He def has a house in Baltimore and is often spotted around town. I don’t think he lives here full time though.

The absolute worst. A beautiful city filled with a bunch of uptight boring ass people. That’s where I was between Richmond and Baltimore. Don’t miss it one bit.

As long as you don’t move to DC you’ll at worst be making a lateral move haha.

Way easier and cheaper to buy a decent home in Baltimore. I’d say that Baltimore has resisted gentrification more so than any other city in the 95 corridor from Richmond to Boston. Not to imply that it’s not happening here, just at a much slower rate.

Definitely a thing in Richmond. Natives are pretty salty about how difficult it is to buy a home there now. That’s not as much of an issue in Baltimore where the population has been shrinking.

I get you. I suppose my point was that in my experience Baltimore feels much smaller than it is. Social opportunities are pretty similar here to what I found in Richmond but I was from that area so maybe that skews my impression. Not trying to discourage you from giving Charm City a go, I just don’t know that it’s going to provide you with a clearly more robust social life.

I’m from Richmond but have lived in Baltimore for about 5 years now. You are certainly right that Richmond is kinda clickish/insular. I think most places on the east coast tend to be that way to varying degrees though.

Baltimore is cool though, similar vibe for sure, maybe a little rougher around the edges for better or worse. I kinda miss when Richmond was a little rougher TBH.

Size wise it honestly feels about the same even though I know Baltimore is about 2x as large. “Smalltimore” is definitely a phrase you hear a lot. Philly might be a better option if you want to feel like you are in a big city.

That sucks but was the food good sans the rock? Mine was just kinda run of the mill.

Not my experience when it was in Hampden, went twice and it was pretty meh. I was honestly shocked by this. Maybe there's a different chef now?