Original sentence: ", and instead of meeting Tony Soprano everywhere you go you meet friendly Canadian people.45 three ("tree") times then thrown ("trown") into the River by a guy named Franky Percelli, you only have people who greet you with a friendly Canadian-accented "How ya dooin' ta day, EH.Picture a city that's just like Philadelphia, but instead of the big ass skyscrapers downtown you only have buildings that are kinda-sorta tall-ish, and instead of having people who speak in an annoying nasal Tony Soprano "Fughettaboutit" accent you only have people who speak in a thick Canadian accent, and instead of being beaten half dead with a baseball bat in broad daylight and shot in the leg with a
Edited sentence: After a decline in manufacturing industries, Baltimore shifted to a service sector-oriented economy.As of 2008, the population of Baltimore was 636,919.Baltimore () is an independent city and the largest city in the state of Maryland.Baltimore himself took his title from a place in Bornacoola parish, County Leitrim and County Longford, Ireland.Baltimore is also the largest city in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area of approximately 8.1 million residents.Baltimore is an anglicized form of the Irish Baile an Tí Mhóir, meaning "Town of the Big House", not to be confused with Baltimore, County Cork, the Irish name of which is Dún na Séad.Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay.Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City in order to distinguish it from surrounding Baltimore County.Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center.Founded in 1729, Baltimore is a major U.Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital are now the city's largest employers.The Baltimore Metropolitan Area, which includes the city's surrounding areas, has approximately 2.7 million residents; the 20th largest in the country.The city is named after Lord Baltimore in the Irish House of Lords, the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony.The harbor is now home to the Harborplace, a shopping, entertainment, and tourist center, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore.seaport and is situated closer to major Midwestern markets than any other major seaport on the East Coast