To combat the (presumed) flight of its middle-class population, Baltimore created the More in the Middle program in 2008, dedicated to convincing middle-class black families to remain in the city by helping them form financial ties in the area, such as facilitating home ownership, business ownership and higher education.

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Like Providence, Baltimore has less credit card debt because its middle-class population is dwindling.

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Baltimore contrasts sharply to places where lots of middle-class retirees have settled down over the last two decades, like Miami and Phoenix, Ariz.

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The original Raven -- as the team's first draft pick after it relocated from Cleveland to Baltimore -- literally stands above everyone else in the Class of 2013, by virtue of his height and 345-pound frame.

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The father was a Baltimore lawyer who, to the son's chagrin, shared the racial bigotry of his class and time.

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