IMO, Baltimore is a VERY cool city----very historic. Baltimore was part of the war of 1812, and The Star Spangled Banner was written here. Babe Ruth was born here, and Edgar Alan Poe, died here.
Baltimore is home to the first black-owned shipyard, the first U.S. umbrella factory, the first post office system, first dental school in the U.S., the first telegraph line, America's first Catholic cathedral, snowballs (grandfather to shaved ice, snow cones, etc) were invented here, etc.
In modern times, "Misty Harbor", the greatest / largest competitor of "London Fog", was headquartered here, as well as "Hutzler's", "Stewart's", "Luskin's", and "USF&G". The Social Security Administration, for the entire U.S. is headquartered here, as well as "Under Armour", "Cover Girl", "T. Rowe Price", "JoS. A. Bank Clothiers", "Royal Farms", and "Super Fresh". We're also home to the second jewel in "The Triple Crown".
We are very "arts and culture-centric", here----and, have often been called "Little New York" (I wish we had the Fashion District that NYC has, though). We have two fairly large artisan communities here (that I know-of), and I can't get enough visitation, there. We also have the theatre / museum district, the Science Center, Aquarium, and harbor (where the last afloat ship, during Pearl Harbor, still stands). Our harbor, BTW, is "fed" by the Chesapeake , which, in turn, is fed by the Atlantic Ocean. It is said that, aside from Virginia (which is also on the Chesapeake), we have the BEST crabs in the country (blue crabs----even people from California, have written about them; come, all-the-way, here, for them); also, Baltimore is said to have the best crab CAKES, as well (possibly due to McCormick spices [Old Bay], being here)! !
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