100011_10101_ t1_jc4uwox wrote on March 14, 2023 at 1:21 AM

I’m partial to living in the city. Born and raised in the suburbs but baltimore really isn’t a big city. It’s called smalltimore for a reason. Wasn’t long before we could walk into any place and know at least one person. We were in butchers hill. Still miss it. But we have kids now and wanted a yard.

GammaRadJockey OP t1_jc4zwme wrote on March 14, 2023 at 1:59 AM

That's awesome! Definitely what I miss about the ol' college days too. Being in suburbia can be pretty isolating especially without kids to help meet other people. Maybe that's an us problem though

100011_10101_ t1_jc55ru2 wrote on March 14, 2023 at 2:44 AM

I’d agree with that. The nice thing about baltimore is how eager most of the people we came into contact with were to meet new people. Also join a league of any kind you’ll meet so many new people and friends in a hurry.

We do know a few people who stayed in the city after having kids and seem to be doing well. Patterson park was a good way to start the day off with a walk with the dog before work. We had a cute little patio in the back of our yard we’d host friends all the time at. Even had enough room for a small fire pit. I’m partial to the city for convenience but if you have to have a small yard hampden isn’t a bad option. Still the city. With some yard potential.