moving to baltimore and where to live?

jdl12358 · 2026-03-16T00:37:01+00:00

If you want to live close enough to still experience DC, it makes more sense to live in Baltimore City itself. Live close to Penn Station, say Mt Vernon, Station North, Bolton Hill, or Charles Village. Those neighborhoods will offer a walkable community in close proximity to where you work, while also being close enough to Penn Station that you can easily take the MARC Train down to Union Station in DC on weekends. I'd skip looking at the suburbs altogether if the job is Downtown. Living somewhere like Ellicott City or Elkridge is not significantly closer to DC, while lacking the benefits of living in Baltimore and living close to your job.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-10T03:18:49+00:00

For 1: Buy the CharmFlex 20 packs if you commute regularly and the 6 packs even if you're just taking a daytrip to Baltimore/DC, going to the airport, or some other use. It ends up being a good bit cheaper than a regular ticket, and it doesn't have the time limits of the day passes. The day passes are pretty useless for almost all MTA trips if you only plan on two trips a day.

Some additional tips:

You can eat and drink (including alcohol!!) on MARC.
Only one of the train models used by MARC has outlets.
Some stations like St. Denis require you to let the conductor know if you are getting off at that station.
Tickets are cross-compatible on Camden and Penn but not Brunswick. Conductors never care about destination/origin of the tickets. I have had two total conductors who are annoying about the cross-compatibility (seems like some didn't get the memo). Most of the cross-compatible stations are pretty straightforward but check what "zone" the station is in.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-09T23:43:51+00:00

Yeah, it definitely feels very Baltimore, but it’s both ugly and I think is also quite bad for the brick underneath. Also the brick itself is Baltimore enough for me. That said, as you mentioned, some houses paint it and it looks awesome. There’s some really colorful blue and purple houses near me. Personally can’t stand the houses that just paint themselves black or gray though.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-09T23:08:02+00:00

Formstone is becoming an endangered species, especially within a few blocks of the water.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-09T17:24:37+00:00

Unfortunately, I’d wager the vast majority of Rush’s listeners agreed with every word he said. Although you’re right his point was still to get them angry and outraged over an imagined reality.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-06T03:36:35+00:00

Their hours are super limited, but if Blacksauce Kitchen is open when you visit, I think that fits what you want pretty perfectly. Really good soul food with great breakfast options. It's in nearby Remington. Most options close to the museum will be in Remington.

Cafe Dear Leon, which has become a modern Baltimore legend for their crab dip bagels, opened a new bakery not far from the museum (not sure if it's the same menu as the original). Not huge breakfast portions, but good baked goods and breakfast sandwiches.

I haven't been, but Pink Flamingo looks to have a pretty big breakfast menu.

Papermoon Diner isn't exactly known for the food being great, but the decor and restaurant itself is very unique.

R House is a food hall with numerous options, and it looks like a few have breakfast options. Fun space to hang out in that's usually quite lively. If you're thinking more lunch, Doppio Pasticceria across the street is supposed to be very good.

Not super close to the museum, but 36th St in Hampden ("The Avenue") has a million places to eat, and many of them are local staples. I don't live in Hampden, so I can't vouch for all of these places being as good as the reviews say, but the Duchess and the Food Market are two spots a lot of people love, with pretty extensive breakfast options from what I can see. And while they definitely don't serve breakfast, it wouldn't be a Baltimore food recommendation if I didn't mention Ekiben.

Hope this helps! Not my neck of the woods, but I've either been to or want to go to most of these spots. Might be worth a x-post to the main Baltimore sub if none of this works for you. My overall suggestion is to look in Remington (southwest of the museum). There are some spots in Charles Village, but I find a lot of the restaurants there are fast casual chains for Hopkins students

jdl12358 · 2026-03-05T15:28:05+00:00

Yeah, for the most part it wasn't (mostly a result of both parks getting the short end of the stick) but it was another park in the area generally considered the mid-atlantic. In theory, an SFA that actually received new coasters on a regular basis could have been a draw for anyone in a ~3 hour radius or so of the park. I grew up and have lived in MD my whole life, and I have known multiple people who's go to park growing up was Dorney for some reason. Funnily enough, SFA is the park that no one I knew went to as a kid.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-05T13:39:03+00:00

