Baltimore?
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- randomname
Does anyone live in Baltimore? S.O. is applying for a job there, and just curious if it's safe, what the art scene is like, if it's easy living and how easy it is to get around without a car.
All I know about the city is from The Wire.
I'm 27.
- fresnobob0
This is what I hear Baltimore is like...
- nah. more like this >> http://4.bp.blogspot…akrok
- lolfresnobob
- akrok0
what happen? no workiework with the wife?
- http://www.qbn.com/t…akrok
- Just seeing what others were saying. We're exploring options.randomname
- hope you get it.akrok
- pepe0
i went to design school there, super cool city, a little limited design job wise and how far ahead they are technically market wise but a pleasant city that constantly gets nicer with time.
- jfletcher0
My parents live very close... parts of the city are very dangerous, but other parts are super nice and safe.... just live in those. Love the aquerium area, but haven't been there for years. Don't know about the art scene
- 10g00
worked here 9 years, went to school here. It is a cheap place to live which is a bonus. Great music scene. Violent but like most major cities there is violence.
- ArsenicPants0
- Wow Dan is getting quite portly.CyBrainX
- Ew, are these hipsters?randomname
- moogchild0
if the job is right take it. you're obviously a white boy. B-more has allot of soul. Also allot of black dudes that you say are unsafe wouldn't mind having a pass of that pretty white piece of meat that you call a girlfriend.
I say do it!
- ORAZAL0
Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
- CyBrainX0
My ex-in-laws live there about a mile north of Camden Yards. That's a nice neighborhood, but it changes quickly and a LOT of Baltimore is just abandoned. There are rows of beautiful brownstones unoccupied as well as commercial buildings. It's just sad. The city is trying to sell these places for $1 to try to encourage the economy. the crime can be pretty bad.
- randomname0
Crazy. Like Detroit?
- iheartfun0
Live about 30 minutes outside Baltimore. Its as others have said very dangerous in some spots but nice in others. If you want to actually live in the city Federal Hill and Fells Point are nice. I prefer not to live there. Art seen is dismal.
- I thought Fells Point was great, small as it was though.CyBrainX
- fooler0
My cousin used to live there and hated it. He moved to L.A. and obviously likes that more. He's only been back once to run the Baltimore Marathon and said at some points during the race the residents of some of the neighborhoods were throwing shit and yelling and threatening some of the runners. Sounds like a great place.
- randomname0
How's the public transportation, or do you need a car?
- gramme0
I lived in B'more for 15 years. It has its rough aspects like any other city. But overall I loved it. I lived in Ellicott City, about 25 minutes west of the city. Old Ellicott City is a really cool little neighborhood if you don't mind having a 30ish-minute commute. Plenty of shops, great restaurants, little galleries, etc.
The art scene in B'more isn't great, but there are some interesting enclaves. MICA has helped to raise the bar. They have interesting events on a regular basis. The AIGA chapter there is OK, not the best but there are a lot of members.
Great places to live in the city:
1. Canton. Yuppieville but nice brownstones/condos. Close to Fells Point restaurants and bars.
2. Any part of the central corridor, from Towson in the north down to
the downtown area. There's a stripe of old money and historic neighborhoods that cluster around Charles Street, which runs N–S down to the harbor.
3. Federal Hill (but don't go anywhere near Brooklyn).
4. Locust Point (lots of nice brownstones, area has recently been on the make).Areas of Baltimore you should never, ever visit:
1. Neighborhoods off Cold Spring Lane that are further than a mile west of Loyola College. The badness flows out to Mondawmin and out of the city via Liberty Road. Goes all the way to Randallstown, which has become a ghettofied suburb.
2. Southeast city, north and east of Canton. There's a park in the area, can't remember the name but it's a well-used unofficial cemetery.
3. A small corridor of southwest city, east of Catonsville and west of the historic S. Charles Street neighborhoods. You'll quickly go from stately historic homes and manicured lawns to projects.
4. Brooklyn. It's the most depressing white ghetto you'll ever see. The air is so toxic people have to paint their houses every 12–18 mos.Baltimore is still a fairly segregated city, but it's also a cultural melting pot. Fantastic Indian food (the best is the Ambassador Dining Room near JHU) and a couple choice Irish pubs. My favorite is J. Patrick's in Locust Point. Green door, no sign. Old Irish Jay himself still tends bar well into his 70s, maybe 80s. Never forgets a name. The shillelagh is not just for show.
- gramme0
Oh, and if you go more than a mile or two east of MLK Jr. Blvd, things get shady really fast. Stay away. The Safeway in the neighborhood is one of the most depressing grocery stores I've ever seen.
- gramme0
Email me if you want to know more about me old stomping grounds.
- gramme0
Hampden is an interesting neighborhood. Was becoming trendier when I left. A few interesting studios/agencies nearby. It's the heart of "hon" country. Think every John Waters movie.