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kmilvin t1_j6f3m04 wrote

Reply to comment by HenriettaHiggins in How bad is the crime rate here? by Corgi_Lopsided

So where did you settle on? We’re currently shopping neighborhoods and are undecided on city vs county. You’re right: fewer people, less nuisance crime, but we’re renting in Canton now and appreciate the proximity to everything. I need to be downtown 3x per week, so we don’t want to go too far out. We looked in Mt Washington, Mt Vernon, Bolton Hill, and Homeland, but didn’t love the vibe just outside of those neighborhoods, and we have no idea how stable those neighborhoods will be in the next 10 years in terms of property values.

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HenriettaHiggins t1_j6fcs0y wrote

We bought in LP in 2016 and have not relocated yet, despite our best efforts. We started out with a very wide geographic search image - basically anything over .5 acres built before 1980 and within 45 min of work. But time and again, we would go places to see a house and drive around and not really like the environment, and living far up 83 would be very difficult for my husband who works in EC and is a lifelong city dweller. I also just really hate burbs (it turns out..). On the flip side, getting any lot of that size in Baltimore city means astronomical taxes.

So, all of that to say, we are now pretty committed to finding something within the beltway in Towson. It has a great mix of short commutes for us, access to restaurants/delivery and things, but finding larger lots isn’t difficult and taxes aren’t as high. I grew up going to the Recher, so I feel pretty oriented to that area compared to others in the county. That’s very likely to be where we end up. We put offers on houses regularly when they come up, but the market for living there is still pretty hot.

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kmilvin t1_j6g1o8u wrote

LP? Sorry, new here from AZ. Your search parameters are pretty identical to ours! Decent sized wooded lot, built in or before the 80s when houses were still built with good materials and had custom touches. Also finding that taxes in the city are ridiculous, so looking in the west Towson area as well. Not a lot of inventory lately.

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HenriettaHiggins t1_j6g3ic7 wrote

Locust Point = lp. Yes it’s been very slow in the west Towson market and things move in hours. It’s wild.

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aidavvat t1_j6fq6sw wrote

have you considered hamilton? kinda a mix of both city and county

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kmilvin t1_j6g270n wrote

I have looked there and have colleagues in Lauraville who love it, but I haven’t seen anything for sale that meets our square footage needs and/or isn’t some horrible gray-on-gray flip

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