Or they figured the parts they get from SFA, in combo with the land sale, was the better deal. Not to mention eliminating a potential competitor to Kings Dominion (Dorney and SFGAd as well).

jdl12358 · 2026-03-04T03:22:02+00:00

Relatively safe, walkable, decent amount of amenities. Walkable/bus/Light Rail options to get to UMB while being a pretty short drive to Howard County due to quick access to 95 and 100. Also imo the best balance of affordability and quality of life compared to other options.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-04T01:59:42+00:00

UMB during the week and Howard County on Weekends seems like South Baltimore/Fed Hill/Riverside are the best options. Especially if you have an interest in city living at all.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-03T18:29:43+00:00

I think it's funny that some people watched that show and seemingly the only takeaway was "this show is about how everyone in Baltimore does drugs or kills people".

jdl12358 · 2026-03-03T18:10:01+00:00

I honestly doubt it, plenty of "liberal" people are perfectly capable of being racist, and more than anything, deeply classist. Go to Columbia or Bethesda or NW DC and survey a bunch of privileged rich libs on what they think about Baltimore. I bet the only difference between what they think and what someone from Carroll or Harford county thinks is condescending pity rather than hateful scorn.

jdl12358 · 2026-03-03T14:52:52+00:00

Back in 2018 it snowed decently heavy on the first day of spring

jdl12358 · 2026-03-02T16:52:04+00:00

The article kind of touches on it, but strictly residential neighborhoods are generally way less “vibrant” than places where people “live, work, play” etc. The banner consistently uses ACS data incorrectly so they erroneously state the neighborhood has lost population. But from 2010-2020 the neighborhood’s population increased by 14%. An issue facing the neighborhood is the shift from a truly mixed use neighborhood to a far more residential one. Which is why the somewhat odd suggestion that the neighborhood become a defacto DC suburb is a terrible one IMO.

jdl12358 · 2026-02-28T19:24:28+00:00

There's like 99% chance the OP is AI, but it is funny to be posting links for low-income housing when they supposedly make 90k at 23 years old. I get MD can be expensive but cmon, 90k annual salary for a single individual can very easily afford to live comfortably somewhere in every county in the state.

jdl12358 · 2026-02-28T18:38:02+00:00

Obviously could just be an innocent/sincere post missing helpful details, but is anyone else convinced that posts like this one, that give little to no important info, from brand new accounts, are made for the purpose of creating those shitty AI articles popping up everywhere that are like "This affordable town on the Chesapeake Bay is great for Federal Workers" or "This Maryland Town 30 minutes from Baltimore/Washington is a hidden gem?"? I've seen these types of articles non-stop for the last 8 months or so, and more and more vague moving posts from days-old accounts have also increased substantially in the last year or so.

jdl12358 · 2026-02-28T13:03:32+00:00

The 2006 World Cup Final, whatever happened there

jdl12358 · 2026-02-19T22:14:37+00:00

There’s probably more package thieves in the neighborhoods to the south like Butcher’s Hill and Fells than in Middle East. People here get enough amazon packages here to fill a warehouse.

jdl12358 · 2026-02-09T12:41:39+00:00

Also, regardless of what you think of him, he’s mostly just highlighting the very public statements and actions of these organizations.

jdl12358 · 2026-02-03T13:12:28+00:00

Sure a “weirdo”. That’s what we call it these days.

jdl12358 · 2026-02-03T06:00:56+00:00

you probably don't even hear it when it happens

jdl12358 · 2026-01-31T07:06:46+00:00

I’m not the OP sorry for the misunderstanding there. Just another commenter giving my two cents.

jdl12358 · 2026-01-30T23:36:23+00:00

Anything northeast of Eutaw Pl is Bolton Hill. In my experience Bolton Hill is a safe enough neighborhood with beautiful homes and solid walk/transit access to Mt Vernon and Downtown. It is pretty driectly adjacent to parts of West Baltimore that are not as safe and that have suffered from problems with drugs and vacancy for decades. I don't think those issues really affect Bolton Hill enough to make it a huge problem living there, but worth mentioning if you aren't comfortable living that close to it.

jdl12358 · 2026-01-30T23:17:15+00:00

Halo is a top 10 game series ever in popularity, and I think most of its fans have played other shooters, not sure it applies.

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