I spent some time in Baltimore last weekend and was surprised at how cruddy the city has become in just a few years. Garbage everywhere, drug zombies wandering the Inner Harbor, squeegee boys harassing motorists at every major intersection, tons of closed businesses and the general lawlessness of DC times one hundred. Everyone I know who left DC for Baltimore to find a cheaper place to live has either left already or really wants to get out. I used to think that Baltimore would never lose the Orioles, but now I'm not so sure of that. There are prosperous, growing cities elsewhere that would probably be a far better fit these days. I don't see things in Baltimore ever getting better.