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sxswnxnw t1_j9wc9d7 wrote

Reply to First time home purchase by LordKibutsuji

For short commute to Cherry Hill, pick a neighborhood close to the water. That seems to be a very broad budget, I'm sure you can find something closer to the upper end near the water.

That budget in Baltimore is definitely doable. You may be parking on the street though, depending on the neighborhood.

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sxswnxnw t1_j9wb6sf wrote

Reply to Mount Vernon - what area is best? by DaleDuzit

500 has a pool, that is shared between the two buildings apparently. I lived in 520. It was fine. Started with some package fuckery that slightly improved. I would say stay on top of tracking your packages and retrieve them ASAP.

I never felt unsafe living there: who told you that? That building is basically locked down. The only cuckoo thing I observed was one morning a clearly not homeless man was asleep in the vestibule in the front of the building. Probably drunk, and he was gone before 8am.

The biggest safety issue I heard of was people piggybacking on residents into the bulidng to sell stuff. Someone posted on here that someone tried to get in their apartment once (or something to that effect). The main office sends emails if stuff goes down, but they rarely offered details, so it's entirely possible some stuff popped of that I wasn't aware of.

Never had any pest problems in my apartment. When I was moving out, I saw a dead mouse/ mouse skeleton in the loading dock. I was not super surprised by this since this is where the trash all ends up. I will say for comparison purposes that I saw live mice all the time in the loading dock in my old Columbia apartment, one of those fancy buildings by the mall? Never had mice in my apartment there though, either.

Maintenance was fine. Not the best I have had, but fine.

It was a kinda nice little bubble, and a convenient location.

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wirelesswizard64 t1_j9w9rz0 wrote

Reply to We need to talk about Captain Harvey's... by DeathStarVet

The Real Thing in Towson is as close as it gets around here, it's a hole in the wall run by a sarcastic but loveable Philly native named Tony and they don't use frozen meat in their subs. They switched up their bread game a year or two ago and they improved it quite a bit! I've tried almost everywhere else and there's really no great cheesesteak places in the city proper.

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I will say, when I'm lazy and close enough is good enough, I do like Mikie's on Fort Ave for delivery. Won't knock your socks off but its good enough to scratch the itch if you put your own whiz on it.

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PS Real Thing is cash only, no card or tap to pay!

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we-overcome-us t1_j9w9kr1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Baltimore judge orders release of redacted investigation into Archdiocese of Baltimore sex abuse by PleaseBmoreCharming

I'm not particularly interested in convincing people to leave. I'm genuinely curious. I'm not a member of any church, but if I found out that Starbucks had a long history of child abuse and sex crimes, I wouldn't go to Starbucks, especially not with my kids. So why do Catholics continue going to church? If you have an honest answer I'd be open to hearing it.

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sxswnxnw t1_j9w9bv2 wrote

Reply to comment by bobcat7781 in Flipping a Mansion in Homeland by GingerMan027

The master bathroom shower tub area actually looks deep enough for no shower door or wall, but I agree the other bathrooms look to shallow for that. At least half a glass wall would probably be good. 🤷🏿‍♀️

Maybe they were going for a "European" bathroom look.

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jcharles1 t1_j9w8i3l wrote

Reply to Should my daughter go to City College or BSA? by Mojo_art

Keep in mind City will be in a different building for several years while construction takes place. This change might affect morale a great deal. BSA is near a nice park and some coffee shops for students to hang out after which is a great benefit.

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