Warsh, eebmore. Warsh. Not wash. It all comes out in the warsh.

he. Sadly, I'll be cursed for the rest of my life with my non-baltimore accent. For me, it will always be "wash in the sink" not "warsh in the zink." *wimper*

Who gives a hoot about our elitist self-important neighbors to our south? They are just jealous that they paid $400k for a house smaller than a shoebox.

And, eebmore, don't feel bad. I grew up in Baltimore, and I escaped the accent. And that was while growing up with parentfolk who pronounced "oil" as "uul" and "wash" as "warsh."

When I was a littlun' I had a slight bmore accent. But every time I asked for a Kewlka Kewla, my parents would smack me on the back of the head and scream "Coca Cola!"

ee - you're posting a lot more in your sobriety, keep it up

As a DCist writer and Baltimore born and bred, I really appreciate your comments on the Borf post. Not all of who call DC home hate on Charm City. I still love it, but I prefer DC now because of its size, predominantly.

One commenter did bring up a valid point: Peter Angelos is a big blemish for Baltimore PR. Though I'll never stop being an O's fan, I simultaneously hate them now simply because of one arrogant owner's complete mismanagement of one of the few remaining small market teams in Major League Baseball.

Otherwise, I'll continue to be baffled by DC's odd attitude towards Baltimore. Of course, I'm told by long (and I mean LONG) time DC residents that it was precisely the opposite before the rise of the Military Industrial Complex and the growth of DC. For what that's worth.

DC resident, just stopping by to register my appreciation for baltimore. I love DC, but a lot of things about it bother me. I won't recount them here; they've been noted. I think of the two cities as complementary in a way, but maybe that's b/c I grew up exactly between the two.

I also think that if you grew up in the area, you view DC more through a local lens than a national one. From that perspective, it can be annoying to see how DC's transient professsionals describe it - whether they speak positively or negatively, they often know very little about DC as a city - the local history, cultural contributions, etc.

These are often the folks that bash Baltimore. They have a superficial impression on things like crime, cleanliness, and entertainment, and don't really know anything at all about Baltimore that they didn't see from a Fells Point bar, the Inner Harbor or through the window of a car.

However, same goes for the knee-jerk disdain of DC held by many Baltimoreans. They know its a city that has a lot of overeducated elitists that pay a lot for their homes, and they know about DC's more stale national assets (many of the museums, etc.), but often know little about its neighborhoods, its music & arts scenes, its truly local flavors.

Anyway, I love both cities. It is possible to do that, and I hope people start to realize that. Cripes. Maybe we need some kind of cultural exchange program or something.

I also think that if you grew up in the area, you view DC more through a local lens than a national one. From that perspective, it can be annoying to see how DC's transient professsionals describe it - whether they speak positively or negatively, they often know very little about DC as a city - the local history, cultural contributions, etc.

These are often the folks that bash Baltimore. They have a superficial impression on things like crime, cleanliness, and entertainment, and don't really know anything at all about Baltimore that they didn't see from a Fells Point bar, the Inner Harbor or through the window of a car.

However, same goes for the knee-jerk disdain of DC held by many Baltimoreans. They know its a city that has a lot of overeducated elitists that pay a lot for their homes, and they know about DC's more stale national assets (many of the museums, etc.), but often know little about its neighborhoods, its music & arts scenes, its truly local flavors.

Anyway, I love both cities. It is possible to do that, and I hope people start to realize that. Cripes. Maybe we need some kind of cultural exchange program or something.