That place has had so many health code violations, I've lost count. I've also lost count of the number of mice and rats I've seen coming in and out of there.

My question would be... do you get paid whether they pay their tickets/fines either way? Or do they have to pay their ticket for you to get your money?

The local neighborhood association lobbied hard for these. I was at some of the first meetings about these measures which were literally 6 years ago. So... I guess do what you can but don't expect it to go very quickly. Better late than never, I guess.

I fixed all of my plumbing issues but still had an unreasonably high water bill. I asked for it to be reviewed but they never got to me before I moved out of the city to the county... for which I still rely on the city's water supply for some ungodly reason.

I've felt that Baltimore's eccentricity has waned in the last 10-20 years. When I lived in DC and would come up, go to Fells for vintage shopping or to Ottobar or Sonar for a show, I felt like the city had a lot of character and way less pretension than DC. But when I moved up to Remington in 2015, the "charm" seemed to be in decline. Even going to Paper Moon lost its appeal.

Maybe it's a case of "fun to visit but living here is a different story." Maybe it's because of the rising crime and deteriorating infrastructure and bureaucracy. Maybe it's the gentrification and ugly new buildings.

Other cities are different. I definitely see charm in Philly, Pittsburgh and Richmond. Not so much here. Not anymore.

A bunch of racist edgelords doing racist edgelord things. This isn't news.