http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2007/09/04/downtown-baltimore-entices-different-demographic/ Real estate, development, and life in Baltimore Maryland Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2007/09/04/downtown-baltimore-entices-different-demographic/#comment-127 BmoreRob Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:02:19 +0000 http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2007/09/04/downtown-baltimore-entices-different-demographic/#comment-127 Might have to agree about Locust Point being the best neighborhood for the future. In terms of easy access out of the city, close proximity to the harbor and Fed Hill. But most importantly, being blessed with a physically isolated location. The fact that it is a peninsula (Point) separates it from the bad neighborhoods that lay adjacent to many gentrified areas. For example - you need to go through both Riversode, and Fed Hill before you get to a real bad area of the city. Save for a few isolated crack hotspots at the Southern end of Fed Hill. So a potential robber/mugger is more likely to stop in one of the closer neighborhoods. Not that crime is non-existent on the Point - it's certainly safer than most neighborhoods. Might have to agree about Locust Point being the best neighborhood for the future. In terms of easy access out of the city, close proximity to the harbor and Fed Hill. But most importantly, being blessed with a physically isolated location. The fact that it is a peninsula (Point) separates it from the bad neighborhoods that lay adjacent to many gentrified areas. For example - you need to go through both Riversode, and Fed Hill before you get to a real bad area of the city. Save for a few isolated crack hotspots at the Southern end of Fed Hill. So a potential robber/mugger is more likely to stop in one of the closer neighborhoods. Not that crime is non-existent on the Point - it’s certainly safer than most neighborhoods.

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