Anyone Ever Been to Baltimore?

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Watch where you're travelling. You can go from the nice parts of Baltimore, to some really dangerous sections in no time at all.

Yep, there are some sections in Baltimore that will make you cry if you end up there at night. I mean these are really scary sections!!! Personally I think it's a great city, but I always stick to the Inner Harbour area only!!!

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: davestar
wow, i can't believe all this hate. you guys must either not know where to go in the city or haven't been down there in years.

there's plenty of nice areas in baltimore and they're getting nicer. in fact, many people who grew up in the suburbs of b-more and are now in their 20's are moving or have moved downtown - including myself. The 3 most recent sales of rowhomes on my block were for $930,000, $500,000, and $400,000. You'd be an idiot to pay those prices for a sh*t city/area.

Serious crime is essentially contained within the drug trafficers, and areas they frequent are easily avoidable. as with any city, don't go near MLK blvd.

Check out the following neighborhoods if you want some good meals and brews. I wouldn't even recommend stopping by the harbor. It's the tourist center of the city, and chains are most prevalent there. Baltimore has a lot more to offer than the Ruby Tuesdays/Cheesecake Factory/Fuddruckers/etc of any random, faceless suburb. If you've seen a suburb, you've seen White Marsh. Here's links to restuarants/bars in neighborhoods you should check out:

Federal Hill
- Dozens of bars are great restuarants. I like Thirsty Dog, Ropewalk, Nichiban, Blue Agave

Canton
- Mahaffey's, Cohberns, Nacho Mama's, Helen's Garden

Fells Point
- Red Star, Pazzo's, Talay Thai, Max's on Broadway, Wharf Rat

Mt Vernon
- Brewer's Art (amazing Belgium house brews, huge bottle selection, great food/atmosphere), Belvedere 13th Floor, Owl Bar, Kawasaki, Thai Landing

Alot of what you said is true however, i have to drive through the baltimore zoo to druid avenue and then to school via MLB Blvd, so you can see how my view is tainted .


BTW at what area are townhomes selling for 930,000?

 

[mellondust]

There are some good places on West Belvedere up in Pimlico, great night eateries.

 

[morkus64]

Originally posted by: xrax
There is a big outlet mall (Arundel Mills) very close to BWI that has some restaurants nearby and they have a food court.
I used to live in Silver Spring closer to DC. There is a good Thai restaurant in Bethesda.

yeah, it's a shame you aren't staying closer to DC... then I could recommend a fair number of good places, (I'm in White Oak, in Silver Spring) plus you could go to the AFI Silver Theatre!

 

[morkus64]

btw, caveman, where are you from?

and welcome to baltimore! ranked 11th in crime and 22nd in traffic in the nation! if you get a chance, stop over in DC, ranked 6th in crime and 2nd in traffic! ((hugs city))

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: Vich

Originally posted by: davestar
there's plenty of nice areas in baltimore and they're getting nicer. in fact, many people who grew up in the suburbs of b-more and are now in their 20's are moving or have moved downtown - including myself. The 3 most recent sales of rowhomes on my block were for $930,000, $500,000, and $400,000. You'd be an idiot to pay those prices for a sh*t city/area.

Alot of what you said is true however, i have to drive through the baltimore zoo to druid avenue and then to school via MLB Blvd, so you can see how my view is tainted .


BTW at what area are townhomes selling for 930,000?

wow, you picked one of the nastiest routes in b-more that you can find.

almost any of the places on the water in canton or fells go for a million+. the $930,000 place that i spoke of is a few blocks off the water in canton. i'd say the average place in canton/fells/federal goes for $300,000-$350,000.

 

[1sikbITCH]

There really are only a few niche neighborhoods in Baltimore City that cater to the wealthy.

The south side is certainly "trendy", as mentioned. Canton, Fells Point, Federal Hill over to Charles Street and that whole area over towards Camden Yards. Other decent neighborhoods (wealthy or just not poor) areas include Bolton Hill, Guilford and Roland Park.

And that's all I can think of. Everywhere else is pretty much a broke down war zone, and all the above areas are surrounded by bad neighborhoods. I live in Hamilton, and my neighborhood is peaceful and safe, but it's a little bit outside of Downtown, and to get to work we have to run the gauntlet down Harford Road every day and night.

Back to the OP, neither White Marsh nor BWI are in Baltimore City. White Marsh is Baltimore County and BWI is Anne Arundel County. So all this talk about how dangerous the city is for naught.

 

[Ladies Man]

Besides the shooting they just had at White Marsh Mall last night you should be fine.

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: Ladies Man
Besides the shooting they just had at White Marsh Mall last night you should be fine.

ROFL they had a shooting at towson mall last year too.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Man I was born in Baltimore and I never intend on going back.

 

[makaze]

The area near the White Marsh mall aint bad.. I work right across the street from it for the last 5 years and havn't seen any issues up there.. I'll second on the red brick.. pretty good place

 

[KoolAidKid]

Nice to see so many ATers nearby. I lived in Baltimore until just recently. I like the city quite a bit. It's certainly not crime-free, and not at all scenic, but there is a feel to the city that I like. A lack of pretention (although this is changing) and a certain grittiness give the city some character that a lot of other cities lack (Indianapolis, for example).

Anyway, I can't really recommend too many places in the White Marsh area. It's not exactly a mecca for tasty cuisine. The Red Mill (?) place in the Avenue (someone mentioned it above) is pretty good. If you want to stop in the city on your way to White Marsh I could recommend some good places to you. For sushi, try Matsuri at the corner of Cross & Charles in Federal Hill. The SoBo Cafe (close to Matsuri) has really good food as well. For a good breakfast or lunch, try the Bonaparte Bakery in Fells Point. For good seafood try Henninger's Tavern. You also can't go wrong with many of the restaurants in Little Italy. There are also a lot of good Greek places on Eastern Ave.