Why is Glen Burnie, MD "bad"? (Baltimore, Dundalk: transplants, house)

[5Lakes]

I hear they like heavy metal in Glen Burnie...


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[tonetonitony]

Not from MD....but when we moved here my Pasadena wife was hesitant about residing in GB. I love the area and the fact the community is not presumptuous and fake like Columbia/Rockville folks. GB's central location in the Bmore area is perfect for getting around quickly and easily. I do believe that the more desirable 'new' areas around have lured many of the 'young professionals and their new money' away from GB leaving us with a high percentage of minorities and lower middle income working class people....and im completely fine with being surrounded by real people that work hard for their money. Its the recent influx of free-loaders and illegal’s that give GB a bad wrap. Hopefully GB doesnt turn into a BP or Takoma Park.

[MD84]

My husband and I were referred to the area for reasonable rental rates. From what I could dig up from my own research I became disinterested and didn't entertain it further. I found out that the area has a drug problem, the high school has a drug problem too (more than likely because the area itself has a problem) and the school has struggled to meet state standards (schools are far from high rated, less than average). Long before we even considered the area we broke down at a gas station years back, lots of unsavory looking characters and vagrants were walking to and from the gas station for black and milds, cigarettes, loitering around etc. The Walmart was located across the street from the gas station I am referring to closed, maybe its possible that it relocated or lost business to the one a highway exit or 2 down. However, its closure and the fact that the center looks almost condemned has been linked to crime problems in the area. No anchor has ever replaced that Walmart in years and alot of the surrounding stores have moved out. The area is cheap but its cheap for a reason. Crime has also been an issue at Marley Station Mall. There is another Walmart in the area, but it recently fell victim to an armed robbery last month.

[eav1221]

My two cents: it's ugly. Drive through any neighborhood, you seen crappy little ranchers with rusted metal fences, and crappy plaza after crappy plaza...but quite frankly, many areas in MD, not just Glen Burnie, fit that description. I'm from western PA and not to sound snobbish, but it's just PRETTIER. Glen Burnie is just flat, with tons of crappy plazas and pawn shops, liquor stores, chain restaurants and little neighborhoods with those run down homes off of rt. 2 surrounded by rusty old fences.

I'll probably get some flack for this post, but my two cents aren't worth much. I even hate Severna Park and I live here. It's ugly too....except for the multi-million dollar mansions on the water...This place is full of houses that were built in the 70s and 80s. Gross.

[Gfab1]

Sorry, but I think that a lot of people commenting on this thread seem really paranoid. OH NOES...shady looking people at a gas station...seriously?!? Almost anywhere in the Balto. area that is near the city limits could be considered "shady", depending on a variety of factors. I agree that there are some ugly 70s-era houses in GB, but so what? Does that automatically mean that only scum live in the area? Some Balto. city suburbs are still blue collar...get over it, or if you can't feel free to shell out $350-500K+ for a SFH that's somewhere "worthy" of you, like Columbia...I hear there's NO crime (or "shady people") there, LOL.

[TheCaliforniaMarylandPers]

Glen Burnie is actually considered an upper-middle class town to the United States. Maybe not Maryland, but to the United States it is. There is nothing wrong with it at all.

[Tallybalt]

Glen Burnie has always been considered a traditional working class suburb of Baltimore and it looks it. I doubt anyone from the rest of the US could consider Glen Burnie upper middle class.

Originally Posted by TheCaliforniaMarylandPers

Glen Burnie is actually considered an upper-middle class town to the United States. Maybe not Maryland, but to the United States it is. There is nothing wrong with it at all.

[P47P47]

Keep in mind that Baltimore Highlands, Linthicum, Ferndale, Glen Burnie, and Severna Park, are all older suburbs of Baltimore. Being on the B&A Railroad line, they pre-date automobile commuting. Also, being along Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie (with Harundale being a particular example) was a big part of the post-WWII housing boom. But get more than a couple of blocks off of Ritchie Hwy. and you'll find that Glen Burnie (and the rest of northern Anne Arundel County) has some perfectly nice parts as well.

[TheCaliforniaMarylandPers]

Originally Posted by Tallybalt

Glen Burnie has always been considered a traditional working class suburb of Baltimore and it looks it. I doubt anyone from the rest of the US could consider Glen Burnie upper middle class.

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[Tallybalt]

And?

The description in the link suggests a working class/lower middle class/blue collar suburb of Baltimore.

The environment and housing of Glen Burnie is decidedly geared towards the working/lower middle classes. I'm sure Glen Burnie has households that qualify as upper middle class due to income, but the area is still resolutely working/lower middle class.

A good example of the opposite would be Ellicott City in Howard County. It's a resolutely upper middle class suburb, even if there are some working / lower middle class households.

Originally Posted by TheCaliforniaMarylandPers

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