No we don’t. The city is under a consent decree from EPA because of how bad the sewer system is. In my neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore the sewers back up with every storm, the sewer water goes into people’s basements and into the streets form the storm drains. That sewer water goes right into the bay.

You don't by any chance have a recommendation for a contractor that does repointing, do you? We are just starting to reach the crumbly stage with our mortar and want to find someone who will do it right

When are you thinking about doing this?

This is the worst time of year to see Baltimore. The weather is just miserable until about mid April.

> Is this feasible?

Just stay in the inner harbor area. As far as crab houses once you are done with the inner harbor get an uber taxi to Nicks. Once you are done there, get an uber/taxi back to the train station and then go home.

> If yes any recommendations on a good crabhouse?

https://nicksfishhouse.com/

> Will ubers be good enough to get around town or is a rental car needed?

Uber is good except it may be hard to get one on game day and dealing with a rental car downtown on a game day could also be a real pain in the ass.

I know you are probably generalizing/exaggerating, but an increase in the cost of labor wouldn't result in a 100% increase in cost. If wages went up by 25% and labor is around 20% of project cost then the overall increase would be 5%, not 100%.

Echoing a few other comments:

Starting from the Inner Harbor area, Maryland Ave has a dedicated bike lane that runs through the city. Lots of stop lights but it is relatively hilly so it's a good warm up for once you get out of downtown. Swing on to Falls road right next to Baltimore Bike Works then ride up through Hampden following the signs for Roland Park (this route also brings you past Lake Ave and adjacent roads which have some absolute beasts of hills so when you get to Lake Ave definitely poke around). Loop Roland Park for some good hills and lake views then get back on Falls Road and head towards Joe's Bike Shop in Mt. Washington (to add as much distance as you want head the opposite direction up Falls Road then double back). Cross the bridge across from Joe's and link onto Jones Falls Trail. Follow the trail until you hit Druid Hill and take a left upon entering. This brings you to the big hills others have mentioned, ride up and down to hearts content. When tired, exit Druid Hill by the swimming pool, take the pedestrian path back down to Falls Road, back down Maryland Ave, and you're in the Inner Harbor. If you just do the loop without and extras it comes out to ~20 miles. It's the best mix I've found of bike paths, dedicated bike lanes, and safer roads. There is also good elevation along this route, and you can double back on any hills you like or ride it in reverse to hit hills from the other direction.

If you get tired of battling cars and want to opt for a safer, flatter option, the BWI loop connects pretty directly to the Baltimore - Annapolis bike path so that is an easy way to crank out some miles without worrying as much about stoplights. Not a ton of good elevation, but not totally flat either.

Also, as long as you are hyper-aware and seek out bike lanes downtown I've found Baltimore to be an unexpectedly rideable city :)

Exposed brick is cute in theory, but in practice, most of the internal brick walls are built with softer, shittier bricks than the facade of the house. They are difficult to seal adequately, so often brick dust starts crumbling off of them and getting everywhere. Cleaning them is next to impossible. Plus removing the plaster wall to expose the brick is also removing everything that insulates you from cold, from neighbor's sounds, from neighbor's smells, etc. If you look at threads in this sub in the past, there are a lot of people complaining about their neighbors smoking, or making stinky food, or just the normal everyday sounds that we all make, and their exposed brick wall just letting it all through. There's nothing you can do to stop your neighbor from doing any of that, and it goes both ways, so even if the house you're looking at doesn't have exposed brick, if one of the neighbors has exposed the shared wall in their house, you'll get all the drawbacks.

If it was within the past 365 days it counts

I can't believe this is being downvoted. Too many people in the US are getting college degrees that cost a lot but have marginal real world value. I know that jobs in the trades have a lot of drawbacks but knowing how to repair an HVAC system is a lot more valuable than a Communications degree from a third rate college.

Parents who do this should be prosecuted.

Seconding the mortar warning, do not cheap out on repointing! One of our neighbors had a random handyman do some repointing, and it not only looked like crap, it leaked worse than before.

I dunno, the hampden skatepark gets a lot of use. Seems like the only people really using roosevelt park sometimes. I get wanting to street skate as well, but If I still skated I would love to go to a skatepark nearby.

We bought a new sofa last year from Sofas etc. and they had someone from the delivery company come out and measure the doorways themselves and guarantee it would fit before we ordered. IIRC we had to pay a small fee but it could be applied to any of their furniture-- definitely worth the peace of mind.

It is hard to find good ones, I agree. I’ve put off repairs in my house just because of not wanting to go through the process. Then you do find a good one and you don’t even get a response! Probably because they’re the ones getting all the work.

The city uses taxis/Ubers for special ed students. I'm not sure about elementary.

Maybe you need to move from a "perfectly healthy obsession" to a perfectly unhealthy obsession of our sewer system

Loch Raven reservoir and surrounding area. Providence Rd, inside the Hampton community. Dulaney Valley Rd. Endless rolling or steep options out there and fairly biker friendly

We're gonna need more trees!

If you check the girl scout website, they have locations and dates listed for their table set up sales. It's normally how I track them down now that I'm not one anymore, lol.

https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/05/14/report-orse-racing-adds-500m-to-marylands-economy.html $500 Mil just for racing, and $1.3 Bil. Plus 5 years of inflation, sounds like it isnt dead.

I’m floored that a parent would kick their special needs 15 yr old out of the house.

Because they don’t like lawlessness they should get out of the city?

This sounds like a great thing to report to local Baltimore media, whether it's the banner or wmar or wbal or the Sun. If you don't want to email, there are plenty of local reporters active on twitter.

U gonna get a true yup response asking that question to this Reddit. Sad how this Reddit has become a bull horn for yuppie and suburban whites to find solidarity in not understanding this city. You don’t like this place - please get out.

That link is for some sort of Facebook reel.

So you don’t like the people riding them and their “culture.”