Originally Posted by matthew330

I grew up in the suburbs of DC, and moved up here after college. City wise, I love Baltimore. It's got the convenience of living in the city without the city mentality, and if you live near DC you probably know what I'm talking about.

I lived in right downtown for three years and walked everywhere at all hours. Generally, the bad spots are pretty obvious. That's not to say the occasional machete attack on the "good side" of Patterson park doesn't happen, but generally speaking you know where to go and where not to. It's very compartmentalized. The inner harbor, little italy, fells point and canton - all completely different and with the exception of canton you could walk in 20 minutes to the corners of each. A few blocks north of the inner harbor where Johns Hopkins University is (the name isn't coming to me but around 36th street), has a totally different feel that's kept it's history, has the same baltimore mentality but not as many tourists. Great bars. Be careful drinking the Resurrections at the Brewers art. I recommend that place, really romantic overpriced restaurant upstairs that feels like you just stepped into an 18th century mansion, and a dark dirty couch infested bar downstairs with some mean unforgiving local beers

The only really bad thing I can say about Baltimore....a lotta liberals here. But don't let that keep you away., they're really harmless! Come on up!!