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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 2618453" data-attributes="member: 17040">I've lived in and around the Baltimore area all of my life.  My current permanent residence is in Catonsville, which is about 15 minutes from BWI and 20 from the city proper.  Catonsville proper is a bit pricy, but there are plenty of reasonable houses and apartments for rent because of its proximity to UMBC.  Good/Bad Places to Live:  Well as far as bad neighborhoods go, Baltimore is unique in that it is not limited to a "Bad" neighborhood.  The bad areas are in small patches all around the city and surrounding county, and are entirely avoidable if you know where/how to drive.  Places considered to be more trashy in general are Dundalk, Essex, and Woodlawn.  It's not that these are necessesarily bad places to live, but it will take you a bit of adjustment to be able to understand anyone.  The closer you get to these areas, the heavier the Baltimore accent.  But seeing as how you'll be working out of BWI, I'd reccomend Catonsville, Paradise, or Arbutus.  Arbutus is less expensive than Catonsville.  Paradise is technically still part of Catonsville, but it's a generally less expensive patch.  The nice thing about Catonsville is that it manages to maintain a small town feel even though it's in the middle of everything.  It has a good public school system, and a variety of private and religious schools nearby. I learned to game in the area, and there are quite a few locals.  If you move down and around, I'd be happy to introduce you to the locals.  FLGS are a bit few and far between now that WotC is gone.  Glen Burnie does have the closest, and is only about 15-20min away.  If you have any questions about specifics, I've lived all over the area and would be happy to help you out.</blockquote>

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