Not looking for lower. Just want to make sure pricing is in that range across my options.

Road rage in Baltimore is at such a high and it honestly can be terrifying to drive (or be a pedestrian) in this city. The aggressiveness is out of hand and our city does nothing to calm traffic patterns to make it safer.

Extremely walkable. Free circulator buses running up Charles and down St. Paul (offering access to Charles Village, Station North, Downtown, and Fed Hill). Unless you're seriously in a pinch you can either walk or take transit to where you're going. City buses also are nice and plentiful and are just $2 for 90-mins of use when you use the CharmPass app.

Yea, but unfortunately transit takes a while to correct and implement due to studies and public input (we're talking 3-6 years at best in many cases). And, I'd imagine if Hampden was offered efficient, proper BRT lanes up Falls Road or Keswick, the community would strongly reject them. Thus, it becomes a vicious cycle of maintaining a car-oriented city community that becomes less and less inclusive due to a housing squeeze.

Ignoring the chimney swifts, as I think that is a separate issue that would have needed proper mitigation to move forward (and I do think mitigation is possible), the parking situation (which I believe is the real issue here [no I don't think a lot of these people campaigning against it cared about the chimney swifts or historic character]) and it's tiresome that this keeps happening, neighborhood by neighborhood. It's just not realistic to stall all development and cap housing because of "parking" and "too many people". That's not a sustainable argument, particularly if we want people to move into this city and pay city taxes. And if we require all redevelopment to have tunneled parking garages, that just drives up the cost of the housing. The question should turn to "why isn't our neighborhood or community supported by more reliable, direct public transit?" You'd be amazed what can happen if a politician and/or community association backs transit and pedestrian travel initiatives. It's not an immediate fix, but it's a step forward as opposed to "lets just not redevelop abandoned buildings or land."

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The sad thing is, is that Hampden is becoming a desirable neighborhood to live in and, if there's no new multi-unit housing entering the market to feed that demand, home prices will continue to rise there and more and more people will be priced out of living there. People are moving to Hampden regardless of whether there is housing and those with money can put more money into bidding wars. I guess it's good for those who live there and want to make $$$ when they sell their house, but it's abysmal for the neighborhood and city.

Yes, particularly historic preservation. I work in the field and see it get tossed out as a last ditch effort too often to prevent housing and "undesirables" from moving in.

I have always loved the take that public transit is a reliable "getaway" car lol.

A lot of government turnaround because of political officials meddling. Look at Baltimore City DOT--practically all of the upper management quit within the last year and I'd imagine it's because weasels like Councilman Costello intervene and won't let them do their jobs. I imagine that is common across all departments. Beyond that, city technology is flawed and outdated. Even when neighborhoods were getting weekly recycling pick up, not *all* neighborhoods actually were. I agree, it's super frustrating that we pay such high property taxes for a city that doesn't seem to a) make progress and b) deliver the bare minimum. But, I'm not sure it's new. Look at Nick Mosby, he swindled money that could've gone to Public Works prior to entering office to instead make new positions for his office so his friends could get a nice paycheck.

People really need to look at the Mayor and City Council. If Mayor Scott had more of a backbone, he'd stop councilmembers from meddling or sternly deliver promises he made when he entered office. Instead its more of the same political gesturing over and over. I mean, the City Council was able to quite quickly work out new pension schedules for their benefit, but any other progress within the city's control seems to span political administrations...

If you get tired of street parking, Mt. Vernon is overrun with surface parking lots and garages you can rent monthly rates. No shortage of parking whatsoever.

I’d actually argue the real story is that a year and a half of water in Baltimore adds up to $21,000. I get it’s a larger residence…but that’s over $1,000/mo in water billing.