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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]have you already purchase a home?  Because if you haven't, the area served by the Towson schools is about 5 minutes from Roland Park, not much of an effect on commute at all,  and good schools through high school at half the tax rate.[/quote]

+1 Roland Park is pretty close to the county, so I don't see how going a few minutes out makes a difference with regard to commute.  [b]It's not like there is public transit in Roland Park that makes a difference[/b].

And the difference in taxes largely fills the gap in real estate prices (although Roland Park is high for Baltimore City anyhow).
Stoneleigh in Towson is a pretty nice established neighborhood with interesting housing stock.  I think the pricing is comparable to Roland Park, but the taxes are lower.  Doesn't add much to the commute.[/quote]

There actually is public transit in Roland Park. Roland Park is also very conveniently walkable/bikeable to the JHU Homewood campus. And Roland Park is a lovely, lovely neighborhood.

OP, my friend's kids went to Roland Park Middle School through the magnet program. I don't know anything about their experience, but evidently my friends were satisfied with it, or they would have taken their children out of the school.[/quote]

There is light rail but it doesn't s not very useful unless you commute out omBaltimore and use it to get to train station.  Walkable to JHU undergrad,mbut nowhere near the Hoapital.  Th enigmatic issue with rp and me is that the city will bus kids in until the grade is full and 30 kids is the norm at most grade levels.    City has no money and that lack of support shows in the classroom (technology etc...).  Neighborhood kids are fairly high socioeconomic level so,that keeps test scores ok.[/quote]

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