[remarkEon]

That line felt to me to be more of a global critique of the decline of consistent blue collar employment in industrial towns, like Baltimore.

[fullshark]

It seemed a bit too on the nose. The Wire is great but a few thesis statement lines like this scattered throughout bug me.

[remarkEon]

I've watched through probably a dozen times, and yes I can definitely see that. My comment was probably letting my rust belt roots in Minnesota shining through. That and seeing and reading a lot of what David Simon has said outside of The Wire.