Baltimore's bad reputation still a drain on city,...

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Anirban Basu sounds a bit jealous of Fayetteville, Arkansas — population 8,000. The town makes a number of lists of the best places to live. He says Baltimore, unfortunately, ranks high in murder. “People think Fayetteville, Ark., is nicer than Baltimore,” he said, adding he doubted anyone in the audience was dying to visit the town. Basu, CEO of Sage Policy Group Inc., offered this frank view of the city’s bad reputation during a speech at the Greater Baltimore Committee Economic Outlook Conference…