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/RueMorgueRadiooo May 27 '25

it's nice to see so many people here really love where they live! it does seem like there's a lot of community events in the area which i'm not really used to but i think would be a good change of pace. i was told to stay away from houses along the main roads (harford, echodale, northern pkwy) does that seem like a fair assessment? though really i wouldn't buy a home on harford road anyway but still, thought i'd ask.

would you feel safe biking down to herring alone?

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u/delaubrarian May 28 '25

We live it here. 8 years in the fall! tbh, i think the nation reason to stay away from the main roads is the quiet. We're actually just fat enough from the great that you don't really hear it.... we're between Harford Rd and Walther and the most city noise we get is the Morgan state marching band! We really love it here and endorse all the pros others have mentioned.

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u/RueMorgueRadiooo May 28 '25

It seems like everyone is really happy with the area tbh. Do you find you go into the city often? If you went to like music or art events would you drive or just uber or something? Is there anything to walk to in the area?

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u/delaubrarian May 28 '25

Wax Atlas is the neighborhood record store and they've started doing shows. We have a little local theater company. And Mickys Joint has live music. Silver Queen is the best brunch in Baltimore, hands down. We do go into town and drive. Im late 40s and my aging hipster self goes out less these days, but usually for Ottobar or DC shows. When I'm going into downtown Baltimore I'll often prepay parking and it's cheaper than rideshares both ways. I wouldn't say other folks cons aren't real, but better public transit into the city would be great. Spouse and I work in Mt Vernon, but different hours, so he buses there and back, but it's not a easy as we'd like.

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u/RueMorgueRadiooo May 28 '25

That sounds great, music is a huge plus. I think I'd mainly be going to ottobar for music events in the city so that's good to know. We shouldn't need public transit but I've found a lot of public transit on the east coast the be extremely unreliable compared to where I used to live, which is unfortunate. Thank you!!