They are celebrating in the streets of Baltimore.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

No, not because of the Ravens, because that kind of sucked.

I'm talking about...your Baltimore Orioles! We just swept the Toronto Blue Jays....and by virtue of that, we avoided the indignity of a 100 loss season!

Woot-woot! Ceeeeellllebrate good times, come on!

[asdjrocky]

1. Baltimore is my favorite town I've never been to.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I love that city like a family member.

A somewhat dysfunctional family member, but one who is full of character.

[asdjrocky]

3. I grew up in Stockton Ca.

If you don't know the town, just know that it gets a mention in Capitalism a Love Story. And I have to say I love the town, bad cops and all.

[Orangepeel]

5. Hey, Tommy -- Have you read this article from this month's Baltimore Mag?

I think you'll like it



Think of the artists most commonly associated with Baltimore and a common trait begins to emerge. Poe. Dark, right? Zappa. Eccentric. Waters. An auteur unto his own.

Immediately, other names come to mind: Mencken, Tupac, David Byrne, David Simon, Philip Glass, Grace Hartigan, John Barth, Divine, John Doe, Gertrude Stein, Animal Collective, Dan Deacon, Cab Calloway, and even Anne Tyler. For such a mainstream author, Tyler creates more than her share of offbeat characters.

Offbeat is also a word to describe the city where she lives, a city that also gave us the Ouija board, a national anthem written by a poet imprisoned aboard an enemy ship, and the American Visionary Art Museum.

So what is it about Baltimore that nurtures eccentric and peculiar creativity? In short, why the edge?

--snip--

With all this in mind, we asked a few dozen creative types—from film directors and writers to a historian and a cartoonist—to offer reasons of their own. Their responses reflect this city's unpretentious character, poignant circumstances, and dedicated resourcefulness.

--more--

http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/article.asp?t=1&m=1&c=30&s=487&ai=87476

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Baltimore prepped me well for Florida.

I seem to be drawn to the places that celebrate the eccentric. I think I'd die in some place like Connecticut, no offense Connecticutians (???).

[madinmaryland]

4. Uhmm. You are keeping even with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have

won World Series against teh Orioles!!! "elevens"