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Animanialmanac OP t1_jacp4to wrote

Reply to comment by Matt3989 in President set to give Maryland $56.1 million for water infrastructure upgrades by Animanialmanac

That’s an article about DC’s mayor helping people whose homes were damaged by the sewer water! DC’s mayor helped the people, had companies clean the damage and has a program for the city to install the prevention valves for free so it doesn’t happen again. Baltimore doesn’t do this

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Ok-noway t1_jacok8o wrote

Reply to comment by soph_lurk_2018 in Considerations when moving into a Row Home by taqtotheback

I’ve rented a row home and can attest to this. There is CONSTANT maintenance to our sewer - and even though my landlord keeps up on it we ended up with 3 feet of sewage in our basement suddenly because the city doesn’t keep up on it.

I can also attest to the soft crumbling brick inside my apartment.

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MotoSlashSix t1_jaco6d3 wrote

Reply to comment by roccoccoSafredi in Baltimore, the problem isn't a lack of jobs: "We can’t find people to work" - The newest threat to Biden's climate policies. by roccoccoSafredi

So, first of all this claim about "wage price spiral" is a myth debunked by multiple economists who cover the topic.

What's funny about your claim is, folks who say similar things never point to C-Suite/Executive compensation as part of some "wage price spiral" or talk about how much stock buy backs contribute to lack of re-investment which can affect consumer prices and reduce employment compensation.

One doesn't have to touch margins to address executive compensation. That doesn't require re-wiring an entire economic system.And placing regulatory restrictions on stock buy backs does not require "re-wiring" an entire economic system.

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etoilebrille OP t1_jacmykc wrote

Reply to comment by chalks777 in please be on the lookout by etoilebrille

I’m hoping the suspects who stole the car (they were young, according to my husband) will be stupid enough to speed through a camera or park it somewhere it can get towed. I’m sorry you had to go through that too and it’s always a pain to run back and forth with insurance with anything.

Edited to add: we will most likely throw away that car seat too. My son is old enough to be in a booster now (also meets weight requirement) so if we need to buy again, it won’t be too expensive. But thank you for that link. I’ll still look into it.

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Animanialmanac OP t1_jaclrod wrote

Reply to comment by Matt3989 in President set to give Maryland $56.1 million for water infrastructure upgrades by Animanialmanac

The Baltimore system may be more modern but it’s not better. They don’t know, won’t admit, where all the SSO’s are, the city fixed the problem dumping sewer water into the harbor by redirecting it into people’s homes. Both Philadelphia and DC have programs to stop the sewer water from coming into homes or going into the streets. Baltimore only has a program to repay for a little bit of clean up after it happens, and only if you’re friends with your councilperson. The vacant homes in Southwest Baltimore have basements filled with sewer water, it comes out the basement windows, goes into the streets when it rains. That’s not better even if it is more modern. Baltimore doesn’t do anything to prevent the overflows into houses or the streets.

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chalks777 t1_jaclqqk wrote

Reply to please be on the lookout by etoilebrille

I had my car stolen (while parked, not while I was in it) almost two months ago. I filed the police report and cops told me "why didn't you call insurance first?" Insurance said "it usually takes 3 weeks, if the cops don't talk to us by then we'll cut you a check." 2 weeks and 6 days later the car turned up in a city impound lot. 3 weeks and a ton of paperwork and headache later, the car was out of impound and insurance called it a total loss anyways.

So...

I hope your story goes better than mine, but I recommend starting to figure out an alternative transportation solution now. I got the distinct impression that my story is the "normal" one.

Edit: oh, and we had two carseats in our car. We didn't get either of them back because the amount of drug shit in the car (i.e. needles) was ridiculous. If you need a carseat, KISS might be able to help.

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jupitaur9 t1_jack3pb wrote

Reply to comment by S-Kunst in Considerations when moving into a Row Home by taqtotheback

Yes, parking is an issue if you don’t have a parking pad. Don’t expect to park in front of your house unless you’re willing to invest a lot of time into strategizing when you come and go. If you have more than one car in the family that’s a bigger thing.

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Emerald_Pancakes t1_jaci9a6 wrote

Reply to Highway to nowhere and dirt bikes by brYzmz

This may be a bit of a tangent, but various parts of the city have started small programs to teach kids science, mechanical, and engineering skills based on dirt bike usage:

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/22/998606458/a-baltimore-youth-program-mixes-a-passion-for-dirt-bikes-with-science

Though I agree with you (and Baltimore has tons tons tons more going for it as well such as arts, music, science, medicine, ports and trains), from my perspective, a lot of the denizens of the city, and the surrounding counties, are opposed to their use.

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Matt3989 t1_jachy10 wrote

Reply to comment by Animanialmanac in President set to give Maryland $56.1 million for water infrastructure upgrades by Animanialmanac

WASA and WSSC were/are also under Consent Decrees (I think WSSC's is over, but WASA's is still active), but instead of tracking down and correcting SSO's, they're doing it for CSOs.

It's amazing: Sewers don't back up when you can dump the excess into your storm drains and never even realize it. Both WASA and PWD systems are built on "Magic Pipes" (Where does this sewer pipe flow to? Who knows, Who cares. Not our problem). At least Baltimore knows when we have an overflow event.

By "Better" I should have specified: More Modern. In that we don't have any crossover between our sanitary and storm water systems.

Edit: A link to some info about DC's combined sewer system:

  • CSO overflow events are triggered by <1" of rainfall
  • Warning lights for when the Potomac or Anacostia Rivers are contaminated
  • Greater than 1" of rainfall causes water quality issues for at least 3 days

And that's just WASA, WSSC is singlehandedly responsible for the condition of Sligo Creek (and many others). Philly has all of these same problems, and a lot less oversight. If you don't look for the issues, you won't find them.

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