A lot of north Baltimore is like this (not just Hampden). There are actually lots of "suburban-type" neighborhoods (single-family houses, yards, off-street parking) all over Baltimore, just not near the downtown area.

I'd suggest picking some places and trying a "test commute" in the morning and the evening if at all possible. I live in north Baltimore now and when I went into an office (now about 95% remote) that was near Penn Station it took me maybe 15 minutes in the worst rush-hour traffic on 83 (normal, not apocalyptic accident/disaster traffic) to go about 5 miles. On the other hand, I lived in Catonsville years ago and was 8 miles from my office and it'd take me 40-50 minutes to get to work downtown because I had to take 40 the whole way. That being said, I also lived in Pasadena for a while and my commute could go as quickly as 20-25 minutes some days, probably averaging closer to 30 minutes even though I had to travel twice the distance I did from Catonsville. The lesson I learned is that you REALLY can't go by distance when estimating commuting time.

According to these folks, in 2021 Self-Storage REITs returned 79.43%! Looks like 2022 isn't going so well, however.

For more info on the impact Dollar General stores have on low-income people: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/business/dollar-general-opposition/index.html

These folks might take it: https://baltimorefurniturebank.org/

Wow! I always have to wonder how they made it across the beltway. I guess maybe in the case of where you saw those coyotes they could have made it there from the other direction.

Coyotes are moving in. My wife spotted one in the woods behind the seminary in Roland Park.

The one time I tried to get a pork roll, egg and cheese bagel there (the one in Lutherville) they put HAM on it. When I complained they were extremely gracious about apologizing, but I never actually got any pork roll. They didn't seem to actually have any! I have a feeling that somebody was confused about the whole "Taylor Ham" thing.

Giant has them too. They seem to always have the box but occasionally I've seen them stock the whole pork roll in a sock.

Sadly (because it's gone now) there used to be a seriously old school Baltimore restaurant called "Burkes" which was located at 36 Light Street (there's still a pin on Google Maps, oddly enough) that had a pretty good breakfast. So do some other greasy spoons in Baltimore. So what? Well, it's the only place in my life I've ever been to where ordering a side of pork roll resulted in being handed a plate with -- and I'm not kidding about this-- at least 10 pieces of pork roll for something like $2.50! Maybe there's a reason they went out of business...