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Old 07-31-2019, 08:28 AM
 
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Hey all, we're a young family with two very young kids (age 4 and 6 months), currently looking into the possibility of living in or around Baltimore. I would be working at JHH as a fellow and would need to be close location to the hospital and wife would be working in finance (her location can be somewhat flexible). Can anyone suggest any reasonable places that are family friendly with a reasonable commute to JHH (under 30 min if possible)? Our biggest priorities are safety, good child care/preschools (would consider private school), affordable housing (looking to buy, could budget 500k), and general ease of living for a young family while also ideally having some city life amenities. Would you recommend we look elsewhere for our fellowship training or would the Baltimore area even be viable?

Thanks!
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Old 07-31-2019, 08:51 AM
 
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Ellicott City should be high on your list. Located in Howard County just outside Baltimore...easy commute to the city. Safe, good schools, but not exactly "city life"....more suburban and everything that comes with it. Easy enough to get to the city to get your "city life" fix on weekends or evenings. Check it out...sounds like it will fit your needs and is a nice place.
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Old 07-31-2019, 09:03 AM
 
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South Baltimore (Riverside or Locust Point) could work well for you.
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Old 07-31-2019, 12:57 PM
 
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Mount Washington, Hampden, Towson (West Joppa RD) Lutherville, Timonium, Cockeysville (Hunt Valley is part of Cockeysville).......

Somewhere near Dulaney Valley Road, Mays Chapel, Pot Spring RD, Eastridge, East, or West Timonium RD, Jennifer RD (May Chapel)........

There is a commercial zone along York RD, half mile, or more east/west, or above Hunt Valley is like a different world. And because of the commercial zone everything is close by. EVERYTHING.

And you can take the light rail into the city, although track maintenance is going on now.
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Old 08-02-2019, 11:56 AM
 
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Roland Park. Zip 21210. Very family friendly, great elementary school (public) and plenty of private options. Plenty of daycare programs. The one at St. David's is highly regarded but there are others. Easy commute to JHH. It often seems as if half the residents work for Hopkins in one capacity or another. Half of our neighbors are Hopkins doctors.
Homeland (zip 21212) is east of Roland Park and is another very popular family neighborhood. Be sure to buy west of Springlake as the boundaries for Roland Park elementary only goes as far as Springlake.

Both Roland Park have local retail, short drive to Hampden for the dining and shopping along the Avenue, and easy access to the rest of Baltimore. Both Roland Park and Homeland are affluent neighborhoods within Baltimore City where most residents have advanced degrees and enjoy living in Baltimore while still being a leafy and green area.

If you want someplace more urban, it's worth looking into the waterfront neighborhoods. Federal Hill and Canton are popular and offer a walkability that North Baltimore doesn't have (on the same scale). The elementary school in Federal Hill is also highly regarded. Canton is closest to JHH but Federal Hill is on the other side of the harbor and commute-wise no worse than commuting to Roland Park, which is in North Baltimore.
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Old 08-03-2019, 06:37 PM
 
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The question the OP really has to ask is do they wan't to live Urban, or Suburban. They have been given two options by myself, and Tally. You will have amenities in both places, but more in the Burbs. You will have more of an interesting close together Urban environment in the city.
BOL.
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Old 08-10-2019, 02:40 PM
 
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Your housing budget means you have your pick of places to live. And you have received a lot of good options. Nothing to add, good job Baltimore folks.
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Old 10-11-2019, 03:40 PM
 
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Two questions: What can you afford and how long of a commute can you tolerate. Last I checked, Roland Park has one of the few Baltimore City public elementary schools that is safe and good. Roland Park can be pricy, but certainly is a nice place to live in the city. Charles Village near the JH main campus is not as pricy, and, again last I checked, there is a free shuttle to the hospital. Generally speaking, the further north you go, the safer it will be and the easier it will be to raise a family--but the commute will be longer. If you live in Baltimore County you will pay much less for car insurance (and property taxes if you own), but will have a longer commute. Mt. Washington (part city, part county) might be a decent compromise. Lots of apartments, nearby parks (Robert E. Lee is quite nice), without an excessive commute. Personally, I don't think Federal Hill, Inner Harbor, etc. are great family areas. There is a funky light rail run to a (weirdly laid out) subway that goes to the hospital. I actually rented my house in north Baltimore County while I was away to a JHH researcher. He tried to get by with light rail and the subway, but gave up and bought a car because the light rail proved to be too unreliable (apparently no complaints about the subway). I am told light rail is more reliable in the city.
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Old 10-11-2019, 08:10 PM
 
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The OP is two and a half months old.
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