Hi Nora, I was guided to your story by a reader of a recent story of mine (https://medium.com/digital-global-traveler/these-are-the-3-worst-states-in-the-country-and-why-you-may-or-may-not-want-to-live-in-one-e124ac7fb798). I've not seen enough of Baltimore to draw a comparison. How long have you been here? I've written a few stories about Albuquirky, and include it in my dialog in many of my stories. The International District, what we call "the war zone", is not far from me, yet so is the old money district of Ridgecrest. I'm from Chicago and miss the neighborhood aspect of a city, though Nob Hill and the student ghetto have some of that.