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[e2ksj3]

skylinefan, on Sep 8 2006, 07:46 AM, said:

I would compromise and maybe get a place in between Fredericksburg and Rockville.  Fredericksburg is located about 50 miles south of DC whereas Rockville is approximately 15 miles from DC.  All told Fredericksburg is about 65 to 70 miles from Rockville.  I would look for a place around the Springfield Alexandria area which at least would cut your commute from a horrendous 2 hours to maybe an hour to an hour and a half depending on when you leave home in the morning.  If you opt to get to Rockville by way of the beltway be prepared to hit alot of traffic around the Tysons Corner area of Fairfax.  It would probably be wise to leave home before 6:00am in order to avoid the worse of the traffic.

Thanks for the advice.  I got experience the traffic on the beltway and 95 the other morning during a test run, needless to say it wasn't a pleasant drive, lol.  Also tried taking the back roads in the evening, which weren't better either if not worse, lol, so I'll probably end up looking for a job that's closer to my uncle's house in Woodbridge until I get my own place.  And to think my cousin, was talking about getting a place in Ladysmith, hahah.     

Edited by e2ksj3, 21 September 2006 - 06:46 PM.

[patrickmaynard]

bmorescottamanda, on Sep 21 2006, 02:47 AM, said:

Yea Baltimore is a great city but must people only looks at the Crime and Homicide rate and the run down neighborhoods and that's how they judge it. There is so many great things about Baltimore that most people don't know about.

I'm glad to see people looking seriously at Baltimore. It's a great city.

In order to help people make the urban transition, I've made a map of all the full-service grocery stores in the city. You can find it at:

http://www.BaltimoreGroceries.org

This is literally just a thrown-on-the-web version of a map my wife and I have been using in our home hunt. I hope someone else perhaps finds it handy.

-- Patrick

[Eridony]

A few weeks ago I visited my friend in Baltimore. It was my first visit to the city and I absolutely loved it. After a few days there I knew it was my kind of city and I really want to move there. The problem of course is I can't just move to a far away city without a job.

I was hoping someone here might have some suggestions of where to look. I'm an urban planner so that seems to make finding a job difficult. I have my application in at the City of Baltimore but who knows if I'll ever hear from them. There must be planning consultant firms in Baltimore, but I don't know of any and searching on google for them seems to be useless. What about nearby Baltimore suburbs? On my visit I didn't spend anytime out of the city so I don't know any of the suburbs. The only one I heard mentioned several times was a place called Towson.

Any help would be appreciated!

[patrickmaynard]

Eridony, on Jun 17 2008, 08:18 AM, said:

A few weeks ago I visited my friend in Baltimore. It was my first visit to the city and I absolutely loved it. After a few days there I knew it was my kind of city and I really want to move there. The problem of course is I can't just move to a far away city without a job.

I was hoping someone here might have some suggestions of where to look. I'm an urban planner so that seems to make finding a job difficult. I have my application in at the City of Baltimore but who knows if I'll ever hear from them. There must be planning consultant firms in Baltimore, but I don't know of any and searching on google for them seems to be useless. What about nearby Baltimore suburbs? On my visit I didn't spend anytime out of the city so I don't know any of the suburbs. The only one I heard mentioned several times was a place called Towson.

Any help would be appreciated!

General Growth Properties is by virtue of its size a sort of regional urban planning group, albeit a commercial one. It's largely responsible for the direction of our region's most famous planned city, Columbia. It also owns several other malls and mixed-use projects.

There are few actual municipalities in Maryland: Most of the government is county-based. A few exceptions include Annapolis, Bowie, Baltimore (city) ... I'm relatively new to the area, so I don't know many of them. The counties around Baltimore are Howard, Baltimore County, Harford and Anne Arundel. PG is a bit farther away.

Within Baltimore, there may be neighborhood organizations that can pay something -- though probably not as much as you'd need.

Other overlay organizations like the MTA may also be able to use you.

Good luck!

[Eridony]

patrickmaynard, on Jun 21 2008, 05:35 PM, said:

General Growth Properties is by virtue of its size a sort of regional urban planning group, albeit a commercial one. It's largely responsible for the direction of our region's most famous planned city, Columbia. It also owns several other malls and mixed-use projects.

There are few actual municipalities in Maryland: Most of the government is county-based. A few exceptions include Annapolis, Bowie, Baltimore (city) ... I'm relatively new to the area, so I don't know many of them. The counties around Baltimore are Howard, Baltimore County, Harford and Anne Arundel. PG is a bit farther away.

Within Baltimore, there may be neighborhood organizations that can pay something -- though probably not as much as you'd need.

Other overlay organizations like the MTA may also be able to use you.

Good luck!

Thank you for the suggestions!

I will look in to General Growth Properties and try to find some neighborhood organizations. I can get by on a pretty meager income. I just need to know I'll have some cash flow when if I move there, even if it's just something temporary until I find something that fits me better.

[Rural King]

The fiance and I have been looking at Washington D.C., so it raises several questions about neighborhoods folks might be able to help me flesh out a little.

What is the neighborhood/area around Walter Reed in the "District" like? This is an area of interest for us.

Silver Springs and College Park are also two other areas that we are really starting to learn about, how do they compare in the scheme of things of living, working, and commuting in the city.

Laurel is someplace else I have looked, albeit it further out.

We are really just starting the process of looking, so any comments on these areas, or any other areas anyone would suggest looking at would be great. Pretty much we are just trying to learn about some neighborhoods for good starting points in our search for what might suit our needs/wants in a neighborhood best. Easy access to mass transit and an ability to walk to various types of amenities would be big pluses.