We've documented in the past several State of Downtown reports that Baltimore is enjoying steady rises in investments and jobs, that it has turned around a decades-long trend of population decline thanks to thousands of people from outside the city who are choosing to make a life here, and that there are growing numbers of students, retail stores, hotel rooms, visitors, and quality of life improvements. You'll see in the upcoming State of Downtown report, to be released at our Business Over Breakfast on May 28, these trends are continuing even in spite of the slowing national economy.
But don't just take our word on it. An April 17 article in The Economist magazine has a feature on Baltimore that has this to say:
"Television dramas such as “The Wire” may give the impression that Baltimore is a hellhole. It is not. Most of the city is calm and pleasant. Only a couple of areas are crime-ridden. And even in these areas, relatively few young men commit—and are the victims of—the most serious crimes."
-m.e.
