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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I ran across this old thread but wanted to comment because I've lived in both cities and there were a few inaccuracies stated in other comments.

First, it's not true that you will have to send your child to private school if you are considering moving to Baltimore. Overall the school district is not good, but there are multiple EXCELLENT individual schools. For elementary/middle there is Roland Park School, Hampstead Hill Academy, Mount Washington School, and Tunbridge Charter. For high school there is Polytechnic, Baltimore School for the Arts, and Western.

The price of a 3 bedroom in Roland Park or Homeland is well below $600K, in fact you can get 5-6 bedrooms for that price.

If you are considering the move some nice Baltimore neighborhoods to consider are Roland Park, Lake Walker, Bolton Hill, Homeland, Cedarcroft, and Evergreen, among several others.

I hope this helps!

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I live in Baltimore and disagree with much of this.  You can buy homes in Homeland and RP for less than $500,000 but what I consider desirable homes in those area are priced $600,000 to 1,000,000.  Living in cheaper housing in Homeland typically puts you close to York Road and lots of crime, not a good trade off.  In fact, this is generally true of the whole city, plenty of cheap housing available, none of it particularly safe.  The exception is Guildford, which is more expensive but also unsafe.

None of the public schools in Baltimore city are particularly good, though the ones you mention are better than most.   My kids attend public school in Baltimore County, there is no public school in the city I would send them to.  Those that live in the city that can afford private or catholic schools for the most part do so.

Do not move to Baltimore to commute to DC unless you are planning to devote an hour and a half or more to each part of your commute.[/quote]

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