars?

There is a very large recovery community here. Tons of AA and other 12 step meetings. And there are folks so put on sober events, oftentimes several of them every week.

It’s ridiculous because ridership is down and a third of the buses don’t show up. If anything, this correlates with a massive reduction in public transportation access

Often there are other encumbrances on the property's title (the owner's mortgage(s) or judgments against the owner attaching to the property) that should legally be paid before the owner, so this article is oversimplifying the issue.

Lol Hardly. There’s a real estate hierarchy around here and Towson is very high on the list. The “shitholes “ of Baltimore county are Dundalk, Essex, middle river, much of parkville, Overlea, Rosedale/“Kenwood”, Lansdowne, arbutus, etc, etc. Towson isn’t in the shithole category. It’s upper middle.