Baltimore is a city with problems. This is true of any city, but not every city routinely ranks number 1 in the occurrences of murder and violent crime within it's borders. Nor does every find itself publicly shamed by the leader of the very country in which it resides, as Baltimore was so recently by President Trump. The knee jerk reaction to Trump's words was to condemn him. Yet another boorish gaffe by a president prone to them. Yet another statement fraught with racist undertones, badmouthing a city with a majority black population as a place "no human being" would choose to live in. However there was another response, from long time residents like, luminaries of the city that once laid claim to the slogan "Greatest City in America", and that response was one of frustrated agreement with much of what was said. Is it fair to call areas of our city rat infested? Yes. Take a stroll down North Ave, or any of it's cross streets, and count the number...