Your top 5 cities/towns that YOU like in Maryland? (Baltimore: neighborhood, high schools)

[MDguy99]

Originally Posted by sobo16

Gotcha, makes sense. I figured maybe just different characteristics about towns/cities appealed to me than it does to others.

To clarify, I don't need "excess stimulation", but in my opinion, a town should have SOME amenities to make it an interesting place to visit. I actually really liked North East, MD. Still a very quiet and peaceful town, but it has a nice main street with various shops and a few dining options.

There are amenities in the places you listed. Especially Solomons. Try Google Maps again and zoom in closer. You will see plenty of inns, seafood places, restaurants, shops and even a maritime museum.

[MDguy99]

Originally Posted by HandsUpThumbsDown

I dig Chesapeake City a lot, too. Ever been to the west side of Wicomico County on the eastern shore, near the junction of the Nanticoke and Wicomico Rivers? I think you'd like it a lot. Check out Roaring Point Park. Good restaurant down there called Boonies. It's the only one, I think.

I have! I love that area. It's a nice change to go to these places once in a while, you know? I understand some people like more activity and that's fine, but not EVERY place should have a "walkable downtown" and lots of "amenities". Sometimes it's good to get away. I'll have to try that restaurant. I have a trip planned for California (the state, not the town in MD : p ) this year so this will have to be a daytrip sometime instead of my usual week trip to the ES- simply can't afford it. Thanks!

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

Originally Posted by MDguy99

I have! I love that area. It's a nice change to go to these places once in a while, you know? I understand some people like more activity and that's fine, but not EVERY place should have a "walkable downtown" and lots of "amenities". Sometimes it's good to get away. I'll have to try that restaurant. I have a trip planned for California this year so this will have to be a daytrip sometime instead of my usual week trip to the ES- simply can't afford it. Thanks!

For me personally, living in a walkable area is essential. But when I get away from the city, the fewer people, the better. Thank goodness for the Eastern Shore, though I'm certainly glad I don't live there anymore. Love to visit.

[MDguy99]

Originally Posted by HandsUpThumbsDown

For me personally, living in a walkable area is essential. But when I get away from the city, the fewer people, the better. Thank goodness for the Eastern Shore, though I'm certainly glad I don't live there anymore. Love to visit.

Makes sense - I'm glad you could find a livable place for you here in the state and still get to enjoy the Eastern Shore on occasion and enjoy it. There's been days when I've considered a move to the shore... however, having lived in central MD all of my life, as much of a utopia that sounds to me now, I almost don't want to ruin the place by living there and becoming bored of it. I love visiting and maybe I should leave it at that. I am thinking of a move to Western Maryland currently- perhaps Cumberland. It's rural but not so much so that I'd ever get entirely bored. If the move does happen, it won't be for a while though.

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

Originally Posted by MDguy99

I am thinking of a move to Western Maryland currently- perhaps Cumberland. It's rural but not so much so that I'd ever get entirely bored. If the move does happen, it won't be for a while though.

Cumberland is where I'd move if I was one of these internet types, working from home. It's perfect for my wife and I. It wins for me over the shore because you can still walk to stuff there (thanks, geological constraints!). The shore, with its endless acreage of fields, lends itself well to this trend: All substantial business leaves from town out to the highway, emptying the town core, which slowly rebuilds itself with cutesy antique shops and other things that are never open. (See Salisbury). Walmart/other development in LaVale has done that some to Cumberland, but at least there's a few places to eat and a grocery store in town.

I love the bike trails and the proximity to good snowboarding, too.

Baltimore has been quite fun and affordable for me thus far, and I continue to enjoy it, so I'm good here for now. It's a good home base for my wife and I to get to the vacation places we like, too.

[sobo16]

Originally Posted by MDguy99

Makes sense - I'm glad you could find a livable place for you here in the state and still get to enjoy the Eastern Shore on occasion and enjoy it. There's been days when I've considered a move to the shore... however, having lived in central MD all of my life, as much of a utopia that sounds to me now, I almost don't want to ruin the place by living there and becoming bored of it. I love visiting and maybe I should leave it at that. I am thinking of a move to Western Maryland currently- perhaps Cumberland. It's rural but not so much so that I'd ever get entirely bored. If the move does happen, it won't be for a while though.

Cumberland is great; it's got a great little walkable downtown, and plenty of amenities.

McHenry, MD and the area near Deep Creek is great, too. There are many places to find peace and quiet and enjoy the natural beauty, but there is plenty of stuff close by.

[MDguy99]

Originally Posted by HandsUpThumbsDown

Cumberland is where I'd move if I was one of these internet types, working from home. It's perfect for my wife and I. It wins for me over the shore because you can still walk to stuff there (thanks, geological constraints!). The shore, with its endless acreage of fields, lends itself well to this trend: All substantial business leaves from town out to the highway, emptying the town core, which slowly rebuilds itself with cutesy antique shops and other things that are never open. (See Salisbury). Walmart/other development in LaVale has done that some to Cumberland, but at least there's a few places to eat and a grocery store in town.

I love the bike trails and the proximity to good snowboarding, too.

Baltimore has been quite fun and affordable for me thus far, and I continue to enjoy it, so I'm good here for now. It's a good home base for my wife and I to get to the vacation places we like, too.

That's great- glad to hear it! Accurate assessment, too, from what I've seen on development patterns throughout the state. I love things being spread out encouraging "commute" through open, rural, scenery instead of walking or driving though developed areas- I'm not a walking or urban setting kind of guy - that's what attracted me to the Eastern Shore at first. The bad part about that is that sprawl also becomes more sprawling eating up that nice rural space in between destinations. They plop a Walmart 5 miles away and soon a web of development begins radiating from the Walmart until it overlaps the sprawl radiating from the town core. I'm not sure where I stand on these issues because it seems with my preferences you can't ever win for long - it's live in a walkable place with a more urban core to maintain outlying rural areas, or live in a place that encourages driving though peaceful rural areas and expect sprawl to eat up that scenery in time

[MDguy99]

Originally Posted by sobo16

Cumberland is great; it's got a great little walkable downtown, and plenty of amenities.

McHenry, MD and the area near Deep Creek is great, too. There are many places to find peace and quiet and enjoy the natural beauty, but there is plenty of stuff close by.

Perhaps Cumberland could make both of our top 5's then? I'd have to spend some more time there an find out! Hopefully this fall I will get serious about looking.

Love the outlying areas around Deep Creek

[westsideboy]

If any of you need any advice on neighborhoods or houses in Cumberland, you know who to ask

[MDguy99]

Originally Posted by westsideboy

If any of you need any advice on neighborhoods or houses in Cumberland, you know who to ask

Some of your posts are part of the reason I am thinking about looking deeper into it! I bet it's looking beautiful now that it's spring. I like doing my drives through the western part of the state in spring and fall.