I did not think the new Eager Park boundaries matched Middle East. I thought the new "CARES" had a lot of overlap with Middle East. I used to live in Middle East. Also when I lived there 3 years ago, there were not very many Hopkins affiliated folks on my block or young professionals. It was almost all older homeowners. It changed rapidly when I lived there though. It was kind of depressing. I'm sure all the new construction have young professionals who didn't mind paying a lot for a not as well constructed rowhome.

I’m just here to say that Mt Vernon and Mid-Town Belvedere are the same thing and I won’t accept any opinion to the contrary.

It feels really weird to "rate" a neighborhood. It's the same weird feeling when Google Maps asks me to rate a park.

If there are actual problems to be identified, maybe we can work on those, instead of treating them like they've served soggy french fries, and the waiter was rude. Sorry you were disappointed that a neighborhood that was literally where redlining was invented hasn't met your standard of compelling nightlife.

Nah, just friendly neighbors, pretty row homes, close to Patterson Park/Fells Point/Highlandtown/Canton.

As I've dug more into this tonight, the nightlife ratings seem inflated nearly everywhere. Thank you for commenting and adding your input!

Middle East (renamed Eager Park in 2016-ish) resident. The A+ for nightlife means no human verified any of that. D- at best, only because the hotel bar is open on weekends. Mostly Hopkins affiliated young professionals and students. The McTownhomes by Ryan homes significantly raises the average home value. Best food is Kabobi, cheaper version of the Helmand (but not open weekends). Close proximity to Patterson Park, Butchers Hill, Fells Point - you can walk to them if you're not terrified of Baltimore city. Strongly agree with posters who mentioned redlining.

Spot on. The city suffers greatly from poverty and racism. This map, lines, and the message between the lines reinforce that.

> What's the story with how the city became so divided along York/Greenmount?

I can tell you of a similar situatuon not far from York/Greenmount.

When Original Northwood and Ednor Gardens were being developed, the homes on the west side of Loch Raven south of Argonne were larger detached single family homes, and that was going to be the plan for the surrounding area. However the developer on the east side of Loch Raven in Hillen planned to build rowhouses. This caused a stir with the plans for northwood who didn't want rowhouses to be built there, but they came up with a comprimise so all the homes that are on the east side of Loch Raven are detached, but only the ones directly on Loch Raven, while the rest - on Argonne, Ralworth, Shadyside, Roundhill, etc are rowhouses.

I would imagine something similar happened to the eastern border of Guilford and so they built the giant wall rather than have to have a view of the rowhouses to the east.

Pickett Brewery in Pigtown does this sometimes. Ministry of Brewing does this all the time.

So, this sub is overwhelmingly white and liberal.... not too much of a shock with the correlation there

where do you find them to read publicly?

How is Waltherson ranked lower than Harwood? I moved here from Harwood, it was not great, someone literally got shot in front of my old house. Waltherson’s quiet, lots of homeownership, diverse.

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what do people think of ashburton? really close to hampden actually but rated super low even though its a very beautiful neighborhood

Based on r/baltimore's recommendations for local businesses to go to from this post two days ago, it sure looks like this sub concurs with these ratings.

Hmm, I see an L

B c brewery does this

I grew up in Brooklyn and was surprised to find out that 103 people live in the Fairfield Area. I thought it was a completely industrial area.

Edit: nobody has lived in Fairfield since 2011.

Would you look at that butterfly.

B + my ass.

I live in “downtown west” and just got a knife pulled on me today trying to re board up a vacant house next door to mind that almost burned down Friday (that no city org is helping with) you can fucking flush these statistics. No not agree.

Ok so not a brewery…Wine Collective does Vino and Vinyasa. Not sure what day. Of course if you want beer just go to the other end of the building to Union Craft Brewing

Thanks for the discussion here.

I think sites like GreatSchools are just as bad & probly same data (20yrs in education, fwiw).

They usually draw on standardized tests, which are often biased. Single snapshots of a student’s correct answers reflect only a few of many cognitive skills. They also don’t reflect growth, and I’d rather put my kids in a low-score high-growth school - it means they teach better. Sadly, you could just measure whiteness & income and you’d get similar data.

Sites like these amplify the test scores as reputations, making the ratings a self-fulfilling prophecy. There are better measures of schools than tests; Baltimore City Schools makes & uses many.

Again, thanks.

I believe much of the rating is based on the personal reviews. I added a review for my neighborhood, the change showed immediately.

Did you read through the personal statements about your neighborhood? Maybe your neighbors have things they like about the area.

Thank you this was helpful. I didn’t know this site before, it has interesting reviews of the city neighborhoods.