Which City is worse? Detroit or Baltimore?

Started by Syt, May 21, 2009, 05:45:35 AM

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Which City is Worse?

Detroit
24 (77.4%)
Baltimore
3 (9.7%)
I'd rather be shot in Oxnard.
4 (12.9%)

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Savonarola

#15
May 21, 2009, 12:53:25 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 21, 2009, 06:51:30 AM
Definitely Detroit.  Every city has crime-ridden ghettos, so you might get an exaggerated view of Bawlmer since Seedy only reports bad shit from there.  There are definitely nice parts of Baltimore and it has attractions that make it worth visiting.

Detroit... not so much.  :(

We have urban spelunking...  ;)

Detroit has two major attractions which should draw people to the city.  The first is The Motown Museum; the second is The Detroit Institute of Arts.

The Motown Museum is where Motown Studios was located during its Detroit heyday.  There's memorabilia from the many acts that came out of Motown; there are guides who deliver anecdotes about the studio, there are films with the Motown stars and there's the snake pit itself where every Motown hit from that era was recorded.  Unfortunately the museum is away from the city center and there's not anything else around it.

The DIA has an outstanding collection of American, Flemish and Dutch Golden Age art and a good collection of Italian Renaissance, Islamic and African American Art; plus the Diego Rivera Murals.  Unlike the Motown Museum it has a good location; in the museum district and by Wayne State University.  Unfortunately none of the other Museums in the area are of the same caliber as the DIA, and no one is going to come to Detroit to see just one museum.

The attraction in the region that does draw people from out of town is The Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Fairlane Estate (Henry Ford Home) and the Rouge River Assembly Plant.  Those present a nice, thick, gooey slice of Americana; one can see Edison's lab, George Washington Carver's birthplace, and the Wright Brother's Bicycle shop.  They're located in Dearborn, though, not Detroit.
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Lettow77

#16
May 21, 2009, 02:54:05 PM
I dont know about Detroit, but Memphis trumps baltimore.

We have the unfair handicap of more blacks, though.
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Admiral Yi

#17
May 21, 2009, 02:58:55 PM
I've had good times in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.  Titty bars are the worst I've ever been to though.

Went to Jazz Fest in Detroit one time.  I got the impression if you walked two blocks from the Rennaisance Center you were in downtown Mogadishu.

Caliga

#18
May 21, 2009, 06:36:55 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 21, 2009, 02:58:55 PM
Went to Jazz Fest in Detroit one time.  I got the impression if you walked two blocks from the Rennaisance Center you were in downtown Mogadishu.

I got the same impression from Milwaukee when I was there for GenCon 2000. :nerd:
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Ed Anger

#19
May 21, 2009, 06:40:00 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 21, 2009, 06:36:55 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 21, 2009, 02:58:55 PM
Went to Jazz Fest in Detroit one time.  I got the impression if you walked two blocks from the Rennaisance Center you were in downtown Mogadishu.

I got the same impression from Milwaukee when I was there for GenCon 2000. :nerd:

You should have cast fireball.
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Caliga

#20
May 21, 2009, 06:48:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 21, 2009, 06:40:00 PM
You should have cast fireball.

I'm specced Arcane.  :(
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#21
May 21, 2009, 06:56:45 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 21, 2009, 06:48:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 21, 2009, 06:40:00 PM
You should have cast fireball.

I'm specced Arcane.  :(

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Valmy

#22
May 21, 2009, 06:58:34 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 21, 2009, 06:56:45 PM
half-elf mage wields his plus-five holy avenger.

Mages cannot use holy avengers :angry:
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#23
May 21, 2009, 06:59:56 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 21, 2009, 06:58:34 PM
Mages cannot use holy avengers :angry:

House rule. ^_^
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#24
May 21, 2009, 07:00:01 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 21, 2009, 06:58:34 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 21, 2009, 06:56:45 PM
half-elf mage wields his plus-five holy avenger.

Mages cannot use holy avengers :angry:
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#25
May 21, 2009, 07:35:26 PM
Never been to either.  Though we have a Detroit contingent come to Jefferson City every year all the police and sherrif's deputies are on duty that night.  They are kinda rough.

East St. Louis is the worst I've seen.  When I was there it no longer even had a government.  So things like street lights no longer worked. 
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Neil

#26
May 21, 2009, 07:39:11 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 21, 2009, 06:58:34 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 21, 2009, 06:56:45 PM
half-elf mage wields his plus-five holy avenger.

Mages cannot use holy avengers :angry:
:rolleyes:

Maybe if somebody wasn't totally ignorant about D&D, he would know that a holy avenger can be used by any good aligned character as a +2 weapon without any other special abilities.
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#27
May 21, 2009, 08:06:15 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 21, 2009, 07:39:11 PM:rolleyes:

Maybe if somebody wasn't totally ignorant about D&D, he would know that a holy avenger can be used by any good aligned character as a +2 weapon without any other special abilities.

And you call MMORPGers dorks. Your Dungeon Master Screen just fell over.

Neil

#28
May 21, 2009, 08:21:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 21, 2009, 08:06:15 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 21, 2009, 07:39:11 PM:rolleyes:

Maybe if somebody wasn't totally ignorant about D&D, he would know that a holy avenger can be used by any good aligned character as a +2 weapon without any other special abilities.

And you call MMORPGers dorks. Your Dungeon Master Screen just fell over.
MMORPGers ARE dorks.
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#29
May 21, 2009, 08:46:41 PM
Oxnard is worse than both.
:p
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