First reply tweet I saw:

>Just reduced our thermostats. To be clear, it seems the main issue is reduced gen capacity. Per your app, demand is now 20% under summer peak which was handled w/o issue.

Don’t forget to keep your faucets turned on slightly. It’ll help prevent your pipes from freezing and bursting.

Oaklee is still out, my friends called again, no technician has been assigned yet.

It’s definitely a commute over there, which is probably good so I don’t go too often!

The first two are real and genuine urban neighborhoods. All the pros and cons.

Ivy city is mostly cons, Target and weird bars. Feels like ultra gentrified Mt Clare.

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Takoma Park. It's halfway between city vs. suburb, you have healthy food choices, great neighborhood culture, red line to Capitol hill is easy and driving to Baltimore from there is a reverse commute, mostly.

Interesting, there aren't offices or anything in ahampden so I'm curious what kind of work you do that'd be hybrid here. As for commuting here from DC, take the train to Penn Station and it's a quick walk to the light rail Mt Royal stop and you can take it to the Woodberry stop. When the weather is nicer I'd recommend just getting on a scooter and riding up Falls rd

This is EXACTLY how I ended up living in Baltimore near Penn station

Where did you see that? From my understanding it's the upper floors of the existing building that will change function and the ticketing counters will remain downstairs.

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I feel like as far as random violent crime goes, DC has been worse than Baltimore in recent years…

Throwing my 2 cents out here.

Other comments state your partner works on the Hill. You could live in Mt. Vernon (artsy historic neighborhood in Baltimore) near Penn Station. The MARC train is pretty painless and the neighborhood is pretty fun. Grab some under 40yr/o (very) cheap tickets at the BSO and Centerstage for some top tier entertainment. Plan to go to the Everyman theater on pay-what-you-can nights and splurge on tickets at the Hippodrome occasionally. Regularly visit the Walters and BMA art museums (both free). Enjoy some excellent bars like the Brewers Art, Owl Bar, and Wet City. Enjoy walking literally a few blocks to get to the dentist, doctor, and gym (if your apt doesn't have one).

Same advice as some other comments, really, just wanted to give my personal take from doing exactly the above for a few years.

Sorry I didn't get a chance to answer this last night. In essence I would sum it up that Baltimore is a city of neat little neighborhoods. Apparently the whole country who hasn't spent time here thinks it's the wire. It's true the crime numbers are high, but IN the nicer parts it's lovely and safety wise comparable to most east coast cities. DC is ironically the same way. Ask your partner if when he lived there he spent time in Trinidad or Mount Pleasant, I'm guessing the answer is no and those areas were racking up some serious numbers even just a few years ago haha. I've lived here for 12 years, in many parts, and loved every minute of it. I also lived in DC for 10 and I prefer it here.

As far as appeal, citiness, walk ability, culture, etc, I'd say I can't sum it up in a reddit post. Here's what I'd do: spend a day hopping around a couple areas of interest and see how you both actually like it.

• Do NOT go to the inner harbor. It's a decaying relic of a gross 80s tourist trap but for some reason it's where everyone visits here and it gives a horrible impression of Baltimore. It's like thinking you've seen DC after going to Gallery Place/Chinatown.
• Check out historic fells point, pop into a pub or restaurant around Thames st.
• Walk around mt Vernon, especially the monument area it's really very pretty and quite a few neat spots. Mt Vernon marketplace is nice for a bite, or try Sugarvale for a cocktail
• Bolton Hill is right above Mt Vernon and is very residential but pleasant and walkable.
• Hampden is a bit above those two and just a charming neighborhood with tons to do and see. Some great restaurants.
• Federal Hill is on the South side of the city and has a big bar scene. Also very walkable

Too many to name and I suspect someone will follow this up saying I left out more (which I did!) But it's not a bad list to start with for a slice of Baltimore city.

EDIT: Forgot about public transit. This is where DC does actually shine to be fair. The metro is in the top 3 subway systems in the country it's hard to beat. We do, however have free buses that will go roughly to most of the places mentioned above, but I will admit the city is a bit more uber-y / drivey than DC. Personally though I've walked between every neighborhood above.

Scratch that lol just came back on

I’m in arbutus. Mine went out at around 8pm, it’s still out at almost 8am.

Can I join too? I’m suddenly going to be spending my first Christmas alone and would love to be around someone.

Patterson public house is open on Christmas if anyone would like to go together.

No power still in our neighborhood-north baltimore. We spent the night somewhere else but worried about pipes/radiators. No crew assigned yet :(. The outage map still showing a lot of outages/ feel sorry for the crews who were definitely out in the cold last night, and will have to work through the next few days….

Poor outcome = Scott admin failing to get shelter up and running. It's them guestimating that they'll have it underway by 2024 when the story says other states have had people in their shelters since last year/2021. Meanwhile, it's 9 degrees out right now. I'd say that's a tremendously poor outcome for the people who it was supposed to help. They could be staying living at the Radisson for years for that kind of financial outlay.

Does anyone doubt the funds have been being allocated by the BMore Charitable Industrial Complex since the money first came available. We're great at press conferences....not so much at everything after.

I'm in Catonsville too. A tree fell over and brought down some powerlines (also landed on someones house, it was loud!) A few of my neighbors have also been without power. Crappy way to start the holiday weekend.

Others have already chimed in, but in your position, I would live in Mt. Vernon in Baltimore, especially if you are both taking public transit or you are driving and your partner is taking public transit.

That way your partner can be close to the train station and you can be close to work. That said, if you are both willing to drive, that would open up a ton more options on where to live.

Union Station is pretty close to Capitol Hill so he can walk to work once he gets off the train (within reason of course).

Agree, I lived in some of the first new apartments over by the mall. It wasn't horrible and could still walk to many things. It is still suburbs but superior to Laurel living imo.

I second this recommendation! Dr. Baugher operated on me at Union Memorial in 2013 & 2014. He's great, both medically (very experienced and skilled) and personally (always made me laugh and he even let me keep the gnarly x ray). I'm pretty sure I said "I love you" to him when I was all hopped up on anesthesia, haha. The physical therapists are excellent as well. Just make sure you do your part with the home exercises.

Unfortunately my finger is still not 100%, but that's my fault for putting off treatment. (Spiral break, but I insisted it was just a sprain because I was young, poor, and afraid. The bone started to heal twisted, so it had to be broken again to be fixed, and required multiple surgeries due to scar tissue. Still, it's in MUCH better shape than it was before.)

Maybe look into Silver Spring. Takes me about an hour door to door when I go to Silver Spring, as long as it’s not peak rush hour.

I am so sorry. I am clearly one of the lucky ones. I would like to think the years of living in very cold places and growing up in a very hard scrabble place and in somewhat rough conditions helped me... But it is very likely more of an 80/20 for luck split. Please go some place warm if you aren't staying warm.