Re:San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing
by infinite8s on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @07:50AM
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Baltimore is a probably the cheapest big city on the East Coast. At one point in American history more immigrants were coming through Baltimore than NYC. I think Baltimore suffered because of it's proximity to DC - most major cities are more than 40 miles apart.
Part of Baltimore's cheapness is that it has one of the highest crime rates per capita. In addition, the dangerous areas are much more interspersed and distributed - at one moment you can be walking down a nice block and the very next block is all boarded up. I've lived in both Baltimore and NYC and definitely never felt unsafe in NYC, whereas there have been multiple times that I had a sudden sense of danger in Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins medical school would routinely post security bulletins about people being mugged a few blocks from campus in the middle of the day.
If it wasn't for Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Medical school there wouldn't be much to Baltimore.
Re:San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing
by isuckatcoding on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @08:30PM
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Jeez 1400?! That's insanely expensive for Baltimore isn't it? I pay about that much in the East Bay.
Re:San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing
by hkmurakami on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @08:39PM
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Well I have no idea what things are like there, but knowing him he's likely living in a nice but not extravagant place in a central location in town. Probably the equivalent of a $3500 place in SF.
A mutual friend is renting a 1br in the city (which has some great food options) for $1400/mo. He was my lab mate in college and the best programmer in our class. He has no intent to move out to higher cost cities.
"Shockingly livable" was my takeaway.