I didn’t say people from Baltimore always say this. I said people always say this when the show is criticized. Even then, I’m pretty skeptical of the possibility that people commenting on random Reddit or HN topics were personally involved in the drug trade in Baltimore twenty years ago.

As I wrote in my initial comment, the show is great but has an irritating fan base that is hostile to anyone suggesting that it isn’t a documentary. It’s a television show that uses fairly standard narrative techniques to tell a story. That doesn’t mean it’s made up; but it does mean that it isn’t a unquestionably factual story, as its fan base would like you to believe.

It’s a very similar situation to people that insist New York is the greatest city in the world. Yeah, it’s an awesome place, and probably in the top ten. But this obsession with “being the best city/best TV show of all time” clouds judgement and becomes a cultish attitude after awhile.