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Holy shit. As a local, I can't wait to see more info on this. I don't think I could beat out all those Silicon Valley hotshots that apply to YC, but for something local, I think I can get in. This being in Baltimore is such a surprise - I'd never thought I'd see the day. I'm giddy.
Wonderful idea. Born and raised in Baltimore/Columbia and this is definitely more of what we need. Great work so far. Do you guys have a website yet?
Mike, I have two people on my team and we live in Baltimore. Should we apply as a team or separately? Also, our product is targeting Russian market. Is that a problem? Do you only accept companies that target US to begin with? Thanks
Any thought on requiring successful incubator startups to reinvest in the incubator in some way? Or at least a gentleman's agreement to do so? Speaking for myself, I'm a firm believer in building community and in reinvesting in people and things that have invested in me.
Looks like Mayor Carcetti really is turning things around.
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I think it's the consistent 200-300 homicides per year that hurt Baltimore's reputation.
Every major American city has its share of violent, drug- or gang-based crime. That's not to diminish it, but unless you are actively involved in those trades or unfortunate enough to be caught up in it by proximity, it likely will never visit you. It's a shame because there are risks everywhere (suburbanites think nothing of climbing in their cars everyday to hop on the highways where 30,000 people die every year) b…
If New York had the murder rate that Baltimore does that would mean over 3000 people murdered in a year.
Baltimore has a serious violence problem no matter how you try to rationalize it.
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Every major American city has its share of violent, drug- or gang-based crime. That's not to diminish it, but unless you are actively involved in those trades or unfortunate enough to be caught up in it by proximity, it likely will never visit you. It's a shame because there are risks everywhere (suburbanites think nothing of climbing in their cars everyday to hop on the highways where 30,000 people die every year) b…
Boston, which is almost exactly the same populations as Baltimore, had 72 murders last year. If New York had the murder rate that Baltimore does that would mean over 3000 people murdered in a year. Baltimore has a serious violence problem no matter how you try to rationalize it.
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Every major American city has its share of violent, drug- or gang-based crime. That's not to diminish it, but unless you are actively involved in those trades or unfortunate enough to be caught up in it by proximity, it likely will never visit you. It's a shame because there are risks everywhere (suburbanites think nothing of climbing in their cars everyday to hop on the highways where 30,000 people die every year) b…
Boston, which is almost exactly the same populations as Baltimore, had 72 murders last year. If New York had the murder rate that Baltimore does that would mean over 3000 people murdered in a year. Baltimore has a serious violence problem no matter how you try to rationalize it.
What he said is:
> unless you are actively involved in [drug] trades or unfortunate enough to be caught up in it by proximity, it likely will never visit you.
Baltimore undoubtedly has a serious drug violence problem; much more serious than Boston and NYC. (Fortunately our government's Drug War is on the verge of eliminating that problem any day now!)
What Paul is saying, though, is that this problem has remarkably small collateral damage considering its severity; almost nobody who's not involved with the drug trade ends up in those murder statistics.
(I know it's not nobody, but I suspect that the rate of "unrelated to drug trade" murders in Baltimore is similar to that in Boston and NYC.)
Holy shit. As a local, I can't wait to see more info on this. I don't think I could beat out all those Silicon Valley hotshots that apply to YC, but for something local, I think I can get in. This being in Baltimore is such a surprise - I'd never thought I'd see the day. I'm giddy.
glad to hear it! But this is just one small facet of the tech scene in Baltimore...Please check out my response to kovar for a list of other resources you should check out.
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Boston, which is almost exactly the same populations as Baltimore, had 72 murders last year. If New York had the murder rate that Baltimore does that would mean over 3000 people murdered in a year. Baltimore has a serious violence problem no matter how you try to rationalize it.
who's trying to rationalize it? There's not much I can do about it; it's still an awesome place to live. Good luck buying a house in a nice part of Boston or NYC as a working-class or middle-class person. Meanwhile I'm hacking code, running a startup, and I live in a super nice house in a walkable neighborhood that's very different than the one narrow slice you saw in that show.
My wife and I decided we wanted to raise our family in Boston and when we were looking for a place in 2004 I was shocked to find out there were only 39 murders in Boston in 2003.
The status quo in Baltimore is not acceptable and is not what is tolerated in other cities.
However, I will be applying and I would love to spend 3 months back in Baltimore.