See the losers in the best bars
Meet the winners in the dives

– Neil Young, "Sail Away"

I prefer a little gunfire to the alternative.

I'm curious about how potholes have been banished from the suburbs. And I haven't experienced gunfire anywhere I've eaten in the city. And carjackings seem to happen more often in the 'burbs.

Bill does have a point about the parking, tough.

I spent today driving all over the county (three of them, actually), and there were a lot of potholes. No homely gunfire, though.

The gunfire here isn't nearly as bad as in Detroit. Barely ever hear any.Never when I'm out at dinner.

Yikes, Bill, where have you been eating in the city? Try to branch out from the corner liquor stores for a change of pace... ;)

I used to live in Columbia, now I live in the city. There's just no comparison at all -- the restaurants are better, more inventive where I love now. Pointing to a couple of exceptions does not mean that the rule doesn't apply. There may be reasons to live in the 'burbs, but dining choice isn't among them.

And I haven't heard gunfire in the three years I've lived here, and don't see too many panhandlers.

Considering that this year the State cut 90% of the local highway funds from the counties and 19% from Baltimore City, the suburbs may end up with pothole parity with the City.

pothole season is upon us in the county - and early this year too!

gunfire? the woman up the street from me shot her straying husband as he attempted to sneak in the front door - in the burbs! (not the neighborhood I'm in now).