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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, since you are the one working only 2-3 days in office I see no reason for your DH to spend 5 days going up to Ft Meade so you both can live in DC.

Your money will go twice as far in Baltimore. You can live somewhere like Riverside and be zoned for a Blue Ribbon elementary school and pay half of what you would for a house in Capitol Hill. It’s also next to the water and MUCH safer and nicer than Capitol Hill. You could drive 2-3 days a week to DC or park at BWI and catch the MARC / Amtrak. A Riverside to Ft Meade commute would be 20-30 minutes.

This is what $495,000 will get you in Riverside within walking distance to the harbor, Federal Hill, and Locust Point. You can walk to ferries that will take you to Canton and Fell’s Point as well. This lifestyle is much more like Hoboken than Capitol Hill. It’s also zoned to a 7/10 K-8 school.

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Baltimore/1509-Riverside-Ave-21230/home/11019719

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OP here - this is a super interesting recommendation! It looks like a great area. I hadn’t considered Baltimore before because I admittedly don’t know much about it. Its short term but I assume pre k isn’t public/free like dc?[/quote]

Pre K isn’t free unless you’re lower income and make around $96,000 for a family of four.

Hampden and Roland Park are great neighborhoods as well but are in northern Baltimore so might not be good for either of your commutes. If you get a job closer to Baltimore Roland Park would be ideal if you want a SFH, great schools and parks, and to be a close drive to some really fantastic bars and restaurants in Hampden and Remington.

Another neighborhood in South Baltimore is Locust Point, which is zoned for another 7/10 GS K-8 school and is on the water. It’s a very safe neighborhood and has a nice shopping center with a Harris Teeter in it as well as a bunch of great non chain restaurants and bars. $679,000 can get you a new build townhome there:

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Baltimore/1423-Haubert-St-21230/home/195415948

I’d take a look at these neighborhoods in Baltimore before I settled on DC if I were you. 
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OP here - yeah absolutely! I don’t know why I hadn’t considered Baltimore but so far loving what I see about south Baltimore. [b]I feel like I must be missing something though when I see the real estate prices (so low compared to DC?)[/b].[/quote]

There are more high paying jobs in and around DC, and there really are no “slums” like you find in other cities.  Even the “bad” parts of DC look nice; whereas, [b]some residential parts of West Baltimore look partially abandoned and are very, very dangerous.[/b] DC also has a really nice subway (Metro) that has contributed to rising real estate prices in both city and suburban neighborhoods.

Baltimore has always had a more working class / Appalachia-type vibe, which has evolved into a lot of home-grown, non-corporate businesses today. DC is very corporate (lots of Compass Coffees and high end Blue Bottles), and also has a button down w/ sports coat vibe. [/quote]

Understatement.  Parts look like a war zone--drove through several miles of it a few weeks ago.  It's really sad and scary.[/quote]

No one is telling OP to live in West Baltimore or that West Baltimore was nice. And DC is more dangerous than Baltimore these days and crime in DC is much more spread out. [/quote]

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