plain-rice

plain-rice t1_ixw3yai wrote

Reply to comment by kermelie in Five houses targeted for demolition in Mount Vernon historic district by Rubysdad1975

My understanding (an this is only from limited experience with older buildings in the city) but I think that code enforcement requires they maintain their historic features. So while it might not be unreasonable to repair the structure the historical architecture makes the cost prohibitive. There are only so many companies and skilled workers that can do this kind of work. We ran into this problem in cherry hill a few years ago with my great grandmothers house.

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plain-rice t1_ix06eh3 wrote

Reply to comment by Xanny in First time seeing the 2002 Baltimore Region Rail Map. Moore, make it happen! by A_Damn_Millenial

Great thought and a good perspective. I haven’t lived in the city for years and didn’t see things that way. A big problem but separate issue is that there isn’t shit for normal amenities in some parts of the city. I grew up in Curtis bay/cherry hill neighborhood and there isn’t a grocery store within walking distance. I can go down to Brooklyn but the shops there are gross or to locus point an spend 2x more.

Back to transportation if I were in charge would be to focus efforts on expanding commercial rail expansion. We have a massive port where billions of goods flow. Given the right incentives and assistance these businesses would love to have expanded access. Then you could model a transport system like the Marc or Amtrak. They don’t own the lines but have the right to use them.

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plain-rice t1_ix02owx wrote

Reply to First time seeing the 2002 Baltimore Region Rail Map. Moore, make it happen! by A_Damn_Millenial

I love public transport and I think it would be amazing to have the ability to hop on the train. But I think it will be near impossible to convince the local populations to adopt/fund the expansions. The unfortunate perception is that the metro and subway only bring crime from downtown.

Beyond that is the need. Are people really still commenting downtown at the rate that this is needed? Work from home has shifted the needs for a lot of transport plans.

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