The Real Wire: Baltimore City Violence

A small city that masquerades as a big one, Baltimore is a historical city. Row homes fill its landscape, along with statues of all of the city's greats. People like Billie Holiday, Babe Ruth, and Edger Allen Poe, etc. Visitors come for across the world to visit the cities infamous Inner Harbor and other historical sites. Across the city's skyline, cranes can be seen for miles as the everyday work of new city development are taking place. Business professional crowd the streets of Downtown Baltimore trying to avoid morning and evening rush hours. People crowd the public transportation, all with different destinations.

Like many others, the city has a diverse background. There are many different nationalities and races all mixed in to this small city. The city is home to many colleges and universities. Schools like Morgan State University, Coppin State University, John Hopkins, and Loyola, etc. One would probably believe that this is a great place to live. Baltimore has a lot to offer some one who is in search of a career. Underneath this facade, there is a very large problem.

Surrounding Baltimore's beautiful skyline are neighborhoods are the separated only by street signs. Like most neighborhoods, Baltimore neighborhoods are divided by district. They are in sections: north, south, east and west. Between Baltimore is also divided by sub-sections: north-west, south-west, north- east, and south east. Depending on what neighborhood a person lives in, determines what type of life-style one encounters. There are several areas in Baltimore that are very desirable to live in for the average new comer. There are also many neighborhoods in Baltimore the average person would runaway from at first sight. For example; The South Baltimore district. In a lot of these neighborhoods, parents cringe at the thought of raising they're children in. What is Baltimore really? Baltimore is mush more then what the viewers of The Wire actually get to see.