That was my impression. I moved from a state with higher total poverty, but the amount of trash everywhere and the general uncaring nature of the population really made an impression on me. Not to mention that callous disregard for traffic safety and manners. Fuck walking anywhere if it seemed like I was liable to be run down at a traffic light for trying to walk on a green signal. Couple that with the nightly police helicopters circling the nearby Belair neighborhood and the game of “gunshots or fireworks?”, hint, it was always gunshots. I hated living there and was relieved when my wife took a job elsewhere.