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[quote=Anonymous]Baltimore has been up-and-coming according to Baltimore residents for the last 40 years. I mean Pigtown is supposed to be the next SoHo according to residents drinking the koolaid, yet we've been waiting decades for it.   Yet prices stagnate , which means you actually take a loss when you factor in the costs for upkeep, taxes, and insurance.  Why would you live in Baltimore when you can live 5 minutes outside if the city line and save thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in car and home insurance, income taxes, and property taxes?  You can still go into Baltimore whenever, but just for picking a better location you can save huge amounts of money that'd pay a college tuition.

I lived in Baltimore for a decade. Crime is just really bad.  300+ murders per year in a city that small matter.  At one point when I was living there, Baltimore had 14x higher murders per capita than NYC and even higher murder rate than Chicago.  We lived in Charles Village, which was supposed to be a safer part of the city.  Yet crime started spiraling out of control.  People kept and keep getting robbed at gunpoint in the neighborhood. A gang of youths stabbed a guy simply sitting on a park bench while reading. So many home break-ins and invasions. Cars constantly broken into.

Baltimore residents have a skewed perspective.  When your baseline for crime is Baltimore, you'll think neighborhoods like Canton, CV, Hamden, Roland Park are fine, yet they still have very high levels of crime. There is a reason. Baltimore is cheap, so many homes are for sale in Baltimore, and nothing appreciates.  Everyone leaves the city when they get older and have kids.  It is rare in Baltimore to see many people pushing around strollers and having school aged kids because everyone leaves when they start families when taxes, schools, and safety start to matter.  [/quote]

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