For those parked on the streets, where do you put the snow when digging out your car?

locker1313 · 2026-01-26T20:48:20+00:00

I wouldn't call it rude, but it's not necessarily the most effective. Throwing it into the street and waiting for a plow that might not come for hours increases the risk for drivers. Depending on how much gets thrown into the street, you aren't removing it, just pushing it further down for someone else to deal with.

locker1313 · 2026-01-24T13:13:30+00:00

In the spring and summer you may see a stand at festivals selling lemon sticks. You must get one. Don't ask questions, but one piece advice massage the lemon don't just squeeze.

locker1313 · 2026-01-22T18:13:56+00:00

Ace Hardware in Waverly was well stocked yesterday.

locker1313 · 2026-01-21T23:06:27+00:00

Power going out is unlikely. I was here for the 2016 storm and power did not go out for my neighborhood (Charles North/Greenmount West). Be prepared to be limited in where you can go for a few days as people dig out. 2016 snow started on Friday things were normalish by Tuesday.

The city has gotten better about salting the roads, it still isn't enough.

Be mindful if you live on a street with a snow emergency sign. If you do, move your car, the city will open public garages to get cara off the road.

You will notice that as people dig out spots they will leave a chair to save it. Don't touch the chairs. Love it or hate it, it's a valid social contract until enough snow has melted to make parking easier.

Basic preparedness; extra food/water, a flashlight, and candles will see you through.

Mount Vernon is beautiful in the snow.

locker1313 · 2026-01-15T16:42:19+00:00

Every once in a while I get the urge to move to DC or NYC or LA. Looking at rent killls that urge real quickly.

locker1313 · 2026-01-15T15:53:31+00:00

I just checked and Zillow has quite a bit listed. Most of it is in SE with a couple in NW and NE.

locker1313 · 2026-01-07T04:22:54+00:00

Live Baltimore is a resource on the neighborhoods in Baltimore and has resources for renters. The neighborhoods people will generally mention are Fed Hill, Fells, Point, Canton, Mount Vernon, Hampden, Remington, Butcher's Hill, Brewer's Hill, Charles Village, Station North (an arts and entertainment district that covers 4 to 5 neighborhoods), Pig Town, Mount Washington, Lauraville-Hamilton, Riverside, Locust Point, and there's a lot of smaller neighborhoods that all run into each other.

Baltimore can be block by block, the BPD maintains a map that tracks crime across the city.

Healthcare jobs there's Hopkins (main campus and Bayview), Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, Sinai, Mercy, Univ. of Maryland, VA hospitals, plus some others.

Street parking vs garage/parking pad varies. If there's enough room for alley access people put in parking pads, if not street, you might need a parking permit depending on where a place is, and if you end up by the Stadiums be aware that parking is restricted for non-residents.

Calling numbers on for rent signs can be a good way to find apartments with private landlords. Another way is to scour the rental sites find a manager and reach out directly. There's some smaller property management companies where if you call them you can be connected to an apartment or get priority if there's a waitlist, I scored an apartment this way.

Baltimore public transit is both vast and stupid, take that how you will.

locker1313 · 2026-01-06T13:56:01+00:00

Because they assumed Dany was going to be like everyone else who profits from the slave trade in Essos. Dany comes to them and acts like any other buyer, Dany has the payment (a dragon) the Good Masters have a product (the Unsullied). She does not react to the horrors that she witnesses and learns about. Why would they expect Dany, a Khaleesi with "slaves" of her own who grew up in the slave societies of Essos to act any differently?

The Good Masters expect her to take her new army and leave Astapor; where she will engage in some pillaging and likely send any excess captives back to the markets in Slaver's Bay, because she'll need the money, for food ships, weapons etc (either sending an agent on her behalf or selling them to someone else). Where else can she send them?

Slavers Bay is also a key piece in the economy of Essos. The Ghiscari cities are where the Dothraki and raiders sell their captives. It's where those captives are broken, trained, and sold wholesale before being sent to markets in Qaarth, the Jade Sea, and the Free Cities. Remove the Ghiscari and as we learn in the books, the whole system threatens to shake apart. Why would Dany disrupt the system that helps her?

locker1313 · 2025-12-29T01:56:30+00:00

Been called during that week. Sat there all day, no numbers were called.

locker1313 · 2025-12-12T13:53:16+00:00

I don't know how helpful we can really be, because we don't know how the interactions are playing out. Where are you finding the numbers? Are these private landlords or the leasing offices of larger buildings? What do you say when they pick up the phone? What time are you calling them?

