Not a measuring tape - laser measure. Will take less than 10 min to do

Are you into roving dirt bike gangs?

You know that scene in Coming to America where Eddie and Arsenio first pull up in Queens with all their luggage and stuff?

What are you thoughts on https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230 ? Should website owners be responsible for all the content posted on there?

I live in northeast baltimore. You may be able to find an affordable single family home in that area . We like it because we have a yard and a driveway and no attached neighbors. Pretty decent things to do in nearby Belvedere square, or rotunda. And downtown is only like a 17 minute drive.

Anneslie and Rodgers Forge neighborhoods.

Close to the city, little shops in the area as well as bigger ones, walkable, good schools very close by, lots of young families to get to know. I grew up in Anneslie and it was absolutely wonderful. Made some really great childhood friends and it was very safe and still is. Honestly, would love to live there again one day.

…obviously

But the thread I was replying to seemed to be saying they weren’t even looking for him

They did and he wasn’t there!

I gotta Google that story! Name rings a bell

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Or the measure app on your phone, it not bad. Use the celling, less clutter.

Hey i know you do street photography would you be up for a street inspired graduation photo shoot? Or not really?

It’s all dangerous but there are nice areas

Based on reading some of your responses to comments, I’m going to suggest the following:

Columbia Towson Timonium

In that order. I really think you and your family would enjoy these places. Columbia is very family oriented and has a bunch of youngish adults and new families. Good school system. Tons of entertainment. A good social fabric there. Moved to Columbia from Baltimore during the pandemic and have been really happy.

Lol as long as it's not defamatory you're good my dude

It doesn't sound like you want city life, other than to be social. But Baltimore is a city of neighborhoods, each has it's own feel and resources. For example, I'm in Mt. Vernon with what you described (no yard, parking difficult for friends, no grocery chains) - but I have 10+ restaurants, the Lyric, the Hippodrome, and the Walters within walking distance. I can even walk to the harbor in about 30 mins!

But there are other city neighborhoods offer what you're looking for. I would avoid Canton if you want a yard and parking. North Baltimore might be the best fit for you, but I second the folks recommending you come here first before deciding which neighborhood.

Also, it'll be hell to drive either into the city or out of the city at various parts of the day regardless where you are. Many of us feel trapped from 4-6pm everyday due to rush hour.

My wife and I did DC to NYC for $124 round trip, two people. If we drove to NYC, that would be more than parking alone, let alone the $50 in tolls and then gas on top of that. And the train is cheaper and less stressful.

Bingo. I did this same trip OP is planning last summer for like $30 round trip, but bought the tickets a month or two ahead of time.

You really cannot beat that price, driving you’d pay more for gas and parking. You might find a cheaper bus but the experience will be way worse.

No they don’t get cheaper right before

The way Amtrak sales work is they sell the tickets in “buckets” starting with the cheapest price and after a certain amount are sold, they start selling the next “bucket” at a higher price, continually going up in price as more tickets are sold. Once the price goes up into the next bucket, it pretty much never comes back down.

So the longer you wait, the higher the price will be 99 times out of 100.

We’re lucky to live in the region where Amtrak has its absolute hands down best service, but this practice does really make it hard to use them for a last-minute trip.

Only neighborhood between RP and Hampden is Hoes Heights.

"Goliath doesn't have to help David, not in his best interest."

I do building measurements and floorplans for $99 and can have results back to you in 6hrs!

as if that has stopped anyone before.

Yup, and he is now one of, if not the most highly paid lobbyist in Annapolis. And he is not the only one to have done time, seems like it is honestly a career builder at this point.

Not the person you replied to, but I recently moved from the city to Towson/Timonium. I like that my new house has more space, a garage, a big yard, and is handicap-accessible, which is the reason why we moved at all. It was impossible to find wheelchair- friendly homes in the city after looking for 6+ months. This area offered a compromise, where we are close (5-15m drive) to young people (given Towson U), restaurants, shopping, and parks, but there are no sidewalks or public transit, and few opportunities to meet new people organically. We have to be intentional about planning outings and activities.

We used to live in Butchers Hill (10+ years) and loved it and I miss it. Being next to Patterson Park was fantastic. Could walk to a ton of restaurants, a brewery, lots of cute, local shops, hopkins hospital, and conveniently located in between UMMC and Bayview hospital. I used to work at both and for years took the bus to work. Butchers Hill has a lot of young families and health care professionals and scientists. I had a kid while living there and made many friends with other families just by walking around, going to community events, and hanging out at the park. It was also MUCH easier to find full day, accredited, reliable childcare in the city than in the suburbs.

I suggest you give city life a try. The suburbs will be there later, if you'd like to reconsider or your life circumstances change, as it happened to us.