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Terriblebathmats t1_ja02pio wrote

Reply to comment by Mojo_art in Should my daughter go to City College or BSA? by Mojo_art

Sort of both. She loved her instrumental teacher, and most of the academic teachers, but felt the program was inhumane in its demands. Plus other interests developed. She graduated in ‘17, and understands things have improved, so I highly encourage you to find current/more recent students for feedback. The community there was good, too. City kid acted in every show and went on to major in theatre. I may have already breached my own anonymity, but I’ll just say he’s working in theatre Ed now.

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jabbadarth t1_ja0250g wrote

Reply to comment by dizzy_centrifuge in Is it safe to study and live in Baltimore ? by Applyinglawschool23

I'd say we are mostly under 600l because of manufacturing leaving, high taxes, schools amd crime. Not just crime.

And it's not a fair question because it makes the assumption that the entire city is so dangerous that even going to school here is a risk.

A vast majority of baltimore city residents have kever and will never be the victim of a violent crime. That's a fact that you are welcome to look up (feel free to search my history I've posted the actual numbers dozens of times). Yes baltimore is more dangerous than most but it is not some hellscape of marauders and murderers running free dealing violence and death as they roam the streets. And questions like OPs just continue to perpetuate this notion that you can't step foot in Baltimore without putting your life on the line, which is insane.

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wave-garden t1_ja01hhc wrote

Reply to comment by malakamanforyou in What’s one thing you love and hate about Baltimore? by AllThingsCorrect

Water treatment on the front and back end is expensive. Volume does matter, even if there’s a not a shortage of fresh water. Baltimore is in a good place wrt water quality, but that doesn’t happen or continue without sustained effort. It’s taken a concerted effort to improve Chesapeake watershed quality. You can look at cities like Seattle where inadequate infrastructure has caused some big ecological disasters over the past decade. The answer imo is to have a great governor (looking at you, Wes Moore) who can help improve things so less of the budget for public works falls on working class taxpayers rather than wealthy businesses. The city government alone can’t fix things.

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dizzy_centrifuge t1_ja00zr7 wrote

Reply to comment by jabbadarth in Is it safe to study and live in Baltimore ? by Applyinglawschool23

It's a fair question. The reason we're sub 600k in population is mostly due to thunderdome related deaths.

But seriously, it's a more dangerous city than most in the US and if you're not familiar with the area it's particularly bad because it's not like there's a ghetto over here and that's where all the crime is. You turn a corner in Baltimore and suddenly you're in a bad neighborhood because they're all through the city.

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bearsquad t1_j9zzz1u wrote

Reply to comment by Mojo_art in Should my daughter go to City College or BSA? by Mojo_art

Not the original commenter, but a fellow City grad. The full IB program can be very demanding and takes a huge toll on the students who choose that path, but it is also possible to do a partial IB course load combined with AP or standard curriculum courses, which from my experience is much more realistic for the average student to complete without taxing them too heavily.

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