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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love it here. I know where the safe areas are and stick to them and I don't have any problems.[/quote]

True. I had drinks and dinner tonight at our club and it was delightful. Absolutely beautiful night. Tomorrow,
I'll take an exercise class while my kids volunteer at their private school and my husband plays golf. Everything is good in the hood. [/quote]

Same. We have a quality of life here that we could never afford in DC - kid is getting a superb private education, we live in a large comfortable house in a perfectly safe area, and we can still save for retirement.

If people stopped getting hysterical about Baltimore the prices might go up so I hope they never do![/quote]

Not to mention, the private schools are considerably cheaper here than DC! We have an awesome house in a walkable neighborhood and most of the kids bike or walk to school. It really is lovely.

Bonus: my racist relatives are too afraid to visit.[/quote]

I grew up in Roland Park and live just across the border in Pinehurst and am in and out of the city all the time, but I'm not clueless. Lovely parts of the city, many deeply problematic parts of the city. Dysfunctional government and incompetence everywhere. High taxes and insurance. Left wing electorate that keeps rewarding failed politicians. Baltimore is OK, some clearly love it, to me it's not that special. There is more to life. Moved back to Baltimore due to a coincidental combination of family and work reasons and it's fine for now but will be leaving as soon as we can. I'm not an urban post hipster progressive who hates any changes and I'm also not a Baltimore prep stuck in 1995 and who hates any changes too.

I did sound rather negative. People can and do have happy, lovely lives in Baltimore. At the same time, it's not that special or great of a city either because it's also plagued by too many dysfunctional factors everyone has an invested stake in not changing. [/quote]

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