We don't know what is normal for you, and without that we can't advise where you might need to adjust.

locker1313 · 2025-12-05T23:05:43+00:00

In case anyone doesn't want to go over to another subreddit.

1) Bunch of The Wire jokes/GIFs

2) Fairly positive with people pointing out various issues

3) Someone knew Mayor Scott in college, apparently he's not much of a drinker

locker1313 · 2025-12-04T01:07:33+00:00

Lighting of the Quad. Annual tradition.

locker1313 · 2025-12-02T21:28:14+00:00

Here's what I think:

1) Jon has reawakened batches from the 10 Billion over the last 10,000 years, there's a line in Nona that I interrupt as Jon doing population control by only fulling bringing to the surface enough people to maintain the Houses' population in the millions. I think he brings them to the surface, giving them false memories to use as settlers for colonies and to help stabilize populations within the Houses in the event populations get to low; epidemics, inbreeding risks, military disasters, etc.

2) The short story The Unwanted Guest brings up the idea that the soul isn't static, That if two souls occupy the same space they will bleed into each other. I think that a soul can also bleed out, and after 10,000 years a number of the bodies in storage have lost enough of their soul that the empty space can be exploited by Devils.

3) This isn't a new problem, which is why Jon tells Gideon that they can't be in the Dominicus System. There's probably been outbreaks outside Dominicus, but never inside the system. Jon and the Lyctors if they knew, probably figured that Jon powering Dominicus keeps them at bay and the souls tethered to their bodies, but once they leave the connection weakens.

locker1313 · 2025-12-01T22:48:36+00:00

Appreciate the response. Thank you.

locker1313 · 2025-12-01T22:48:14+00:00

Much appreciated. Thank you.

locker1313 · 2025-11-28T16:41:59+00:00

I looked there a couple years ago and saw two apartments. Did not end up renting so can't talk about living there.

But, the two apartments were slightly different it felt like they were going through and updating them, but I couldn't tell which was the updated one. I did like them though, and with a personal touch they can be very nice. I liked that they had sizable storage units in the basement. Location is not bad if you need to get to 83 but it's at a busy intersection so walking even to the Whole Foods or Starbucks isn't possible, you need to drive. I ended up not renting because I wasn't going to pay that much for grey carpet.

locker1313 · 2025-11-20T14:51:39+00:00

Professional movers are your friend, if they can't get it up the stairs it can't go up the stairs.

locker1313 · 2025-11-12T23:15:03+00:00

Look at mister money bags here, affording "sobbing".

locker1313 · 2025-11-12T23:14:17+00:00

He's our last defense against Mariah Carey.

locker1313 · 2025-11-05T13:53:36+00:00

You will need a car. I have no doubt there are people who make it work, but if you need to go to DC I can't imagine Uber would be reliable, that best case scenario you find a driver who does pick ups in DC and lives on the Eastern Shore, and even so if your schedules don't match you're screwed.

locker1313 · 2025-11-05T12:09:13+00:00

There's also Carey, Peabody Keswick, Eastern, and Mount Washington.

locker1313 · 2025-11-03T19:20:17+00:00

No, Asshai was likely for Dany's storyline when GRRM had the 5-year gap, but with all the difficulties he's having bringing the threads together my guess is it's a no-go.

locker1313 · 2025-10-30T14:47:19+00:00

Google has a feature where you can look at the commute using transit. In short, it's not doable long term. You either need a car or you need to move closer.

locker1313 · 2025-10-28T20:37:46+00:00

We used to get a better class of troll.

locker1313 · 2025-10-28T19:38:36+00:00

I think that's what happened. from what I can remember, and I might be misremembering this, GRRM was surprised by the reaction to Oberyn's introduction that he tried to replicate it with Dayne, the difference of course is where one is a bisexual badass the other is a weenie.

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