I'm a young single college graduate looking to move to Maryland and have been considering Baltimore as a destination. I've done a fair bit of research and have been generally considering between either the Federal Hill / Riverside/ Locust Point neighborhoods and the Fells Point / Canton neighborhoods.

I think my decision (if within Baltimore) will be more dependent on what's the best out of the available places to rent rather specifically wanting to live in either of those two areas, but I want to still hear some fresh opinions on the two areas (and a bit specifically, how much worse my commute would be living near Fells Point over Federal Hill).

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terpischore761 t1_iugl5w9 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:59 AM

Ft. Meade is east, so you want to be no further west than 95. I would say Fed Hill/Harbor East only so you don't need to deal with the tunnel. Also because you can use surface streets to get around if traffic gets really bad.

For example, I'm between 95 and 70/29. But I can use Rt. 1 to get home if traffic is awful.

Icy_Meat t1_iui2xmz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:31 PM

East of where? Ft. Meade is south west of Locust Point and Fells/Canton.

terpischore761 t1_iui3spg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:37 PM

I was talking about from a driving standpoint, not cardinal directions.

Ft. Meade is off of 295. So when you exit, you go east

myteamgood t1_iuhaq8u wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:59 AM

Fed and locust are your best bet, both great neighborhoods with fed being more of the young crowd and nightlife but locust point being safer and quieter. Both have easy access to 95 and 295. Canton is also great but you might hit tunnel traffic while commuting.

ThrowingMits t1_iug8j2w wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:10 AM

If you live in Fed Hill, etc. you won’t have to pay the toll for the tunnel. I live in Fed Hill, it’s nice. I can’t speak to living in any other neighborhoods.

DemocracySmellsLike t1_iuhc7d3 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:20 AM

Not going to recommend a specific area, but plenty of people use MARC to commute from Penn Station to Odenton, and there’s a free ~8 min shuttle from there. If you sign up for the MTBP you’ll save like $3k a year and it could open up more spots in the city you could be interested in.