Beautiful Bridgeport is definitely a faint memory. We live a ten minute drive from there. There's not much beauty left anymore. I'ts like many old industrial cities in New England.. ambandoned buildings, high crime and drug use... The good news is thalt there are many dedicated people who are trying to lift the city out of the ashes. It will be a daunting task and take many years, but I've seen other NewEngland cities that seemed dead come back to life.

Downtown Derby where we live looks like one of the worst sections of Bridgeport. But, there are development plans underway and it will be a beautiful city when they're done. The scale of the project is very different... we have a six block square area to re-do, and much of it is still in decent shape. Bridgeport has fifty times as much work to do.

Would the words to Fair Baltimore, that beautiful City do?

Jerry