When I moved to the city (1985) I saw many eccentric people and goings-on, but I could also see it fading. Growing up in Montgomery County, all of Baltimore seemed off kilter to me, at first. Now I see harmless eccentricity being replaced by several factions of pop culture driven groups. The young hipsters who seem to be here on a long vacation, looking to be entertained, but will be gone in a moment's notice, and homies who watch too much daytime tv, and want to be minor thugs, or housewives of Baltimore.