Most landlords and lessors just want money. They don't care where it comes form most of the time, just that it will keep coming. Maybe offer first and last month's rent plus a security deposit that equals a month's rent to start. Then just add a month of rent from there until they say yes. If they don't, try someone else. Private and small landlords are even more likely to say yes than the larger ones.

Can't you just offer to pay a larger security deposit or pay some rent in advance?

That they are both located in the state of Maryland.

That we have a traffic problem.

That Maryland with all of its flaws is still indeed better than say a flyover state.

Went to a party last night where we spent a decent amount of time talking about how Ohio is weird, and Indiana, too

Considering so many homes in Baltimore are going to be old, I think a good flip balances the old and the new. As someone said, if it looks like a completely new suburban house inside, beware. But if they maybe refinished the original floors instead of putting down laminate or vinyl, that's a good sign. Maybe they updated the kitchen, but kept the bathroom looking kinda vintage. I look for uncarpeted basements: like I will not buy a house with carpet in the basement because it seems a bit irrational? But I also look for things like this in homes that are occupied.

When I was looking at homes that were flipped, my priorities were walking all of the floors from corner to corner, going in the basement to see what it looked and smelled like, whether the house made sense. The bad flips often had flooring issues, or basements that are overdone with carpet at one extreme or either zero attention at the other. Houses with very weird modern lighting or coffered ceilings were also red flags. Like they're trying to keep your eyes up and distracted for a reason imo.

You can get elote at Mount Vernon Marketplace at Cholita's Tacos.

I think David and Dad's makes good bodega sandwiches. The coffee is ok there. The good bodega coffee is at Coffee Land.

This has a Japanese Breakfast vibe, cool.

I love that area, has my heart. Lucky to live over that way for 5 years, 4 with my dog. The neighborhood has almost everything.

The WPM properties may be worth a try, by Mount Vernon Matketplace... lived in one and liked it. The Standard is an SMC property I think. I used to live in 225 N Calvert which is downtown (Greystar property) but kinda the same general area: also liked it, but it was ZRS Management most of my time there. I also lived in 2 PMC properties, but I have heard people at the one next door to The Standard is nice... I once lived in 301 N Charles and 300 Saint Paul. That's all I will say about those two.

Surprise, more incorrect assumptions.

People like me are adults and drive to another level where there is plenty of parking, don't take photos to bitch about not finding parking in a grocery store parking lot with my bros on a subreddit, and also understand basic boundaries.

People like you are the first to cry foul when things don't go their way and call it civil disorder, boo-hoo.

Mount Vernon and Bolton Hill and probably Midtown Belvedere will give you the best city experiences because they are so central.

Don't be such a child. I said she is wrong for parking like that AND you are also wrong for playing self-deputized parking police. Believe it or not, both of those things can be true.

And y'all have real live terrorists in Federal Hill now? Omg! How and why are you even linking terrorists on bikes in Federal Hill with a woman badly parked in a parking garage?

She is wrong to be parked like this, but why did you think it was a good idea to walk up to someone in their car and confront them like this?

Did this one person straddling two spaces really prevent you from going to the grocery store? Were there no other parking spaces in that entire structure? I'm assuming that's Harris Teeter with the massive parking garage at McHenry Row.

Like this is petty as hell. And it's supposed to be some great example of the decline of social order in Baltimore?? Ok!

I really love the pumpkin cheesecake at Patisserie Poupon. Unfortunately, they only prepare them in mid- to late-November through about Christmas. That has not stopped me from checking their site for pre-orders since early October though.

Why poeple think it is a good idea to swerve and speed from lane to lane in a tunnel partially or fully submerged in water is a mystery to me. So much fuckery.

Forgive me, but I don't have a lot of faith in Reddit democracy. Scary.

• The Paper Herald
• Viva Books
• Greedy Reeds, probably now

That's all I can think of at the moment.

The Avenue Bakery also sells bean pies.

Pâtisserie Poupon: Clearly I am boring, but my favorite thing there is the madeleines. I also love their pumpkin cheesecake. Matter of fact, let me see if they have started with pre-orders. The yule logs afe also fun.

Generally the closer you get to the water, the harder it is to park. Exception: Mount Vernon.

Have you considered buying parking in some of the garages near there?

Cap'n Crunch French Toast at Blue Moon. I consider it to be dessert.

Anyone who has the Sugar Bakers Smith Island Cake on their menu.

Wow did it reopen?! If so, great!

Yeah I think she lived in the city at one point. Back when she started blogging.

The last film I saw there was Ad Astra, and it was a good time.

With the loss of Landmark and Cinebistro, this is a good thing.

Not a fan of Hatbor East but cannot deny the many good memories I have going to see major movies at this theater when it was Landmark.