Why I Live as a P.O.

More notes from Baltimore

I’m kind of shy of saying too much about Baltimore. For one thing I haven’t been here even two months and, overworked as I am, I don’t have much time to explore. To a large extent I experience the city as bills — including a, get this, special benefit district surcharge. This one saluted me with “DEAR PROPERTY OWNER,” and it triggered in me a series of …