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Old 04-28-2016, 05:55 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC
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So I may be taking a job in western Baltimore and doing the commute from DC (I live here now) to Baltimore for 5 months. Come October I plan on either moving to Columbia or to Baltimore to keep up with city living. What is the best area for a single almost 40 year old guy who doesn't want too much craziness but enough bars, restaurants, grocery shopping, etc. to have fun? I don't want a crazy party neighborhood. Just a fun area with good restaurants and bars that cater more to locals than tourists. I've heard Canton is nice but I would like more opinions. Price is not a concern. Thank you.
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Old 04-28-2016, 07:30 PM
 
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I am curious as to where in Western Baltimore you will be working and how large a place you would like to live in. Would you like to rent or buy? Hampden has a great city scene and is has decent access to the western side of the city. If your job is in the northwestern side of the city, something in Mill Valley or Mount Washington might be a good fit. If you want to be near a job on the southwestern side of the city, driving from Federal Hill is pretty easy. Catonsville, which is in the County and more suburban, might be urban enough for you.

In regards to housing prices you will find it interesting to find out that rents are lower in Baltimore than in DC but not as different as you might think. The much larger differences are in home prices, which are only a fraction of home prices in DC. You can buy a really, really nice house for $500,000. So, if you ever wanted to live in a large opulent house, this might be your chance. Since price is not a concern, it sounds like you could easily afford a house in Bolton Hill or Roland Park. Roland Park and Bolton Hill aren't supper walkable but there is stuff nearby.
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Old 04-29-2016, 09:44 AM
 
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I'll be in the Westgate area. Probably about 7 miles west of Inner Harbor. I will be renting a 1 bedroom most likely.
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Old 04-29-2016, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Upper Marlboro
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KASA? I can't really imagine there are any other jobs at all in Westgate...

Where in DC are you coming from/wish you were coming from? That might help in finding you a comparable hood in town.
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Old 04-29-2016, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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I am curious as to where in Western Baltimore you will be working and how large a place you would like to live in. Would you like to rent or buy? Hampden has a great city scene and is has decent access to the western side of the city. If your job is in the northwestern side of the city, something in Mill Valley or Mount Washington might be a good fit. If you want to be near a job on the southwestern side of the city, driving from Federal Hill is pretty easy. Catonsville, which is in the County and more suburban, might be urban enough for you.

In regards to housing prices you will find it interesting to find out that rents are lower in Baltimore than in DC but not as different as you might think. The much larger differences are in home prices, which are only a fraction of home prices in DC. You can buy a really, really nice house for $500,000. So, if you ever wanted to live in a large opulent house, this might be your chance. Since price is not a concern, it sounds like you could easily afford a house in Bolton Hill or Roland Park. Roland Park and Bolton Hill aren't supper walkable but there is stuff nearby.
What do you mean by super walkable? I find both those areas perfectly fine to walk around.
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Old 04-30-2016, 04:33 PM
 
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What do you mean by super walkable? I find both those areas perfectly fine to walk around.
By super walkable I mean places with walk scores above 90. BH and RP are very nice to walk around but they don't have spectacular walk scores. The OP might want to check the walk scores of places he knows in DC and then compare that with potential Baltimore neighborhoods.
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Old 05-01-2016, 08:16 AM
 
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Is Elkridge nice? I'm going to go check out Columbia and the Inner Harbor area this week.
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Old 05-01-2016, 02:12 PM
 
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Is Elkridge nice? I'm going to go check out Columbia and the Inner Harbor area this week.
Maybe it's just me be Elkridge is about the last place I would like to live. Personally, I like some of the older suburbs between Catonville and Ellicott City.
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Old 05-01-2016, 03:11 PM
 
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This is proving more difficult than I thought. I may just move to Columbia.
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Old 05-01-2016, 06:01 PM
 
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This is proving more difficult than I thought. I may just move to Columbia.
The problem is that the only truly desirable part of the city that has good access to where you will be working is greater Federal Hill. I'm curious as to why Columbia is so desirable vs Ellicott City, etc. It looks as though that if you aren't going to live in a city, you want to live in the most anti-urban place possible.

But I am biased. I dislike Columbia way more than normal suburbs.
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