The Sun's July 29 article on the Charles North area revealed great middle-class arrogance. "Between islands of calm derelict blocks await development," indeed! What an offensive presumption! The only people quoted in this article, middle-class residents, politicians and business representatives, were concerned about their needs, their safety. What about the perfectly decent and struggling people who live in the areas between those islands? Don't their voices matter, or their needs?

I like calm, I'm all for it and am lucky enough to live in an area where I have it. But as long as this city acts as if its purpose is only to create calm for those with money, it will breed angry and violent young people in the many communities without money, or stability, or adequate services.

If you want calm and safety, you must want them for everybody. There is no other way.

Katharine W. Rylaarsdam, Baltimore