TTTriad t1_ja5oohz wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Just moved to Baltimore city a few weeks ago from Louisville. I’ve visited St. Louis before and the vibes are similar. Did you live in the city or the suburbs? Are you trying to move your family into Baltimore city or county? I’m not sure exactly how you determined Baltimore would be any safer a place to raise your children, but it certainly is a diverse and generally friendly city with general city safety concerns.

In my short time here, I’ve really enjoyed the walkability and the abundance of things to do. There seems to me to be an equal or greater amount of cultural attractions. I don’t think there are any parks as awesome as the one with the history museum and art museum in St. Louis here though but there are several parks in the city.

moderndukes t1_ja5xdwr wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:04 AM

> I’m not sure exactly how you determined Baltimore would be any safer a place to raise your children

I believe they mean raise them in a place that doesn’t have book bans and a litany of other personal autonomy issues. The grander Balt-Wash area also has far more opportunities in it than St Louis has.

Also re: that park in St Louis, Patterson Park from end-to-end is just over half a mile; Forest Park in STL is around 2 miles wide. To be fair though, not a lot of cities have parks that massive, and places like Philly, Baltimore, and DC do have decent river-valley parks on their falls lines which are nice.

I think something that folks from other parts of the country might be surprised by is free museums here. Walters, BMA, and the Smithsonian museums in DC are all free, and as someone who grew up here I didn’t realize that was rare.

TTTriad t1_ja5ym8g wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:13 AM

Thanks for that tip and the info. Definitely open to any more information you might have on the museums and uncommon knowledge you have gathered.

Capital_Cat21211 t1_ja62nbi wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:46 AM

The American visionary arts museum here, while not free, I think was just named one of the top museums in the nation. It's a treasure - art by untrained artists.