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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP who used to live in Baltimore (different neighborhoods at different times) here.

I have friends who still live in Baltimore and won't leave.  But even they wouldn't describe it as "walkable" in the way OP mentions.

Public transit in Baltimore is horrible.  There are a variety of systems (light rail, subway, metro), but they don't link up, so there really is no equivalent to the D.C. metro.

And even just walking around the neighborhood, most long-time Baltimore residents I know don't walk around when the sun starts to go down or even in the early morning (when the sun is up).  They just don't.

OP says she wants a walkable urban feel but without the stress of the city.  Baltimore isn't the same kind of stress as D.C., but it is a different kind of stress (and with far less walkability).

I think that is the point people are trying to make.  If OP is not bound to any particular location, there are other areas (like Frederick) that may even be cheaper than Baltimore (esp. in taxes) and provide more of what she is looking for.
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frederick is not a city.

i live in baltimore, in one of the harbor neighborhoods. some parts are very walkable (walk scores in the nineties); the least walkable parts have walk scores in the sixties. all the harbor neighborhoods are safe, most are pretty. water taxi works pretty good.

personally i much prefer the harbor area to roland park, which is beautiful to drive through but houses are a mess inside and it's not that walkable or urban.[/quote]

Definitely not true that all the Harbor neoghborhoods are safe, only one that is safe Locust Point and even there, some crime where it borders Digital Harbor high.  Otherwise, lots of crime.[/quote]

locust point is one of the safest urban neighborhoods anywhere in the states.  also it doesn't border digital harbor high.

the rest of the neighborhoods are very safe except maybe around edges which are reasonably safe. no one really needs to go there.

if safety is your primary and only concern, then no city will be safe enough for you. you are even questioning the safety of locust point. inner harbor is as safe as it gets in an urban area. [/quote]

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