Noticed your username and I have to say there is a pretty cool little museum west of Downtown called the Irish Railroad Workers Museum. They are only open on weekends, but I think they have a little gift shop.

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Thank you I will try this too. I am sorry you and your neighbors had to deal and still deal with that.

A house in my neighborhood does this, even on cold days the windows are open but covered with cardboard. A boy passed away from drugs there last year, the people who live there are squatting, the owner moved into the assisted living apartments two years ago. The police won’t do anything despite how many times we call. The fire department came once when the people set part of the house on fire, but they left all the trash, furniture and burning embers in the yard.

I’m not close enough to smell the smells through the walls but we can smell it outside the house. My neighbors and the block captain emailed the mayors’s office. The Health Department came out, the smell stopped for a while. The man from the health department said it was an overcrowding rule that let them make some of the people move, even though it was a drug cooking house. He compared it to Al Capone and the tax charges. I believe we will have to keep emailing the mayor’s office until the house burns down or collapses, it’s a terrible situation.

This is the email address for the mayor, I keep it on my important contacts list.

mayor@baltimorecity.gov

I hope your situation improves soon, it’s terrible to live in fear of sickness from what your neighbors do.

Years ago I testified at trial (for victims’ counsel) in a well-publicized priest sex abuse case in a different city. There were extensive investigative records in that case going back decades involving dozens of victims. The judge in that case disallowed so much testimony on behalf of victims it was shocking. I was only allowed to testify because I had first-hand knowledge that directly impeached sworn testimony of a defense witness. That case was so sad and involved several of my friends. One committed suicide at 14 and his parents found a note incriminating the priest. The ONLY reason any of the information was public was because of the work of some brave reporters and the accounts of several brave victims and families. Even now years later it’s depressing to think about. The extent to which judges and police were complicit in not only covering up the original abuse but in re-victimizing the victims through gaslighting, sealing records, and covering up reports is abhorrent. The Baltimore Diocese - and this judge - will never have an ounce of moral credibility so long as these records are hidden. Shame on all of them.

I called local news tip lines. They said my situation is a little more immediate and they wanted me to call 311🤦‍♀️ but if a reporter is interested they will call me.

Because that’s a squeeze corner. My office is right next to this building and they are there everyday

No worries, just badly poking a little fun at that title that made it seem like this has been something you've been wondering about since childhood, lol.

I am inheriting this row home once the owner passes. Its bought and paid for. Been updated to have 2 bathrooms we had the house fixed and inspected. Ac unit newly fixed and cleaned, But this smell has been going on for years and it only happens when no guests are around, meaning if they dont think we have company but my.out of town guest didnt have a car so they assumed they could make smells I guess. And it stops when police or fire department comes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/comments/zeh4gf/update_to_anyone_know_whats_going_on/

No cat pee, just the same 3 smells chorline, dish bowl cleaner and or nail polish remover.

I drive by there frequently and there hasn’t always been a cop there like there is now. Was a cop frequently there-yes. But not like there is now which is basically all times. The day of that shooting before it happened a police officer made an arrest on that street.

Do you own or rent? Sorry if you’ve previously addressed that aspect. If you rent, it’s possible you could have an argument for constructive eviction.

Absolutely heartbreaking. My heart goes out to folks who are trying so hard to break an addiction, yet have no choice but to return to an environment where they are surrounded by drugs.

I commented in the other one but it might not have gotten seen. Get a meth residue test kit. They're sold on amazon. It could be that it's not the neighbors but your own home. It could be that the smell comes and goes with subtle changes in temperature, humidity, sunlight coming in windows or curtains drawn etc. Get a notebook that is only used for logging the day/time you smell something. Take note of what the smell smells like to you. Take note of how long the smell lasts. Take note of anything else that happened when the smell started or stopped. Did you take a shower? Flush a toilet? Turn the stove on or off? Use the faucet? Run laundry? Start or finish a meal? It might be tedious but it will show you a pattern. Also, go over to r/homeimprovement to cross post.

I was friends with a couple that unknowingly moved into a former meth house. It made them super sick and she miscarried pretty quickly after moving in. When they found out what it was, it was cheaper to demolish the house and start over.

Sounds like you have a meth lab nearby. I'm so sorry to hear about your mother's passing. Oftentimes, there is a strong cat urine-like smell affiliated with meth labs. Is that something you've noticed as well? Either way, keep calling until someone comes out to investigate.

I see the cop car or truck there every single day. It kills me that they are being used to babysit the people who do the squeegees instead of banning the practice and giving those guys jobs with the city.

Those folks get more protection than people who go out here and work honest jobs where they don't have to annoy others to make a living.

It's ridiculous!

They have some sort of card board over open windows that are in the dinning room and ac units on top floors and the top floor windows have shades but the window are open.

Not scheduled that I know of. The police came to talk to me, apparently they know all the people inside that house very well. They turned the row home into 3 separate sections as appartments. And the smell normally comes from the main floor. Through our dinning room wall. Every time same place sometimes it fills the whole house up with a smell sometimes just the main floor.

Something sounds off here…

How do they keep the windows open but prevent someone from seeing inside?

Ha!

The neighbors agreed to the cops doing a walk through of their home? Was this scheduled? Seems super bizarre they found nothing at all, I would think the smell would linger where cooking is being done... So sorry to hear about this OP.

wouldn't that leave traces? All odors are microscopic bits of the stuff. If its meth, ask the police to bring in a sniffer dog. That much time there should be a build up.

Have you ever smelled a rat? That has a distinct smell, with a barn yard structure vs a chemical smell. Had one take up residence at my former work place. The smell would come and go, as the rat was on the move.