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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with PP. I'm a DC native, went to a private DC HS and then college in DC, went off to law school and then came back to DC to work on the Hill. 2 years ago I decided that I was tired of DC life and gave Baltimore City a look. It was the best decision I ever made. I bought a place in the middle of the city near Penn Station in a safe and walkable community.

I think there's a lot of truth to Baltimore being a "tale of two cities." While there is certainly abject poverty in a lot of areas and then great amounts of wealth in others, for some odd reason, those two distinct realities rarely meet. Living in Station North, I'm a few blocks closer to the higher crime areas but it's never impacted me at all. I can assure you that the folks that live in RP, Guilford and Homeland NEVER feel unsafe in their neighborhoods.

Here's an interesting fact that I think ties this all into a nice bow. City Hall and BDC publish quarterly economic indicator reports. The most recent report gleans that while Baltimore City's population is declining, average home sales prices in the city are increasing. More people are leaving the city than coming in, but the people that are coming are like OP who are well-to-do and can afford a much better life up here than they would in DC proper. [/quote]

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