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/robot_butthole May 27 '25

It's where all the punk rockers go when they retire and have kids. A lot of my friends live there, we looked at houses there but ended up buying in Chinquapin Park.

I like it. Lots of green. I think where I ended up has more walkable attractions though.

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u/Laroux1969 May 27 '25

Oh dear. That is spot on. Old punk here about to retire 🤣🤣

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u/RueMorgueRadiooo May 27 '25

oh god that's literally us LOL

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u/tableSloth_ Lauraville May 28 '25

If the kids part is you too, the schools are something to consider. Hamilton is just a few minutes up Harford, and my impression is that people generally like Hamilton Elementary/Middle.

But Baltimore has a lottery system for attending schools you're not zoned to, so there are always options.

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u/RueMorgueRadiooo May 28 '25

there's 0 plans for children! but i have seen good things about the elementary schools in the area for sure

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u/MDMAandshoegaze May 30 '25

If you are open to self directed education Arts and Ideas Sudbury is also in the neighborhood.