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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HATED it - it's the most atrocious place I have ever lived.  It's so ghetto - most of downtown is boarded up or not occupied.  You cannot walk 1 block at night without being approached but drug addict bumbs.  Some hodl onto signs screaming and spitting all over themselves.  Others pass out standing up (heroin is my guess) and have sores all over them.  Ugh!  And every block smells like bum pee.  A lot of the locals have no teeth and sit on their stoops talking about their trip to the wound center (for diabetic sores).  I had to kick junkie hookers off my stoop in the morning and people used the area in front for their make shift flea markets every day selling black market rap CD's and one heroin addict who lived on our block would keep his spoon out my window and sleep in the storage behind the rowhouse and one time he burned the whole thing down.  And I didn't even live in a bad neighborhood.  I could go on, and on, and on.  It's just atrocious.  Trust me.  Just move to someplace cheaper like silver spring and give your kids a chance.[/quote]

So true!

Outside of North Baltimore and a few islands sprinkled lightly in the city.  The city is very much ghetto, backwards, and extremely corrupt.  It's like every local leader there is like Marion Barry.   After working in social services there,  the only time I step foot in Baltimore is to attend events at Johns Hopkins University.   Baltimore is what DC was 20 years ago with the crime, drugs, and so many other social ills.  Besides rural Mexico, Baltimore is the only place that I've feared my life.  It's like a third world country in so many ways.  You basically have to live like a soldier in combat by watching your back at all times to make sure that you don't become a victim of a crime.   Another weird thing about Baltimore is that it also has some people who remind me of southern hicks.  The mentality there is more southern than southern cities like  Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Austin, Dallas, and Charlotte.   Racism is rampant there from both whites and blacks.  It's not a cosmopolitan or a diverse city at all.    So, between the hoodrats, southern hillbillies, and the corrupt politicians I would avoid Baltimore at all cost.   The things that I saw and experienced there through my old job were deplorable on so many levels.  I kept wondering, "Is this really the United States of America or a third world country?"   It's really different than Washington DC.    I mean REALLY different!

To the OP,

Yes, Ruxton, Roland Park, and North Charles Street areas (North of Johns Hopkins University) have some of the best neighborhoods in the city.    At least I will admit that Baltimore does have some great private schools.

If you do choose to relocate there, then choose areas outside of the city like Towson, Ellicott City, or North Baltimore County.  These areas have great public schools.  In Towson you have Towson High, in Ellicott City you have Centennial High, and in the Cockeysville/Hunt Valley area you have Dulaney High which are all great schools.  The elementary and middle schools that feed into these high schools are also great.   There are some really pretty communities in North Baltimore County.   However, if you prefer a walkable area, then Towson may be your best option.  You could walk to shops, restaurants, the mall, the library, and to some schools depending on where you reside in Towson.  Keep in mind though that Towson does have spill over crime from Baltimore.

I'm not trying to scare you.  I just want you to be aware that you can't be naive or laid back about the crimal elements in Baltimore.    You must be alert at all times even in your own backyard.    Please read The Baltimore Sun and spend a few weekends there to get a better feel of the city.     
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