My walk in Lochearn (Woodlawn, Reisterstown: for sale, houses, neighborhoods)

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The Setting Sun Walkers braved another hot day and walked in Lochearn today, a treat because one of us used to live there and another one nearby belonged to the Lochearn community pool.
You can locate Lochearn on the map along Liberty Road, just north of the city line. Some houses date back to the 1920s but most were built between 1930 and 1960. Rebrick colonials, cottages, ranchers. Like so many other neighborhoods it barred Jews. After the first Jewish family bought in 1951, the area soon became perceived as Jewish and non-Jews fled. In 1968, just before Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and the riots, the first black family moved in and the cycle repeated itself.
Today, Lochearn is a largely African American community with a considerable number of white families who have lived there for decades.
We often talk about pluses and minuses in neighborhoods. During our walk I looked at brochures of houses for sale. It seems that one can get a wonderful home with AC, big lot and mature trees for $260,000, which I think is an oustanding price point in this area. We talked to whoever was puttering around in their gardens. Since it was daytime they were all African American retirees, part of the 1960s-1970s wave.
I have no idea what schools are like in Lochearn (Campfield Elementary), but the community's location is pretty unbeatable. The Reisterstown Road Plaza Metro station is two minute away; the Beltway roughly the same.
Because proximity to Woodlawn, the area has always been popular among Social Security Administration employees.
As I said, some lots are huge. In the new reality of high gas prices Lochearn certainly is worth considering.