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Comment by notjustanymike | Hacker News Reader

Coming soon to Baltimore! Good luck with that fellas!

I have lived in Baltimore my entire life and this comment is an enigma. I assume this is some type of jab at crime, but IMHO, Baltimore is perfect for this kind of operation. To name a few reasons:

* Urban environment. Lots of deliveries in a short period of time.

* Amazon DH is conveniently located near I-95 for easy access to the city as well as I-695 and surrounding suburbia.

* Traffic actually isn't that bad compared with other urban areas.

Seriously, traffic isn't that bad?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=Cds9uQMQAnA

and also the governor of the state wrote an oped about how bad Baltimore city is at being a city:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bs-ed-hogan-baltimo...

I have lived in Baltimore for over 10 years. The roads are in terrible shape, there are only two streets to get across town and they are jammed 12 hours a day. 95 is under heavy construction and the entry points into the city from 95 no longer support the volume of traffic.

Yeah I don't get what the comment was getting at either. People robbing drivers, I guess? (Although I've never heard of such things happening)

I agree with your points though - something like this would be perfect for the city!

I live in Baltimore, and the only thing I can think of that the OP is referring to is the fact that it is extremely risky to get anything delivered to your place while away. If something is sitting on your front stoop, it is very likely to get stolen, even in the nicer neighborhoods. However, I don't see this being different than any other city.

He's probably been watching a bit too much of The Wire.

I love this assumption. It's partially true; I lived in Baltimore during the time they were filming the Wire. They used to interrupt my commute home by filming in my neighborhood.

I live in Baltimore (after NYC, SF, Boston). Love it here. Downvoted your comment because it is uninformed and adds nothing of value.

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