Is Baltimore a part of Washington?

[carolott]

Originally Posted by bawlmer

Agreed. I find very few people socialize in both cities, even as you state they are so close. With the exception of Orioles games, I meet very few people in Baltimore from DC.

The vast majority of my neighbors are from DC -- at least the ones who have been here a couple of years or less.

[bawlmer]

Originally Posted by carolott

The vast majority of my neighbors are from DC -- at least the ones who have been here a couple of years or less.

Wow, isn't that interesting? None of my neighbors are from DC.

[bcote212]

I would say that Baltimore and DC make up the Baltimore-Washington urban areas. DC is about 45 min from Baltimore.

[carolott]

Originally Posted by bawlmer

Wow, isn't that interesting? None of my neighbors are from DC.

I think most of my neighbors moved here a couple of years ago when DC housing prices hit their peak. Because of my neighborhood's proximity to 295/95 and the MARC station, it's a good fit for people who still work in DC.

[bawlmer]

Originally Posted by carolott

I think most of my neighbors moved here a couple of years ago when DC housing prices hit their peak. Because of my neighborhood's proximity to 295/95 and the MARC station, it's a good fit for people who still work in DC.

Were these people who had lived in DC, then left and moved to Baltimore? I find that very unusual. More often, I find people who wanted to live in DC (but never actually did), but moved to Baltimore instead because it was cheaper.

[ginbelt]

Originally Posted by bawlmer

Were these people who had lived in DC, then left and moved to Baltimore? I find that very unusual. More often, I find people who wanted to live in DC (but never actually did), but moved to Baltimore instead because it was cheaper.

I've heard of plenty of people who moved her FROM DC.Moderater cut: Please, no personal attacks. My next door neighbors, in fact, fit that mold. Both worked in DC as attorneys, and lived there for some time. They weren't originally from there there, but they did live and work there. But they moved to Baltimore because of the Live Baltimore's famous "DC campaign". Don't know if you've heard of it, but it has convinced many a DC resident to pack up and move to Baltimore (yes, mainly for the money saved in homebuying). One of them personally told me that he found Baltimore more of a "real" town, as opposed to DC, where he found people a bit more plastic.
He also knows that he paid $250k for a house that, were it in Georgetown, would have cost him probably close to 2 million.

[bawlmer]

Originally Posted by ginbelt

I've heard of plenty of people who moved her FROM DC. My next door neighbors, in fact, fit that mold. Both worked in DC as attorneys, and lived there for some time. They weren't originally from there there, but they did live and work there. But they moved to Baltimore because of the Live Baltimore's famous "DC campaign". Don't know if you've heard of it, but it has convinced many a DC resident to pack up and move to Baltimore (yes, mainly for the money saved in homebuying). One of them personally told me that he found Baltimore more of a "real" town, as opposed to DC, where he found people a bit more plastic.
He also knows that he paid $250k for a house that, were it in Georgetown, would have cost him probably close to 2 million.

There are some very interesting reasons a $2 million home goes for $250 thousand in Baltimore and it has nothing to do with being real.

[ginbelt]

Originally Posted by bawlmer

There are some very interesting reasons a $2 million home goes for $250 thousand in Baltimore and it has nothing to do with being real.

No, they have to do with severely undervalued real estate -- that's all. For years and years, Baltimore property in some (not all) neighborhoods have been UNDERvalued. It's not rocket science. People are finally discovering that, and that is precisely what has driven prices up for the past few years. That same $250k house they bought in late '02 is now worth easily half a million -- even IN the depressed housing bust market of today. If Baltimore continues to improve, watch that value skyrocket ever higher.

[carolott]

Originally Posted by bawlmer

Were these people who had lived in DC, then left and moved to Baltimore? I find that very unusual. More often, I find people who wanted to live in DC (but never actually did), but moved to Baltimore instead because it was cheaper.

Yes, a lot of us lived in DC and then left to come to Baltimore -- for various reasons. I left because I never cared for DC that much, and a lot of people came here for less-expensive real estate, or they're not into the DC "what-do-you-do-for-a-living" social scene.