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Are all apartments in Baltimore infested with mice and roaches?? |
Travel Info I might be moving to Baltimore next month. I am looking for an affordable one bedroom apartment to move into. My job will be in Laurel, MD but the apartments in that area seem to be sky high. I looked at a lot of apartments in the city of Baltimore that are reasonable but I went to another website where they give reviews on the apartments. Many of the reviews says that apartments are infested with mice and roaches or gang activity. This is disgusting and scary and making me rethink my move. I currently live in Michigan and pay only $430 a month for a one bedroom apt. I don't have mice or roaches or gangs in my building. Its not the nicest place in the world but its better than what I thought i'd get for the price. Does anyone know of an apartment that has one bedroom that isn't roachy or micey or dangerous? Laurel will be nice but i'm willing to drive further if needed. I don't want to pay more than $700 for rent. Thanks Travel Tips You are going to work in Laurel but want to live in Baltimore City? Wow, you must LOVE to drive! It is about a 45 minute to an hour ride depending on traffic and how fast you drive. I live in Baltimore city and no, all apartments in the city are not roach infested, have crack dealers,overrun with drugs or have gangs. I have a girlfriend that lives in an apartment complex two streets up from me and her apartment is very clean. There are plenty of apartment complexes in my neighborhood that don't tolerate drugs or any type of criminal activity. Hopefully, you have a clean record because a lot of the complexes in Maryland now do background checks to keep that element out of their complex. The other people that answered must be watching too much of "The Wire" on HBO. I live in the city, about 5 minutes away from Pikesville, Maryland (Baltimore County) and there are no roaches, drug dealers, rats or gangs in my area. I can sit out on my porch at night and not hear gunfire and I'm not afraid to walk to the corner store after it gets dark. Living in Baltimore City instead of the county will definitely be more costly as far as car insurance goes. If you definitely want to live in the city, look in the NW area of the city. The rent is about $500-$700 for a one bedroom. Some nice counties are Pikesville, Catonsville, Randallstown, and Towson. The rent in these counties are reasonable and the areas are nice. Like all cities, the counties are higher in price but there are gangs, crackheads and drugs in the counties also, TRUST ME. You have more Section 8 (welfare) in the county than the city, believe it or not. Most of the bad areas of the city are filled with low income, welfare people. Move to an area where people have jobs. You can tell by looking at the lawns and the gutters in the street. Lawns would be well manicured and there are no trash or debris in the gutters, street or sidewalk. Look at the people in the neighborhood. People that have above minimum wage jobs take care of their property and themselves and have pride in their home and they maintain it. People that don't care, wont. Check out some of these areas yourself and judge accordingly instead of hateful people that watch too much TV and believe everything they see. Source(s): Life. Living in Baltimore for over 30 years. Other Travel Tips don't forget the crack dealers Dont want to pay more than $700 a month? Even the mice and roaches pay $1200 a month. Good luck on that one. The entire city of Baltimore is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, there are still safe parts of town some of which are thriving nicely such as Canton, the inner harbor, and parts of east Baltimore especially around Johns Hopkins. You just have to know to avoid the rough and dangerous neighborhoods such as Cherry Hill, North avenue, etc. It's not a bad option if you can afford it, unless you intend to send your kids to public school, then in which you don't want to be living in the city. For you though working in Laurel, I would recommend staying in Baltimore county in the areas that the other long post here has suggested. You can always cruise into the city when you are looking to have some fun, but you can stay in the county other wise where decent living apartments are cheaper. If there's one catch about some of the nice apartments in Baltimore, the prices in some parts of town are driven up by some of the big time salaried people who work for Johns Hopkins, as well as others who've moved into or back into the city with high paying jobs. |
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