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Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.
Baltimore was established by the Constitution of Maryland and is an independent city that is not part of any county.
With a population of 617,734 in 2017, Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States. As of 2016, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be just under 2.8 million, making it the 21st largest metropolitan area in the country.
Baltimore is located about 40 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the fourth largest CSA in the nation with a calculated 2016 population of 9,665,892. Founded in 1729, Baltimore is the second-largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic.
The city's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. After a decline in major manufacturing, industrialization, and rail transportation, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy, with Johns Hopkins Hospital (founded 1889) and Johns Hopkins University (founded 1876), now the city's top two employers. With hundreds of identified districts, Baltimore has been dubbed a "city of neighborhoods".
Famous residents have included writers Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Hamilton, Frederick Douglass, and H. L. Mencken; jazz musician James "Eubie" Blake; singer Billie Holiday; actor and filmmaker John Waters; and baseball player Babe Ruth. In the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner, which later became the American national anthem, in Baltimore.
Baltimore has more public statues and monuments per capita than any other city in the country, and is home to some of the earliest National Register Historic Districts in the nation, including Fell's Point, Federal Hill, and Mount Vernon, which were added to the National Register between 1969–1971. Close to a third of the city's buildings (over 65,000) are designated as historic in the National Register, which is more than any other U.S. city.
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It’s gotten bad over the years!
Convenient to transport subway walking shopping just awesome
Because it’s a mixed culture with the city vibes and we love all people .
I live in a typical middle class working neighborhood. The houses are nice 2-3 bedroom houses, mostly single homes with relatively small yards but houses are not right on top of each other. Initially there were a fair number older people living here who had owned their homes for a number of years. But slowly that changed and there are more young families and it has become more transitory now. There are also a fair number of houses that were sold and made into halfway houses. It is definitely not as safe a neighborhood as it was 15 years ago. There is a sense of community with a number of small local businesses. There is local bus line that runs through the main street of the community to downtown. I chose this community in part because I don;t have car and have found it reasonably easy to get around with the available public transportation (for Baltimore which doesn't have the best public transportation) For Baltimore City it's not too bad a neighborhood but I would not recommend living anywhere in Baltimore City as an older person
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