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Pretty much. But I didn't drive in either of them. Also I have never lived in either of them, so I don't know about that. But I have recently visited both.
From my perception Washington DC is indeed only about like 60 square miles or so, give or take a bit, but it feels more spread out, where as Baltimore is more centered and built up around that. Which is why I may have felt the difference. Then again remember from where I come from either of them would be considered far more fast paced.
WEll yea density wise DC is more consdensed and closer together ....on another note Baltimore is more row house oriented of a specific structure while D.C is somewhat rowhouse/ brownstone/ low rise apartment oriented... which does structurally gives both cities a different vibe....the south baltimore housing looks similar to D.C
Last edited by boreatwork; 08-26-2010 at 06:44 PM..
^^^indeed your opinion bc no way is Baltimore or any area in Baltimore county more fast paced than the DC area I will confirm that....you can barely hit 70 on 695....I can barely go less than 70 on 495 ...thats the reason bmore isnt like DC is bc it isnt the hussle and bussle of D.C and more laid back atmospherically if thats a word
Gotta, disagree there, "I can confirm" that at least driving wise, Baltimoreans drive faster than people in the D.C. area, even the speed limits are higher in the Baltimore area and the cops aren't as stingy looking for traffic violations when places like Montgomery has violations by illegal immigrants.
Better Drivers to Worst go in this order... Baltimore > Maryland National Capital Region > D.C. > Northern Virginia. It's a toss up though between the last two, while D.C. residents drive slow in the far left lane, they also drive clueless like they don't know where they are going. I give them the benefit of the doubt and attribute it to the urban environment they live in.
Business - edge goes to Baltimore, has pure entrepreneur/business environment. Has larger and more popular public companies like Under Armour, T.Rowe, Legg Mason, McCormick etc. Bmore is actually starting to be known for Biotech with two Bioparks, D.C. IDK outside the federal gov prop.
Education - Baltimore has the edge again, Johns Hopkins is better at whats its known for than what the top rated DC school is known for.
Hospitals - Baltimore again, they're actually new too, D.C. has a sorry state of hospitals for being the nations capital
Airport - BWI is just a pleasant experience comparedto Dulles or National
Sports - Camden yards is better than the Nationals stadium, Ravens better than Redskins (ya I said it).
Built Urban Environment - Baltimore has highrises but D.C. has more historic and monumental well kept architecture. I will say though Baltimore has the best rowhouses, the best Baltimore rowhouse beats the best D.C. row house and Baltimore has a larger variety.
I understand the sentiment of the above 2 posts, but what I will say is that Baltimore is becoming largely what DC has long been..... where the AA culture is the dominating culture and the others are less significant.
Nowadays in Baltimore, the AA community is the dominant culture. The others are far less significant than they used to be.
So in that sense, they are actually a lot alike.
The difference as people have said though, is that the AA community is the only permanent culture in DC, while Baltimore has many more groups than just AAs that have been there for generations.
Gotta, disagree there, "I can confirm" that at least driving wise, Baltimoreans drive faster than people in the D.C. area, even the speed limits are higher in the Baltimore area and the cops aren't as stingy looking for traffic violations when places like Montgomery has violations by illegal immigrants.
Better Drivers to Worst go in this order... Baltimore > Maryland National Capital Region > D.C. > Northern Virginia. It's a toss up though between the last two, while D.C. residents drive slow in the far left lane, they also drive clueless like they don't know where they are going. I give them the benefit of the doubt and attribute it to the urban environment they live in.
I think they both drive about the same in both cities, drivers in both cities drive pretty fast. I think driving fast is a city thing; driving in heavy traffic what makes or breaks a driver.
WEll yea density wise DC is more consdensed and closer together ....on another note Baltimore is more row house oriented of a specific structure while D.C is somewhat rowhouse/ brownstone/ low rise apartment oriented... which does structurally gives both cities a different vibe....the south baltimore housing looks similar to D.C
Are you saying you feel like DC is denser than Baltimore? I feel like DC feels like a really big city in downtown, but I feel like Baltimore is a little more walkable. Both are very walkable, but I find that DC has some huge streets and lots of blocks of huge government buildings downtown that suck up a whole block. If there was more street-facing retail, and I didn't have to cross so many 6 - 8 lane streets, I would feel like they're pretty even.
Business - edge goes to Baltimore, has pure entrepreneur/business environment. Has larger and more popular public companies like Under Armour, T.Rowe, Legg Mason, McCormick etc. Bmore is actually starting to be known for Biotech with two Bioparks, D.C. IDK outside the federal gov prop.
Education - Baltimore has the edge again, Johns Hopkins is better at whats its known for than what the top rated DC school is known for.
Hospitals - Baltimore again, they're actually new too, D.C. has a sorry state of hospitals for being the nations capital
Airport - BWI is just a pleasant experience comparedto Dulles or National
Sports - Camden yards is better than the Nationals stadium, Ravens better than Redskins (ya I said it).
Built Urban Environment - Baltimore has highrises but D.C. has more historic and monumental well kept architecture. I will say though Baltimore has the best rowhouses, the best Baltimore rowhouse beats the best D.C. row house and Baltimore has a larger variety.
Haha. This is funny. I will agree that Camden Yards is better than Nationals Stadium, however. Nats Stadium looks like a convention center. Very unimpressive.
National Airport is one of the most convenient airports in the world.
Business - edge goes to Baltimore, has pure entrepreneur/business environment. Has larger and more popular public companies like Under Armour, T.Rowe, Legg Mason, McCormick etc. Bmore is actually starting to be known for Biotech with two Bioparks, D.C. IDK outside the federal gov prop.
Education - Baltimore has the edge again, Johns Hopkins is better at whats its known for than what the top rated DC school is known for.
Hospitals - Baltimore again, they're actually new too, D.C. has a sorry state of hospitals for being the nations capital
Airport - BWI is just a pleasant experience comparedto Dulles or National
Sports - Camden yards is better than the Nationals stadium, Ravens better than Redskins (ya I said it).
Built Urban Environment - Baltimore has highrises but D.C. has more historic and monumental well kept architecture. I will say though Baltimore has the best rowhouses, the best Baltimore rowhouse beats the best D.C. row house and Baltimore has a larger variety.
REally now....Baltimore just beats D.C in every category huh?....
REally now....Baltimore just beats D.C in every category huh?....
for some people, the answer is a solid Yes. For others no.
Regan is the best airport in the area, followed by BWI, and finally Dulles IMO. Dulles sucks big time
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