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NoImpact3813 t1_jc585k4 wrote

Reply to Moving to CA to Baltimore and we're having a tough time picking to either go for a suburb vs city life, any help? by GammaRadJockey

As someone who has lived in the area for 75% of their life and whose parents live in Towson, if you confine yourself to Cockeysville or anywhere that survives off of driving down York Rd, you just might go stir crazy. Especially if you're in your twenties. It's a sleepy little area.

I live sort of at the border of Roland Park and Hampden, work at UMB... where North Baltimore City and Baltimore County meets has so many lovely kind of "hybrid" suburban/city neighborhoods with lots of character and great schools around. You can get green space (Stony Run, Lake Roland, etc) and have access to loads of cultural aspects of Baltimore, restaurants, but still get that safety and quiet at times.

*edit: and places like hampden are gonna have that older 20s/starting families kind of feel, it feels very community oriented. i would love to live in the neighborhood directly east of moms in hampden if i was starting a family.

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NoImpact3813 t1_j8smzd8 wrote

Reply to How walkable is the Mt Vernon Area? by juicycasket

mt vernon is a lovely place to stay... if i didn't love my spot in hampden, i would def live in mt vernon. and there's lots of great restaurants around! the peabody library is beautiful, too, and just around the corner from walters.

that will be a beautiful time of year, too! hope you have fun!

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NoImpact3813 t1_j6i6uk8 wrote

Reply to Seeking shelter and resources by [deleted]

Pauls Place in pigtown has a great reputation, they don't have a shelter but they do have walk in case management services for housing searches and benefits...

health care for the homeless also offers walk in appointments for mental health concerns and may be helpful in securing connections for temporary housing

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NoImpact3813 t1_j0g9eir wrote

Reply to comment by ames2k20 in Bolton Hill from Capitol Hill by ames2k20

I don’t live there, but I drive through Bolton hill to get to work every day. It seems like a very charming space… parents walking their kids to school or pulling them in little plastic wagons. MICA students walking alone.

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NoImpact3813 t1_iwc102n wrote

Reply to Making Baltimore look good on the Internet by perceptron-addict

two things can be true at once, and i think that gets lost around the conversation of baltimore.

is the crime and violence absolutely heartbreaking and terrible? yes.

are there good people here trying to bring the community together? wonderful businesses and culture? also yes.

and to your point, when the media only shares the one side of violence and crime, it seems people think of the city as a hopeless cause.

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