safe neighborhoods (Baltimore, Garrison: how much, homes, employment)

[jonjj]

Originally Posted by agrimmwife

Lots of great info in this thread. My question: how about an area in or around Baltimore that's "hip" but still safe for small children? Is that possible? We currently live in the Chicagoland area, IL. Originally from Atlanta, GA, so I'm no stranger to crime, for sure. We're a young couple w/ a young kid... but my husband's a tattoo artist and I'm a musician. We want to be close to "what's happening."

Charles Village would be perfect for you.

[ByeByeDenver]

So when we're talking about East of Falls Rd and North of 31st we're talking Charles Village area right? Just trying to get my bearings straight here. Moving to Balt in July.

[jonjj]

Originally Posted by ByeByeDenver

So when we're talking about East of Falls Rd and North of 31st we're talking Charles Village area right? Just trying to get my bearings straight here. Moving to Balt in July.

Well, almost. The Falls Road corridor especially at the intersection of 36th Street would be Hampden which is a decent area to consider. Hampden runs south and north of 36th Street.
Charles Village would be north of 25th all the way up past 33rd running north and south. It would also be from roughly Maryland Avenue over to Guilford running east to west. There is an area between Hampden and Charles Village which includes a park and the neighborhood of Remington. Hope that helps.

[zesty waters]

Baltimore has neighborhoods that are classified as Healthy Neighborhoods. This idea relates to neighboroods that are undervalued, has some distress, but overall have quality property as a reasonable cost, working people, and amenties. Examples-Garwyn Oaks, Reservior Hill, Lauraville, Belair -Edison. Some other neighborhoods to consider are: Dickey Ville, Windsor Mills, Forest Park, etc.

[Keep1Belle]

I live in Upper Park heights which I consider to be safe, not really trendy, but it isnt all that far from downtown. convenient to 83 and 695

For families I think its great with the true definition of sub-urban. lots of churches and synagogues.

im a 20 someithng single female and have alwyas felt safe.

[dkgVT]

Originally Posted by johnfrancis7763

My wife and I have lived in Baltimore City for about 15 years and are raising our 4 kids in the Ten Hills Neighborhood of the city (west side, near the county line at Catonsville). I can't say enough good things about this area, its convenience, and the people here. Average home prices hover around $450K to $485 (these are accurate numbers...I'm a real estate broker). You may also want to check out Roland Park, Homewood, Guilford, Original Northwood, Westgate, Hamilton.
Glad to have another Washingtonian make the move.

It is a great area and Hunting Hills is great too!

[Bong477]

Originally Posted by kkelly59

Locust point - safe??????!!! I don't think so - check out this site showing all the sex offenders living in that area!
Maryland Sex Offender Registry Search

When I saw this post I was worried because we are moving to Locust Point, but if you look at the map, there are "only" 2 sex offenders in locust point and a small handful in Federal Hill. The vast majority of the 21230 offenders are in Pigtown.

[baltimore's best]

Think about Remington, too. Beautiful area by Hopkins.

[carolott]

Originally Posted by Bong477

When I saw this post I was worried because we are moving to Locust Point, but if you look at the map, there are "only" 2 sex offenders in locust point and a small handful in Federal Hill. The vast majority of the 21230 offenders are in Pigtown.

I don't know where you're getting this information, but you are wrong. The vast majority of the 21230 offenders are NOT in Pigtown. Out of the 46 registered sex offenders listed, six live in Pigtown, and the rest live in Federal Hill, Locust Point, Morrell Park, Westport, etc.

[Bong477]

I stand corrected... looking at the map, I see that the concentration of sex offenders doesn't pick up until right outside pigtown's borders (to the NW mainly). The number actually in pigtown is about the same as federal hill, give or take a person (6 or 7). My apologies... just doing research on the areas still, I'm not initimately familiar with the borders. Regardless, pigtown puts you a lot closer to a high concentration of sexual offenders as opposed to the adjacent federal hill & locust point even if they don't actually live there. Whether being that much closer but not quite neighbors puts you at higher risk of being a victim is anyone's guess I suppose.

Still, locust point is relatively free of sex offenders compared to other "nice" areas of the city.