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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. Thanks again for the commentary -- this is genuinely helping us work through our hang ups. And to the PP upthread who noted that if we move to Baltimore, we will inevitably have to deal with DC people talking s**t about it -- excellent point! It's funny because my DH works with a lot of people who are based in Baltimore or elsewhere in Maryland, and they ALL say terrible things about DC all the time and we've always just ignored it because we were happy here and their criticism is often (though not always) based in ignorance of what it's actually like. So we assume the same is true about Baltimore to an extent.

Also, we live in a neighborhood in DC that I'm sure may would PPs would find horribly crime-ridden, and love it and don't find it unsafe. If you live in a city, you will deal with crime. We have accepted that.

And thank you to those encouraging us to take the long view on home values. I do feel like we are suffering from DC short-timers thinking -- you get weirdly accustomed to people profiting off their homes here after living in them for only a few years, and it skews perspective on what a "normal" appreciation is like. We have a neighbor in our building who sold their condo for a 200k profit (after closing costs) after just two years. It was eye-popping. Stories like that have definitely altered our perception and I think if we are really going to make the leap to moving out of DC, we need to be brought back down to earth a bit. So thank you!

I think ultimately we need to just keep looking for the right home. Increasingly, I think Hampden is our sweet spot -- we really love the commercial area of the neighborhood and we aren't looking for a ton of space (we've lived in a 1000 sq ft condo with a child and a pet for over 5 years, I think anything will feel like an upgrade!), though would love a little yard or patio. It feels like the right middle ground and is close enough to a number of schools we like while keeping our overall costs down. I think targeting our search, and maybe letting go of our original instinct to be in a denser part of town, is going to help us make sense of this whole thing and make a better apples to apples financial comparison between DC and Baltimore. Wish us luck![/quote]

Good luck!! That's where i lived in Baltimore when I lived there. One specific part of the area to look at - Wyman Park - adjacent to green space and Hampden around Beech Ave. Really pretty streets and houses with more yard space. Slightly bigger properties than others in Hampden (closer to Falls Rd, a lot of the housing stock was historically aimed at mill workers, so it was tighter). [/quote]

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