Today I learned another reason that despite appearances Baltimore is not a "major metropolitan area". I'm not being sarcastic, it really doesn't have the economy of one.
But I also wonder if it's just the very largest cities that have easy 24 hour pharmacy access.
Wow! I live in a city which is fifteen times larger, and there is no Walgreens open later than 10 PM (nor Rite Aid, nor Bartell); the pharmacies generally close by 8. I wonder why some places get better service than we do?
In my corner of the USA the only 24 hour pharmacy is in the children's hospital, about 15 miles away from my house.
I have three hospitals with ERs within 5 miles but no pharmacy.