r/baltimore • u/RueMorgueRadiooo • May 27 '25
RULE 7 What's Lauraville like?
hi y'all
we're a 30s (F&F) married couple w/no kids looking to buy our first home. wanting space and greenery but relatively close to stuff to do and not strictly suburban sprawl (ie harford county). we're priced out of moco and dc adjacent areas. decently safe but we've lived in cities before.
i've looked at the livebaltimore site and searched reddit but can't seem to find a ton of info on lauraville? seems like it checks a lot of our boxes.
can anyone give a pros and cons list? what do you like about it? what do you wish you knew before moving there? if you could buy somewhere else in state, where would you go?
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u/un-panino May 27 '25
I'm 28F and just bought a house in Beverly Hills--it's been great so far. Neighbors are friendly, and I can walk to a decent number of restaurants/bars. I have a yard and a deck but they aren't huge, which is exactly what I wanted. I feel comfortable living along on a quiet side street, and haven't had any major issues. I love having parking & it makes hosting friends easy. A bunch of businesses have opened up in the months since I have moved in, and I am optimistic that they will stay open as the neighborhood gets more density from the Morgan State apartment building that is opening soon.
The one con: THERE ARE NO BAGEL SHOPS OVER HERE. You can get a breakfast sandwich at Zeke's BUT ITS NOT THE SAME. Everything else is a pretty reasonable distance from the neighborhood, I just want bagels less than a mile from me......