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5 Years After 'The Wire,' Nothing Has Changed For Baltimore's Poorest Neighborhoods [PHOTOS]

Kamelia AngelovaApr 12, 2013, 01:13 IST

AP Photo/Patrick SemanskThe popular HBO series The Wire introduced us to the grim reality of drugs, gangs, and life in poverty in Baltimore, Maryland.

It was filmed in and around the city from 2002 to 2008, using its urban grit as a natural backdrop, and it featured local residents as extras and even in small supporting roles.

Five years after the show wrapped, it seems that nothing has changed for Baltimore's poverty-stricken neighborhoods, dark streets and boarded houses.

AP photographer Patrick Semansky captured that state of the city's poorest areas in a photo essay this month.