“Near” the Heart of Ignorance
Yesterday, in the DCist feature “Photo of the Day,” Tom Lee posted a photo of Baltimore’s Christmas Street in Hampden, which he was kind enough to inform the readers of a webpage supposedly about DC, is “NEAR” Baltimore. Thankfully, commenters chimed in with a collective WhatTheFuck?, to which Tom Lee responded:
Tom, here is a map of Baltimore with a red dot denoting the location of Hampden:
You are like, the worst quick glancer, ever. Monkeys are probably better google map readers than you. Hampden is “near” baltimore like a heart is near a chest cavity. You are the resident DCist technologist, right?!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m more than willing to forgive your ignorance of Baltimore. I expect it. There is nothing wrong with someone with absolutely no familiarity with a rather significant American city not being able to identify one of its most famous neighborhoods. I am sure there are some Americans who think Central Park is near Manhattan. I personally would be at a loss if asked to identify Silver Lake... or Venice Beach... or West Hollywood on a map of Los Angeles. I have no clue where 8 Mile is located... or Gross Point. Hell, I’m not even sure is Gross Point is even inside Detroit. No disrespect to Detroit, it’s just that I’ve never been there.
You were raised in Arlington. Why would you know anything about Baltimore? Of course you don’t know that there is a city outside the Inner Harbor. By the way, not that this hasn't been drummed loudly enough already, the Inner Harbor is a theme park which exists for the sole purpose of selling outsiders hats shaped like blue crabs. That isn’t Baltimore. You’ve never actually been to Baltimore. Not that you would even necessarily want to.
Obviously, what I am unwilling to forgive is DCist’s insistence of including my city in the coverage of your city when you obviously don’t have the first clue as to what you are talking about. You don’t even know that what is arguably its most famous and definitive neighborhood is located practically in the center of that city, because from your ignorant outsider’s perspective the only part of this city that exists is the Inner Harbor.
And yet, DCist STILL thinks it is qualified to cover Baltimore as though it is their possession. I know, by some perspectives, Baltimore is not huge; but it is bigger than, has a stronger cultural vernacular and a far more distinct identity than the pompous, pretentious transient shit hole that you call home. DCist should really consider its own actual perspective before it claims bigger cities as suburbs. At least that’s my perspective, anyway.
I’ll just have to remember that next time I find myself “near” DC in Shaw or Dupont Circle or something.
Sorry for my ignorance of Charm City. I'd checked Hampden's location in Google Maps, but a quick glance left me thinking it probably counted as the Baltimore suburbs. Thanks for the correction.
Tom, here is a map of Baltimore with a red dot denoting the location of Hampden:
You are like, the worst quick glancer, ever. Monkeys are probably better google map readers than you. Hampden is “near” baltimore like a heart is near a chest cavity. You are the resident DCist technologist, right?!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m more than willing to forgive your ignorance of Baltimore. I expect it. There is nothing wrong with someone with absolutely no familiarity with a rather significant American city not being able to identify one of its most famous neighborhoods. I am sure there are some Americans who think Central Park is near Manhattan. I personally would be at a loss if asked to identify Silver Lake... or Venice Beach... or West Hollywood on a map of Los Angeles. I have no clue where 8 Mile is located... or Gross Point. Hell, I’m not even sure is Gross Point is even inside Detroit. No disrespect to Detroit, it’s just that I’ve never been there.
You were raised in Arlington. Why would you know anything about Baltimore? Of course you don’t know that there is a city outside the Inner Harbor. By the way, not that this hasn't been drummed loudly enough already, the Inner Harbor is a theme park which exists for the sole purpose of selling outsiders hats shaped like blue crabs. That isn’t Baltimore. You’ve never actually been to Baltimore. Not that you would even necessarily want to.
Obviously, what I am unwilling to forgive is DCist’s insistence of including my city in the coverage of your city when you obviously don’t have the first clue as to what you are talking about. You don’t even know that what is arguably its most famous and definitive neighborhood is located practically in the center of that city, because from your ignorant outsider’s perspective the only part of this city that exists is the Inner Harbor.
And yet, DCist STILL thinks it is qualified to cover Baltimore as though it is their possession. I know, by some perspectives, Baltimore is not huge; but it is bigger than, has a stronger cultural vernacular and a far more distinct identity than the pompous, pretentious transient shit hole that you call home. DCist should really consider its own actual perspective before it claims bigger cities as suburbs. At least that’s my perspective, anyway.
I’ll just have to remember that next time I find myself “near” DC in Shaw or Dupont Circle or something.
posted by dcistgohome at 10:27 AM
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HGTV had a special in part on Hampden this last weekend, except they referred to it as Hampden, Maryland and made no references to Baltimore City, except for the guy who'd started it all who mentioned "The City" in passing and not by name. People not in the know might think he was talking about a Maryland city called Hampden. Stupid HGTV.
Also - re: your DCist Business on the right: er, shouldn't there be more overlap? Why should DC get Columbia when its a suburb of both cities?
Those areas that have justifiable overlap are okay for DCist to cover. I'm trying to be fair here. Those areas in green have a signifigant (if not majority) of a population that has cultural links to DC, rather than Baltimore. One needs not look any further than the boring tasteful white pinlights decorating Columbia and Annapolis during x-mas to see the cultural influence of DC. Howard and southern Anne Arundel are both arguably suburbs of both cities. Who am I to tell them not to cover their own suburbs?
I'm not disputing you, but I'm saying, shouldn't there be overlap? Why can't Annapolis AND Columbia be within the purview of both?
they are not outside the perview of both. that map shows what is and is not acceptable for dcist to cover as local news. it shows nothing of what is acceptable for a baltimore page to cover. that is not the subject here... although I think it would be retarded for a baltimore page to cover pgco or moco... as we have no cultural links to those areas.
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