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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dieter" data-source="post: 281310" data-attributes="member: 144">-Minor rant mode engaged-Having lived in/near both at one point or another in my life, I'd say avoid living in downtown Baltimore. Outside of the gentrified (i.e. pricey) Inner Harbor/Stadium area, it's a bit of cesspool. And this from a person who still loves the Baltimore Orioles and ever raucous Fells Point bar-hopping. You literally can go from rags to riches in less that 5 blocks...no joke.Living in Charm City, you also won't be prone to long strolls about the town after dark as you would in other big cities like Washington DC, Boston, Dallas etc. since there really isn't any place to stroll besides the aforementioned gentrified areas. Sure, there are a few places that are nice afterdark, but unless you're 22 and into the party scene, it's not really that much fun.The burbs of Baltimore are much better and you won't be making awareness checks everytime you leave your domicile. I'd recommend Towson (to the north with a light-rail system going downtown) or the Catonsville area. Though you'll have to deal with the college scene in (UofM Baltimore County).  There is the added assurance that you have both local, county, and college police patrolling nearby. Now the really fun part...commuting.There's the traffic...the DC-Baltimore corridor is one of the worst and most congested stretches of asphalt in the US. A 20 mile commute can (and usually does) take upwards of an hour plus each way. When you factor in bad weather (people freak at the first sign of snow or rain) and accidents, you'll be tacking on ANOTHER hour to your commute.And there there's public transportation (or lack thereof). If you remove the light-rail option from the equation, there is literally no other way of getting in/out of Baltimore besides driving. The MARC commuter trains that run north/south from DC to Baltimore are terribly unreliable and the crappy subway line from the NWestern burbs barely takes you anywhere convenient in the city.So, unless you'll be making some serious dinero, think about living in the burbs and preparing for hellacious downtown commute every morning. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble but IMO, Baltimore is a nice place to visit every once in a while but there is no way I'd live or work there.</blockquote>

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