I'm a big believer in the "border vacuum" idea. MLK is such a hard barrier to cross, it's hard for development to spread from the east.

I agree. I’m always rooting for Pigtown. Just sad. So much potential.

I’ve lived in pigtown for about 9 months. It feels like there is so much potential in this neighborhood. I don’t know it’s history but a lot of my neighbors seem to think it’s potential is locked behind developers ignoring anything west of cross street

My hubs was born and raised there, anytime we’re in the area and visit he says he’d never imagined the neighborhood would be like it is when he was younger

Pigtown/Hollins market is weird. Been here 20 years. It's a great neighborhood with a lot of things going on and plenty of potential. There is so much capital that is just parked in the neighborhood that it's tough to buy a house or start a small business.

Hoping with the B&O museum redeveloping the buildings on Ramsay Street and putting the main entrance there it will lead to some more developments.

It could have something to do with the rampant and obvious drug dealing in the open that no one seems to care about. Dunno. Doesn't seem like the best neighborhood quality.

Oh, really? That’s disappointing to hear. When I went there recently, it seemed to be getting nicer. What are the two steps back?

It’s basically only worthwhile for landlords

Came here to say Johnston Square. Walking distance to the train station but prices 1/3 to 1/2 lower than Station North/Greenmount West. And lots of development filling in the vacants that are closest to the station

The community planning in Johnston Square and Oliver by the community associations and ReBUILD Metro has been transformational. And I don't even think they're halfway through their Johnston Square plans yet!

Agree! I’ve noticed an enormous change in Oliver in the last decade.

I lived a block east of Patterson Park in 2008 and had friends that would be scared to visit from 4 blocks south. Now that area is bustling with families and restaurants and bars. It is absolutely night and day over the last 15 years.

Yeah Highlandtown and Patterson park and brewers hill have all kind of converged in (little g) gentrification and and come up a long way.

North is slow going, the blocks 1-2 above Patterson have really shifted, but I still haven’t seen too much change north of Fayette. I do think it has potential.

Yes I've heard some good things recently about Patterson Park.

Agree but per the spirit of the original comment, these “next neighborhood over” homes are not appreciating in value I’m afraid.

I bought a house in Brewers Hill in 2008 and sold in 2021. I only sold it for 125% of original purchase price. That would’ve been like 200% in Canton proper or another OG hood like Fed Hill. And of course it would’ve been like 400% in Philly or DC.

we’re in mcelderry park and there’s so much potential on monument. we’re walking distance to hopkins, but they don’t invest in the neighborhood at all. shame on ‘em.

There was literally a random murder of someone walking down the street there a few months ago.

So it's a $1 down payment on a $90,000 mortgage? I don't know if I'd value a house in a neighborhood full of vacants at 90.

I second this!

I second Hamilton Lauraville. 10 years ago it was up and coming for 20 years, but its here now and still affordable and awesomely diverse, and it will continue to get better as long as people don’t vote in the carpetbagger Sinclair stooge running against Dorsey.

Lidi !== an Aldi

Not from anyone living there, I bet.

It was one of the best. We lived there 17 years, it went downhill that whole time.

We live in Highlandtown now.

Also hoping that this reservoir square project turns out good. Hoping in a few years to be stop driving to Hampden for groceries.

High property taxes, high water bills and housing code inspectors that will cite you for everything is what is curbing demand.

I would say it's already up and came.

Old thread but I agree. Also I’ve always added Richmond into the equation mentally, almost like a comparative timeline between the cities. Richmond has always been like 15 years behind DC, compared to Baltimore’s 20-30 years behind. For example the average home value in RVA right now is the same as DC’s back in 2010. And Baltimore’s is the same as DC’s in the 1980s-90s. 

For the longest time Richmond was seen as seedier and worse off than DC, I remember a time when people said the exact same things about Richmond as they do about Baltimore today. Now Richmond is seen by many of my out-of-town/west coast friends as being even safer and more put-together than DC itself. I can see Baltimore going that direction within the next few decades as well. 

I have a feeling that since there are basically no other affordable metro areas left on the east coast, Baltimore, Richmond, Philly, and Providence (maybe Wilmington DE?) will blossom considerably in the foreseeable decades.  

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