Baltimore Mythbusters

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Located about an hour's drive north of our nation's capital, Baltimore has traditionally been viewed as a less-cosmopolitan, more-industrialized step-sister of its southern neighbor, Washington, D.C. While D.C. is considered the epicenter of everything political in this country, Baltimore has long been considered an unattractive eyesore along the I-95 corridor. However, for those who venture off of the wide-lane interstate and leave behind the comfortable confines of their cruise-controlled vehicles, they may discover that there is more to Charm City than meets the eye. What tales are true and which are urban myths? These Baltimore mythbusters will help to set the record straight: