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Thank you for the response! This is all great info to know 😄

I have looked a bit but nothing in my price range or they have been swept up quickly 😞 are their any specific webpages or search engines I should use when looking?

Welcome!!

Everywhere in Baltimore is basically LGBT-friendly. We really are an OK city for this overall. We have bigger problems.

Walkable, safe, restaurants and art are your bigger concern.

I’ve lived in Bolton Hill for the last two years and love it. Super quiet with one good coffee shop in the neighborhood. Really, really dog friendly as well

I am an ex-pat from MoCo (Colesville/Cloverly area) been in Balt city for nearly 40 yrs. Bolton hill is a great place to land. It can be a bit snooty, but there are also many regular people there. Many people who commute to DC live there as it is an easy walk to the train station.

Still you have to learn that you are in the city not the magic kingdom of MoCo. Crazy is everywhere here. Some funny, some sad, some scary. One thing I learned about Bolton Hill, from a friend who lived there for many decades. There are eyes everywhere. Don't be surprised to see a guy pushing a grocery cart down the alley full of patio furniture, on July 3d. He is just getting more chairs for a party in a nearby neighborhood. Chain your patio furniture to a tree. If you place furniture in the alley it will probably will be gone by the end of the day. Keep your car free from goodies, Parking is precious so get a permit for your area. Tickets and booting cars is the only thing the city does fast.

There are many many great sights to see and places to visit. Don't stay only in your neighborhood. Do some sight seeing. Find someone who will act as a tour guide.

Unlike MoCo. you will encounter MANY people from Baltimore City and the county, not as many from other counties or out of state, though they are here.

There exists friction between the City and the County. Local TV shows only the bad side of the city, which has tainted people in the county. Many in the county are 1st & 2nd generation expats from the city to the county. They hold a grudge against the city, claiming their old family neighborhood was like heaven until "those" people" moved in. In reality the city was very beat up after WWII and government rules aided whites who wanted to mover to the new suburbs, and walled off the poor blacks from moving to the suburbs or money & loans for renovation. Many Many non city residents own the derelict buildings, and not the poor in those areas. Hopkins Medical, Hopkins Uni, Uni of MD, and about 3 other business ventures are juggernauts in the city and get free land and do what they want, including being slum property owners and getting city leaders to carry their water.

Good luck and welcome to Charm City . It is a very quirky place.

Can I ask why you haven't considered looking in Hampden?

Oh my 😱 glad you made it back in one piece! That’s a hell of a story, but super to know 😊. Thanks I’m excited to learn and explore the area!

My boyfriend and I live in locust point/riverside area. There's a queer friendly bar called Rowan Tree in the area, but we usually just go to the corner bars. Literally nobody cares, except the South Side Saloon - don't go there.

Hampden

Thanks for the answer! These are good tips, I think I’ve got it.

Mt Vernon or Bolton Hill (not much for shops in Bolton Hill, but it is near mt vernon that does have shops).

I’ve been blackout drunk stumbling home at ungodly hours in the AM from Reservoir Hill to Bolton Hill to Mount Vernon for 7 years without problem. Keep your general good wits about you and you’ll make it. It’s a beautiful neighborhood rich in architecture and history. Welcome to charm city.

Thank you! Depending on if the places I’m looking at go accept me or not I would like to see it 😊

Bolton Hill is a great neighborhood. there is a block where half of it was turned into a park and closed to through traffic. my dream is that this city becomes less car-dominated and more places like that can exist where people can just relax and enjoy sitting on a bench. I bike over to On The Hill and then go to that block to eat.

but to answer your question: I think you hear about the crime there because most of the time it is very quiet and peaceful. in reality, there is campus security around from MICA which helps keep some of the riff-raff out, but there is always going to be some BS. the best thing is to just try to go out less when there aren't other people out and about. when driving, if someone seems to be watching you/your car in a shady way, circle the block or park elsewhere.

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Thanks! 😊 That’s great to know

So basically nothing of value to add to this thread. Got it.

It’s ableist of you to claim disabled people can’t ride bikes. Come up with something that’s not a BS retread as to why you’re carbrained.

I walk around Bolton hill all the time and I’ve never felt unsafe. Just have basic street smarts and you’ll be fine. I know MICA has some security in the neighborhood for the students that live there.

Fair.

Food from Nice, France is Mediterranean but it's not the same. I thought I had seen some Lebanese items on the menu but I may have been thinking somewhere else.

Welcome! Can also recommend the ‘Greater Hampden’ neighborhoods around Keswick, Wyman Park, Remington, Wyndhurst for all those criteria 🙂

I'm in the same boat. The previous owner of my house is a slumlord so I get citations from the city sporadically for his other properties. His LLC is no longer active and his other address on file for the LLC is a P.O. Box, which he's also since closed. No responses to my emails about changing the address for his (now defunct) LLC.

I reached out to SDAT about this almost a year ago and was told that legislation was recently passed by the state assembly (and supposedly took effect in October 2022 - Senate bill 447/House bill 390) that would allow SDAT to correct and/or notate in their system when an address has ceased to conform with law and the Department's requirements. They said they were working on a form affidavit for property owners to submit. I tried emailing them a few weeks ago to check in on this and haven't heard back yet.